bored and hungry

[dirty-devlin.livejournal.com]

just out of curiosity...what is your favorite restaurant in somerville? (i'd have to say mine is diva.)

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Re: I've got to be a curmudgeon here

[cthulhia]

your experience is vastly different than mine. I find that Johnny D's beats the nearby brunch competition. I have heard that the quality has declined in recent years, but I haven't noticed it myself.

Certainly Much Better compared to Kelly's, which I can praise only because its food is less likely to make me as dreadfully ill as Rosebud fare. (The only diner I actually enjoy is the Deluxe in Watertown).

[komos.livejournal.com]

Kelly's makes the best hash in the area. Their homefries are something besides dried out potato cubes. Their omelets are on par with Johnny D's, though I'll readily say that neither place really knows how to do asparagus properly. Pancakes are not quite so fanciful, but as good. The french toast are just better. They also win out on value, offering larger portions at a lower price.

Where Kelly's suffers in comparison (ok, besides having awful coffee) is variety. They don't have a tremendous range of specials, so it's pretty much a "what you see is what you get" sort of place. The dreadful secret is that the same holds true for Johnny D's, which offers many specials and fails to do anything to make them... special.