Sound Bites

[tisana.livejournal.com]

Hello, all.
I'm moving to Magoun Sq in Somerville, in a few days, and I barely know the area. Can anyone tell me if Sound Bites, the breakfast place on Broadway, is really as bad, service-wise, as the horror stories indicate? Is the food worth it?

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[ceo]

Soundbites' waffles are to die for. There are very few restaurants I'm willing to wait in line for, and Soundbites is one. The line is pretty variable, actually; I've sometimes gone there at high noon on a Saturday and gotten a table immediately. I've never had a complaint about their service except that you're not encouraged to linger.

A brisk walk up Broadway is Renee's, a block down Holland St from Teele Square. They used to be as crowded as Soundbites, but a couple years ago they expanded into the neighboring storefront and more than doubled their seating.

Also worth going to in the area are Urban Gourmet in Ball Sq (excellent pizza, but really slow delivery) and Wang's Fast Food in Magoun Sq (yummy traditional Chinese dumplings).

[hauntmeister.livejournal.com]

I must beg to differ! In a few small aspects...

A brisk walk up Broadway is Renee's
Well, yeah, if you're a championship sprinter! Yummy as Renee's may be, it's perhaps three-quarters of a mile up Broadway! A good option if you're based in Davis, but not Magoun.

Wang's Fast Food in Magoun Sq
Much closer to the original poster. But they've gone upscale, don'cha know? They're called "Wang's Chinese Cuisine" now. Same menu, same prices, same location. Classier name. :-)

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[bratling.livejournal.com]

A brisk walk up Broadway is Renee's, a block down Holland St from Teele Square. They used to be as crowded as Soundbites, but a couple years ago they expanded into the neighboring storefront and more than doubled their seating.

sadly, i still can't get a second cup of coffee there. so after going for a few years, and later being introduced to soundbites, i stopped going to renee's (despite their amazing homefries) and started going to Soundbites (regularly enough that the staff know me, and their "no place like homefries" are to die for if you like garlic :-).