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geminimad4 t1_ja5ybss wrote

Back Bay:

Magic Pan (corner of Newbury & Berkeley) Bailey’s (Boylston St) 29 Newbury Newbury Steak House (Mass Ave)

Cambridge

Grendel’s Den upstairs (Harvard Sq) Joyce Chen (Alewife) Bel Canto (Mass Ave btw Central & Harvard Sq)

Brookline:

B&D Deli Tam o’shanter

Watertown:

Lanno’s

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PakkyT t1_ja5z17p wrote

Skip's in Chelmsford. Closed in 2008 after about 60 years.

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calvinbouchard t1_ja6019y wrote

Good Lord, are there ANY restaurants left open in Springfield/Chicopee?

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calvinbouchard t1_ja60mms wrote

I miss the Hilltop Butcher Shop even more than the restaurant. I used to check the flyer every Wednesday, and stocked up when they had $5 filet mignons or ribeyes. Ahh, those were the days.

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JoeCylon t1_ja64nxs wrote

Lanes & Games served food so that's my answer

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LackingUtility t1_ja6cx9w wrote

My family always referred to Fontaine’s as “chicken armpit”… not really the best advertising.

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chancimus33 t1_ja6inqm wrote

Is this just a list of restaurants in Springfield?

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Mdecast t1_ja6n581 wrote

Hungry herbs in Medford was my spot.

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Hoosac_Love t1_ja6ouc3 wrote

Primo's pizza/Italian,Worthington Springfield

The Lido on Worthington Springfield

The 4 leaf Clover Bernardston

Abdows everywhere

Carmalina's Hadley (the best rasperbery tarts)

The Pub amherst

Amherst Chinese food Amherst (where I once saw Umma thurmond eating with her father)

The overall decline of Friendly's

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StateLottery t1_ja6vxp7 wrote

There are some awful restaurants on this list that we should be praising are gone haha. Two that I miss that weren’t on the list:

Mel’s in Holyoke and Aqua Vita in Hadley.

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Equivalent_Warthog22 t1_ja7q63y wrote

Ashfield Lakehouse used to be a go to but never really came back after the pandemic.

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SouthShoreSerenade t1_ja7r7wo wrote

Dang, Christo's in Brockton made the list which wasn't even very good, but the really special joint was its neighbor The Lobster Hut across the street. Best lobster bisque you could find. They put huuuuge chunks of lobster meat in it and if you were nice enough to them and asked them to scrape the bottom of the pot for it, you'd get a ton of it. Miss that place.

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andy189 t1_ja7wkc3 wrote

The Chicken Bone Saloon in Framingham

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Mr-Chewy-Biteums t1_ja7wp5g wrote

I was going to say that I couldn't believe Bernie's in Chicopee didn't make this list, but then I saw that the article was published in 2018.

I never cared about their famous, massive beef slabs, but I thought it was a great diner and I liked going there.

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Thank you

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IncognitoWarrior t1_ja83hbw wrote

This many not mean as much to many of you guys here but there was one good South Indian Restaurant here called Pongal in Billerica. Amazing buffet. Closed down a few years back. Never had decent South Indian Food near Boston after that.

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ChowboyDan t1_ja9f9cj wrote

Replying to Hoosac_Love (#2,048,083)

TIL that Amherst Chinese and The Pub are no more.

This got me digging for other area restaurants, and I learned that The Dove's Nest in Sunderland closed 6 years ago. That place was greasiest dump, and I loved it. It was the kind of place where the cook would sing the blues out loud and the waitstaff would just sit down at your table because their "feet hurt".

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