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Hi-Rise Rises the Bar [sic]

One glorious holiday afternoon I went to Hi Rise (208 Concord Avenue, Cambridge, MA) and sampled their amazing sandwiches. While it’s a bakery first, they’ve gone bonkers and decided to sell sandwiches, coffee and wine. What else could you want? Obviously all their sandwiches use their amazing breads, but many also use other delicious house-made [...]

Pork from the Tavern

We’ve seen how incredible small barbecue places can be, but how well do upscale, warm-and-fuzzy, Michelin-star-winning restaurants do barbecue? To unravel this mystery, I visited the Gramercy Tavern for lunch and immediately ordered their $18 pulled pork sandwich, served with cole slaw and “Pickled Swiss Chard,” whatever those are.
As expected, it came on a [...]

Pulled from Magic Pigs in the Sky

This post is not like the others. The pulled pork from Blue Ribbon Barbecue is so tasty and simple that I’m not sure what to say about it. It’s a little sweet, extremely soft and is served between two fluffy buns. It’s delicious. It melts in your mouth. It’s never stringy or too chewy [...]