Boston Burger Company replacing Antonia's restaurant

[ron_newman]

The Antonia's sign has a banner over it announcing that 'Boston Burger Company' is coming soon. I don't know anything more, beyond what I briefly heard at last week's Licensing Commission meeting.

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[ksushis.livejournal.com]

Are they good?... I'm going to miss Antonia's... :-/

[ron_newman]

No idea, since they don't exist yet. The only Google hits for 'Boston Burger Company' are for a place in Mansfield.

That's Mansfield, England, not our Mansfield here in Mass.

[studeronomy.livejournal.com]

A collective "awww" at my house when we heard Antonia's was leaving...

[ksushis.livejournal.com]

A "thank God" awww. or "oh No!" awww? :)

[studeronomy.livejournal.com]

Oh No!

[anomie666.livejournal.com]

Burritos or GTFO.

[spatch]

Burritoburgers FTW!

[mzrowan.livejournal.com]

And the vegetarians collectively sigh in disappointment...

(I mean, it's possible that they'll have veggie burgers, maybe good ones, but the former is unlikely and the latter even more so.)

[ron_newman]

How was Antonia's for vegetarians? I didn't go there often and don't remember their menu.

[surrealestate.livejournal.com]

Most Italian places are pretty veg-friendly, particularly ovo-lacto. For vegans, it depends. I know when they brought out free food for my staff at the Art Café at ArtBeat, there was stuff I could eat (and it was yummy). They also lent us a chef jacket for the event and we ended up giving them one of the hats, because they didn't have any! :)

[surrealestate.livejournal.com]

Perchance, have you tried the veggie burgers at Four Burgers? Given the limited selection, I (perhaps stupidly) have been feeling reasonably optimistic, though haven't been there yet to confirm.

[mzrowan.livejournal.com]

No, I haven't risked it. ;-) Plus I'm not really big on burger places who mandate your selection of toppings for you.

[surrealestate.livejournal.com]

You actually *can* choose whichever toppings you want, though the menu on their web site does sort of make it look fixed. I think they do make their own, anyway, unlike UBurger and Bartley's, who just use a crappy frozen packaged brand.

I just read they offer free fries when it's snowing, so maybe I'll pop over later this week. :)

[alphacygni]

Yeah, you can ask for whatever on whatever. The veggie burger is interesting - a bit too uniform texture for me, but flavorful. But the fries are to die for. Yum!

[madrigal.livejournal.com]

bgood also makes their own, and they are now vegan

[teko.livejournal.com]

It's OK. It's a meaty-style veggieburger, kinda like a Boca burger. For the price, it's not really worth it.

For my money, the best veggie burger in the area is the Dolmen Veggie Burger at The Burren. It's a vegetable patty with a lot of curry flavor.

[surrealestate.livejournal.com]

Interesting -- the menu made it sound like a black bean burger. I f'in hate the Boca Burger.

Totally agree that the Burren's vburger is awesome, though.

Best source of micro-local news _evar_

[mattdm.livejournal.com]

Is there some way in which we can make "Ron Newman" a funded staff position?

[flexagon]

Thanks for posting this. I came here specifically to see if Antonia's might possibly be closed, after finding that their number is out of service and the one link I found to their website didn't work.

My husband and I used to go there on special occasions, and tonight's our 10-year which is why I was checking on it... we have a bad way of somehow killing our special-occasion places with our love. :( So you can all blame us.

I'll really miss their amazing mushroom ravioli and eggplant rolls, and they were also the only place I really enjoyed the gnocci. Sigh.

[ron_newman]

Closed since at least some time in August. Earlier posts here and here. Maybe the Revere one is still open, but I don't know. Otherwise, maybe try Alfresco instead?