somerville & cambridge restaurants that tweet

[thespian.livejournal.com]

I was in Zing! the other day (the potato pizza is odd. good, but odd). I was talking with the owner about the buffalo chicken pizza that they offered two weeks ago, which was AMAZING, and noted that they had recently joined twitter, according to a poster on the wall. We then got to talking about social media in general (*cough*groupon*cough*) and such.

(he thanked me, actually, for mentioning the groupon here; he says that with their location they were getting missed, but business has increased a lot since the groupon, and not just in groupon usage. He's going to do it again, for certain. I was really glad to hear how well that worked out for him).

Anyway, all that talk made me realize some of y'all might be interested in http://twitter.com/thespian/restaurants, which is a REALLY incomplete list I keep of Somerville/Cambridge/Medford restaurants and food places that tweet (with one or two further out things that I like).

If you know of others, do please send them to me there or here. There have been flash sales (and free cupcakes from Kick-Ass), Dave's Fresh Pasta is doing a great job of adding new foods as they come in, etc. Oh, and Qdoba is totally rocking it, with trivia, free food, flash sales, the whole shebang. And there's more. For a foodie and a bargain hunter it is good. You do not need a twitter account to read the list.

(tosci's may get pulled, though, as Gus is using it as his own twitter of late, which is fine and all, but not terribly relevant when I hit the list going, 'what deals are up tonight, what does Guru have as today's special?' etc.)

Comments

[georgy.livejournal.com]

Very cool, thanks! I have an overall Somerville Twitter list -- http://twitter.com/radiofreegeorgy/somerville/members -- and here are a couple of specific additions to the restaurant/food list:

http://twitter.com/bloc11cafe
http://twitter.com/shermanmarket
http://twitter.com/DPastryHouse (Medford, but hey)
http://twitter.com/SpunYogurt (though I think they closed?)

[ron_newman]

Did Spun ever really open? Last time I walked by there, the windows were papered over.

[georgy.livejournal.com]

It was open for a short time, at least, because I ate there.

[thespian.livejournal.com]

I added all of them but Spun, which does seem to be gone. Thanks! I hope it reminds me to check out Sherman Market, as I keep forgetting to.

[ron_newman]

wish Twitter would stop invading every other Internet place I visit ....

[thespian.livejournal.com]

I feel the same about facebook, myself. But twitter has some potential (as I keep finding; I had an idea for an app there that might be saleable yesterday, unlike my other practical uses), and it is handier than checkig 20 blogs to go 'what's the soup at diesel, what's the special at Guru, what pizzas are at Zing!, who is playing Passim and Johnny D's tonight?' etc. Those don't *need* lots of info, and 140 characters is perfect for it, mostly.

[sparkgrrl658.livejournal.com]

this.

twitter is bare bones and useful - at least it's not like when (and many still do, sigh) everyone had a myspace instead of a real website. THAT was awful.

ps, i know this is cambridge, but http://twitter.com/EastCoastGrill - easy to keep up with specials and special events. esp when they would tweet if you forgot and they had a table open up :)

[laryu.livejournal.com]

Rendezvous is http://twitter.com/RendezvousCS

[ursamajor]

Hee, I had a similar idea a few weeks back when I realized I was following like 50% restaurants on my main personal Twitter, so I created a Twitter for them at twitter.com/cambervillechow. I've used lists to break them down into general cuisine, what square or area they're in.

And yeah, I wish Gus would actually tweet about Toscanini's if he's gonna do so under the "tosci" nickname. Have a separate Twitter for personal musings that are getting away from the business you run.

Edited b/c I screwed up closing a link

Twitter is so last year...

[nvidia99999.livejournal.com]

Next big thing is one word messaging.

Re: Twitter is so last year...

[thespian.livejournal.com]

No!

Re: Twitter is so last year...

[closetalker11.livejournal.com]

Win.

[firstfrost.livejournal.com]

Craigie on Main twitters - I took advantage of the "come during the Snowpocalypse and get a free amuse bouche and a free tazo chocolate" tweet. Yum!

http://twitter.com/craigieonmain

[tober.livejournal.com]

In the category of not quite exactly a restaurant but should be on your list:
http://twitter.com/cloverfoodtruck

Clover Food Truck is an awesome vegetarian (and mostly vegan) food truck that lives on Carleton Street by MIT Medical, near the inbound Kendall T headhouse. You should try it if you're ever in the Kendall vicinity around lunchtime. No affiliation, other than that I'm a very satisfied repeat customer.

updates on opening

[alpinepie.livejournal.com]

this is the link to Posto that is opening next month. Generally it is about construction progress which a lot of people have enjoyed but will eventually be used to promote daily wine/cocktail/pizza/small plate specials. @pizzeriaposto www.pizzeriaposto.com

[josephineave.livejournal.com]

If you have a Qdoba frequent guest card and become their friend on Facebook, you can get a free burrito.

[josephineave.livejournal.com]

Here's a direct link to the page (to keep from confusing with other Qdoba FB pages): http://www.facebook.com/qdobaboston

[ron_newman]

I'd prefer to support local businesses, however -- Anna's, Boloco, Tacqueria La Mexicana (in Union Sq), etc.

[horizon-radar.livejournal.com]

http://twitter.com/TeeleSquareCafe

I used to live at Teele Square Cafe, but their new hours prevent me from eating there anymore.

[acidgalore.livejournal.com]

Cool, thanks! @eatboston has compiled a similar list http://twitter.com/eatboston/camberville-restaurants; you might want to add some of the restaurants to your list

[crschmidt.livejournal.com]

http://twitter.com/centralbrew is the relatively new coffee/sandwich shop next to the Asgard.