Phantom gourmet great 8 mac and cheese

As soon as you cut into it, the steam comes out, the cheese oozes out onto the plate, and you just get this wonderful aroma that hits you. Lord Hobo in East Cambridge is a serious diner and drinker destination with dark red walls, stark light bulbs suspended from a cavernous ceiling, and plus obscure beers on tap. The menu specializes in lager-friendly comfort food like burgers and mac and cheese, plus more ambitious gastropub fare like perfectly cooked hanger steaks.

At the end of your meal, you can satisfy your sweet tooth with a glass of double-chocolate stout paired up with a cheese plate. Hops N Scotch in Brookline specializes in all the comfort foods you love, from juicy burgers to indulgent deep fried Scotch Eggs Not only do they serve some of the best craft beers you can find, they also cook with them. So there are fork-tender short ribs braised in a milk stout and housemade beer bread served with pimento cheese.

This cozy nook comes complete with a fireplace and skilled bartenders pouring craft beers. My coworker and myself started the drive promptly at 6: When we arrived, we realized neither of us had any lunch plans in mind, nor did we know of anywhere to go in the area. We turned to Yelp and started our search for quick, but delicious, lunch spots that were near campus. We quickly stumbled upon Mr. After seeing the 4. The marketing is outdated and a little bland, and the seating at the Manchester location is simply a manifest of as many side-by-side tables that will fit within the square footage of the open floor.

But oh my god, the Mac and Cheese was out of this world.

Phantom Gourmet, who rated Mr. There is an incredibly diverse variety of Mac and Cheese dish offerings, twenty one to be exact. I highly recommend examining their menu to see all of the 21 available options.

It surely will not disappoint. This neighborhood mainstay serves perfect pasta dishes, an over the top stuffed veal chop loaded with fontina cheese and prosciutto, and ultra fresh seafood sourced the same day. But an Italian restaurant is only as good as its red sauce, and at Strega, they claim theirs is the best in the neighborhood.

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I grew up watching my mother make that sauce every day. Make a weekend of dining at Strega and the North End.

Ames Boston Hotel, a Curio Collection by Hilton is half a mile away for your new favorite neighborhood. Experience six styles of wings with flavors that range from traditional Buffalo, to garlicky lemon rosemary, to an atomic wing that will knock your socks off. Crudo In need of something aside from Italian?

Quattro Another great 8 winner is Quattro. Situated on the corner of Hanover and Parmenter Streets, Quattro is know for its Neapolitan style pizzas, fired in a custom build Italian brick oven with tender juicy meats slow cooked on a state of the art rotisserie. The rotisserie is really the centerpiece of this restaurant.

They roast everything right in-house, from veal and lamb, to pork and beef.