Top 11Davis Square Confessions

[duffless2323.livejournal.com]

It’s a slow, tiresome Monday, so as I approach my 9th year as a Davis Square resident I have some confessions. These are "confessions" because these things make me feel like the bitch I am! My list goes to 11.

Do you have any confessions? Perhaps later in the week I’ll feel perky and refreshed and post my top 11 loves -though it will be hard to think of only 11.

1. I’ve been secretly rooting for Kick Ass Cupcakes to fail, and I’m boggled that they still survive.
2. While I like McIntyre and Moore in theory, I never use them and won’t miss them.
3. I hate Mike’s, its terrible – even with the cheap beer, I don't get the popularity of this institution - I liked it better when they were crappier inside with the old signs.
4. Chipotle has won my burrito bowl dollars, I never would have seen that coming Anna’s! Anna Anna, please forgive me!
5. While I love Deisel, I’m going less and less now that the same 5 crazy people rotate ownership of the good chairs/couches and NEVER leave.
6. I don’t miss Someday Cafe, I liked it in theory, but it was a dirty filth hole.
7. I don’t miss the junkies in front of share group on Dover St (not that all of them were junkies), but I do miss the times they would interact with the Mormons.
8. I really don’t want to see Sacco’s close, but yet I never give them any business, and I was opposed to the Community Connections Center for no other reason than I thought it was a dumb name.
9. As fiercly opposed as I was to CVS opening, I now shop there all the time.
10. I want all bars except Joshua Tree to get a 2am permit!
11. Even though it’s a lame joke I still find it funny that Store 24 is not open 24 hours, and that Bread and Butter Konvience is, but has  a weird name.

Comments

[surrealestate.livejournal.com]

3. No kidding. Their food sucks, and I hate cheap beer.

You don't like paying less money for the same beer? The joy of Mike's isn't that they serve crappy beer, it's that they serve good beer for little money.

Okay, they also serve crappy beer, but there's no reason to order that. :)

(I also agree with the above comment that *liking* Mike's is more of a confession because it mostly just gets bad-mouthed here. And I admit, I like the place and I'm not ashamed of that!)

[badseed1980.livejournal.com]

I've only seen mediocre beer there for the most part. Certainly nothing special. If I'm going to go somewhere JUST to drink, I'll go somewhere with a better selection of stuff that's out of the ordinary and interesting, even if it does cost a bit more. If I'm going to go somewhere to EAT and drink, I'll go somewhere with good food.

[surrealestate.livejournal.com]

It took me quite some time to stop being surprised that I could get good beer at Mike's, and for $2.50 (okay, now $2.75) if it's on their current specials list. They also have a pretty impressive bar, but I generally just get a beer and fries (or o-rings).

Also, I'm glad to hear I'm not the only one who doesn't dig the hang-out-at-the-coffeehouse thing. Whenever I do, I always feel like I should go somewhere and do SOMETHING.