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The happiest days are the days when ROTDs are born. So...every day!

 1. Concord Coach Lines

South Station
Boston, MA 02228
(800) 639-3317

Category: Transportation

Neighbourhoods: Roslindale Village, Roslindale

5.0 star rating
  8/3/2011 ROTD 4/4/2012

It's very possible that all you chuckleheads out in Yelp-land don't work next to South Station and have a father who lives in New London, New Hampshire, and therefore think that the Dartmouth Coach exists for more than just me.

Fools!

It's clean, it's…More »

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 2. Beauty Spa

1766 Massachusetts Ave
Cambridge, MA 02140
(617) 868-4778

Categories: Nail Salons, Hair Removal

Neighbourhood: Porter Square

4.0 star rating
  8/30/2011 ROTD 12/13/2011

There are different ways of evaluating the pedicure experience.  There's the pedicure.  And there's the experience.

My sister, an experience gal, has two basic criteria setting the high bar for a cheapie mani/pedi: 1) ample massage time, and 2) the…More »

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 3. Grass Roots Cafe

101 Arch St
Boston, MA 02110
(617) 951-2124

Categories: Coffee & Tea, Sandwiches

Neighbourhood: Downtown

5.0 star rating
  3/16/2011 ROTD 10/1/2011

I give this place five stars just for the pure glee of surprise.

Though it looked promising from the outside, then I walked through the doors and realized this was a little office building cafe that looked like an Us Weekly-and-burnt-coffee-sellin g…More »

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 4. Passport Agency

10 Causeway St
Boston, MA 02222
(877) 487-2778

Category: Travel Services

5.0 star rating
  5/12/2011 ROTD 7/16/2011

I am completely not allowed to say anything generalizing about this place, since what happened to me should completely not have been allowed to happen in this particular space-time continuum.  In a nutshell, I realized my passport was missing on a…More »

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 5. Super Fusion Cuisine III

1759 Massachusetts Ave
Cambridge, MA 02140
(617) 864-6299

Category: Sushi Bars

Neighbourhood: Porter Square

5.0 star rating
  Update - 12/30/2011

SWEET CHRIST.

Okay, you've pulled me back in, Super Fusion.  You totally have the best sushi around.  Tastier and without the janky pickled ginger I've come to expect from Genki Ya, fresher than the Porter Exchange.  You deliver to my address and you…More »

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  • 2.0 star rating
    6/10/2011

    Blarg.  I hate to deface an ROTD, but reality is a bitch that cannot be ignored.  Their maki rolls… Read more »

 6. Rod Dee Thai Cuisine

1906 Massachusetts Ave
Cambridge, MA 02140
(617) 374-9252

Category: Thai

Neighbourhood: Porter Square

3.0 star rating
  1/26/2011 ROTD 2/16/2011

The Porter Square Pan-Asian Take-Out Consortium is now complete.

Despite the blue neon sign that had been searing my retinas since its inception, the promise of Rod Dee had been a promise of glory, at least according to my roommate and some Best of…More »

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Location

Somerville, MA

Yelping Since

August 2008

Things I Love

The Savage Lovecast, financial district swag, semicolons, label-makers.

Find Me In

A warm, foamy latte.

My Hometown

Newton, MA

When I'm Not Yelping...

I'm docenting for food at local art museums.

Why You Should Read My Reviews

Because snark is a dish best served cold.

My Second Favourite Website

http://www.gofugyourse...

The Last Great Book I Read

An Omnivore's Dilemma

My First Concert

Billy Joel's River of Dreams tour. Still got the tee-shirt.

My Favourite Movie

Before Sunrise.  But really Apollo 13.

My Last Meal On Earth

Bottomless spicy yellowtail maki, raspberries, and a dirty vodka martini.

Don't Tell Anyone Else But...

I secretly enjoy the Joshua Tree. Leave me to my shame.

Most Recent Discovery

Ice venti three-pump melon green tea lemonades. (RIP)

Current Crush

Clive Owen's jaw.