seeking well-air-conditioned restaurants

[intuition-ist.livejournal.com]

i've been noticing recently that the A/C in a lot of Davis Square restaurants is kinda iffy -- are there any places near the square that can reliably provide that nice bracing 72 degrees that's so lovely when you've been walking around in the oven-like heat?

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[starry83.livejournal.com]

I usually find the upstairs bar area at Redbones to be delightfully chilly. The beer probably helps too.

[ron_newman]

Mike's was adequately air-conditioned when I visited there at noon today. (The windows were all closed.)

[jamiesquared.livejournal.com]

The 99 near Assembly Sq was FREEZING on Monday. I had to wear a sweatshirt I had in the car.

[fefie.livejournal.com]

Not a restaurant - but if you just need a quick respite, the post office in Davis always has their A/C cranked up to what seems like near-refrigeration temperature.

[miss-chance.livejournal.com]

And in the "Also not what you're looking for" department, I'll share that Inman Oasis has one of their tubs cooled down as a Cool Tub. You can go use the Cool tub or a Hot tub, or swap between them, all at the price of a community-tub soak.

As for what you *actually* asked about, Yoshi's is usually really cold, though I haven't checked in the last couple of days.

[geekpixie.livejournal.com]

Thank you for sharing this, as it is fantastic information (and easier than making an ice bath at home...most likely.

[miss-chance.livejournal.com]

I haven't tried it, but it did sound really nice. They don't do it every day, but when they do they post it on Facebook and presumably on their website, too.

[secretlyironic.livejournal.com]

Little Q HotPot was pretty chill yesterday. And they have a "summer cooler" broth (it's still hot broth, but it has herbs that cause cooling according to ancient medicinal doctrine, etc. etc.)

[ron_newman]

Where's this? (Google seems to think it's in Quincy, which can't be correct if you're posting it here.)

[secretlyironic.livejournal.com]

They moved from Quincy -- they're now at 196 Mass Ave in E. Arlington, about a half-block from the Capitol Theater:

http://www.yelp.com/biz/little-q-hot-pot-arlington
http://chowhound.chow.com/topics/709695

[secretlyironic.livejournal.com]

Also, IMHO, they're DELICIOUS.

[daviscubed.livejournal.com]

PJ Ryan's was well-cooled last night.

[nomacmac.livejournal.com]

Flatbread pizza in the former Sacco's Bowl Haven is open and chilly. Go for the pizza and beer, stay for the bowling and AC.

[maelithil.livejournal.com]

Almost too chilly, I feel. Which is probably nice for the bowling, but it's not so nice for the sitting and eating part of the evening. :)

[ron_newman]

I was there Monday night and agree with you.

[pekmez.livejournal.com]

noticeably under 80 and lower humidity is lovely to me after time in the oven-like heat. I think I'd rather frequent restaurants that run their air conditioning at 75 or 76 than 72. Then I can have a pleasant meal *and* no shock upon exiting, either.

[curiositykt.livejournal.com]

yeah. I entirely agree. Too cold when it's this hot out is almost worse than no AC at all.

[intuition-ist.livejournal.com]

whereas for me, if the indoor temp is much over 75, i don't cool down enough during the meal to make staying there worthwhile...

[wonkywheels.livejournal.com]

Redbones was nice and cool last night.