{"id":94608412,"date":"2011-12-29T14:52:00","date_gmt":"2011-12-29T14:52:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.cheapoair.com\/miles-away\/the-top-local-food-joints-in-boston\/"},"modified":"2018-11-16T11:36:32","modified_gmt":"2018-11-16T11:36:32","slug":"the-top-local-food-joints-in-boston","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.cheapoair.com\/miles-away\/the-top-local-food-joints-in-boston\/","title":{"rendered":"The Top Local Food Joints in Boston"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<div style=\"text-align: center;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" title=\"The &quot;Mega-Tots&quot; at Trident (Image Credit: Tom Johansmeyer)\" src=\"\/miles-away\/wp-content\/uploads\/files\/2011\/12\/Trident_Boston.JPG\" alt=\"The &quot;Mega-Tots&quot; at Trident (Image Credit: Tom Johansmeyer)\" width=\"450\" height=\"340\" \/><\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong>It doesn&#8217;t get any better than the &#8220;Mega-Tots&#8221; at Trident <\/strong><\/div>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Most of my memories of <strong>Boston<\/strong> meals seem to be focused on the least of what the city has to offer. Rather than recalling the incredible cuisine of Radius, which I barely remember, I tend to think back fondly to breakfast sandwiches, <strong>hot dogs<\/strong>, pizza and the deadliest tater tots you can imagine.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>While there are some excellent restaurants in Boston, it\u2019s more fun to take it down a notch, and see where the real people eat. You won\u2019t regret it.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><strong>Fill-A-Buster<\/strong>: Unfortunately, this Beacon Hill diner isn\u2019t open on the weekends. Get their during the week, and you\u2019ll see a great mix of local workers, from those working in the capitol building to businessmen passing through the area to police officers and construction workers. Fill-A-Buster is the great equalizer in Boston. Also, it has the best bacon, egg and cheese sandwich in the city, with the english muffin both toasted and buttered. The crispy bacon is stacked half an inch high! <a href=\"http:\/\/www.thefillabuster.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Fill-A-Buster<\/a> is a must for foodies arriving on<strong> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cheapoair.com\/flights\/cheap-flights-to-boston-bos-massachusetts\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">flights to Boston<\/a><\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><strong>Trident<\/strong>: Trek up Newbury Street, almost to Mass Ave, and you\u2019ll find this local institution. <a href=\"http:\/\/www.tridentbookscafe.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Trident<\/a> is half restaurant, half bookstore and all charming. The service is a little slow, but the \u201cmega-tots\u201d compensate for that. Imagine a tater tot the size of a beer stein. Then, fill it with butter and cheese. Need I say more?<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><strong>Pour House<\/strong>: The fact that it\u2019s the \u201c#1 bar in Boston,\u201d according to its website, at least, doesn\u2019t mean you can\u2019t eat there! Sit down in one of the booths and ask for a nice, large beer. To go with it, you\u2019ll have to sift through pages and <a href=\"http:\/\/www.pourhouseboston.com\/images\/Menu\/2011\/dinnermenucopy.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">pages of options<\/a>\u2026and that\u2019s all you need to know: great bar food, and lots of it.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><strong>Santarpio\u2019s<\/strong>: There\u2019s no way to get more local than this. You can get to Santarpio&#8217;s via the Blue Line (to Maverick Street station) or by driving through the Callahan Tunnel and taking the exit with the sign \u201cLocal Exit\u201d right before you enter Logan Airport. As you drive down the exit ramp, you\u2019ll come face to face with this institution. Poke around for parking, and then experience <strong>Boston&#8217;s best pizza<\/strong> in this renovated three-family building. It looks odd, but it\u2019s the quintessential East Boston experience.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><em>Image credit: Tom Johansmeyer (Author) <\/em><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&nbsp; It doesn&#8217;t get any better than the &#8220;Mega-Tots&#8221; at Trident &nbsp; Most of my memories of Boston meals seem to be focused on the least of what the city has to offer. Rather than recalling the incredible cuisine of Radius, which I barely remember, I tend to think back fondly to breakfast sandwiches, hot [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":15,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-94608412","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-other"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.cheapoair.com\/miles-away\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/94608412","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.cheapoair.com\/miles-away\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.cheapoair.com\/miles-away\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.cheapoair.com\/miles-away\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/15"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.cheapoair.com\/miles-away\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=94608412"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.cheapoair.com\/miles-away\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/94608412\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":97201362,"href":"https:\/\/www.cheapoair.com\/miles-away\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/94608412\/revisions\/97201362"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.cheapoair.com\/miles-away\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=94608412"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.cheapoair.com\/miles-away\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=94608412"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.cheapoair.com\/miles-away\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=94608412"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}