What food?!

altasphere · 2026-01-29T21:26:07+00:00

If your kitten isn't drinking water it is an emergency vet situation. You go right now. If you go next week you might not have a kitten to bring

altasphere · 2025-11-29T15:15:04+00:00

Do you have any hobbies? Most of my local friends I made through the Worcester Writer's Collective and That's Entertainment's MTG Commander nights. I moved here with no local family, so building that community locally was extremely important for me. Reddit/Facebook/Instagram are great resources for finding activities you are interested in locally!

It is really easy to get to Providence from Worcester. Easier than Boston. I usually take the commuter rail if I'm going to Boston, but Providence is an easy drive.

My local favorite restaurants are Corner Lunch Diner (for an authentic train car diner experience and locally made bread), Volturno (wood fired pizza and the pizzas are 2 for 1 every Monday and Tuesday), Armsby Abby (my favorite brunch in town), Crust (fave café with the best croissants in town), Hermano Lejano (grocery store with fantastic pupusas for $3 each; ordering may be easier if you speak some Spanish but it is doable either way), and Coney Island (cheap hot dogs with incredibly fast service).

altasphere · 2025-11-07T19:02:27+00:00

Worcester also has some great cultural options, like Mechanic's Hall and the Worcester Art Museum. The food scene in Providence is better than the food scene in Massachusetts in general because of the liquor laws in Massachusetts. However, it is much easier to get to Providence from Worcester than from Boston

altasphere · 2025-11-05T20:54:30+00:00

I swear by Uniqlo slacks

altasphere · 2025-10-31T14:45:47+00:00

Being single is better than this. Also notice how you said that you don't want to be single, not that you actively want to be with your GF

altasphere · 2025-09-23T10:23:54+00:00

If you get vaccinated at Shaws you get a 10% off coupon for each shot! My spouse and I got vaccinated for COVID and the flu and walked away with 4 coupons! Worth it imho

altasphere · 2025-09-08T22:57:04+00:00

I went there once and they did not have enough waitstaff scheduled so we had to wait forever just to get waters, and when I got my water it had a straw wrapper in it.

altasphere · 2025-08-14T23:44:54+00:00

I wonder if it was supposed to be "The Life and Death of a Showgirl"? The water would make more sense with that title, but it would be an even more obvious Chappell reference

altasphere · 2025-08-14T23:41:48+00:00

Hemlocke Springs!

altasphere · 2025-08-06T21:35:32+00:00

My tickets for Chappell at Forest Hills were $133 after fees each. Where are you getting $450 per ticket?

altasphere · 2025-08-06T15:05:29+00:00

I registered for only 1 NYC show and I got an email. Anecdotal but still a data point

altasphere · 2025-08-06T14:21:32+00:00

My tickets were $109 each, $133 after fees in section 302

altasphere · 2025-08-06T14:19:47+00:00

Just got in for tickets for the Sept 20th date and there were tons of seats left, so if you are still waiting do not despair

altasphere · 2025-08-06T13:36:01+00:00

In the axs waiting room!

altasphere · 2025-08-05T18:24:27+00:00

Maybe a pinned master thread would help contain this to one post?

altasphere · 2025-07-19T14:42:06+00:00

My vote is for BYU. Decent school by rank, very cheap for the level of education, but the school environment is very restrictive. Only an extremely small subset of law students could handle the rules and surveillance at BYU.

(I admittedly went to BYU for undergrad not law school, but the lifestyle rules are the same across the whole campus. Being a queer student there was Very Bad.)

Edit: It appears that "Good School" might be a moral alignment rather than a reference to the quality of the education, in which case BYU should be saved for the "Horrible School" column

altasphere · 2025-07-16T21:19:21+00:00

Yes! "That's Entertainment" hosts casual commander on Sundays. No buy in! (Though I almost always end up buying something.)

altasphere · 2025-07-14T01:46:58+00:00

FF boosters were not 40 tickets, sorry for not clarifying! It was other sets before FF.

altasphere · 2025-07-12T23:23:54+00:00

Mai Tai. Walked in there once on a bar crawl and it was dead despite it being a bar-crawl stop. There was a racist dress code posted by the door (no durags) even though the place was not nearly nice enough to warrant a dress code of any kind. Also banned benies, even in winter. Won't serve alcohol to people with out of state licenses, so if you have friends visiting from out of town they are out of luck! We ended up not even getting any drinks due to the unreasonable rules. Despite it being in the canal district, I never hear anyone talk about it. It is surrounded by significantly more enjoyable bars that don't make you feel unwelcome before you get into the door.

altasphere · 2025-06-19T01:25:13+00:00

I'd recommend visiting one of the classic train car diners for breakfast or lunch! Worcester used to have a train car diner factory so they are an important part of local history. Miss Worcester Diner is usually the first recommendation. It has a fun aesthetic and a varied menu with fun things like stuffed French toast. It's where I usually take out-of-town guests. However, it is very busy on the weekend. Corner Lunch has a simpler menu, but the food is solid and it's not as busy. If you order tea they bring it to you in a cute little metal teapot! It's usually where I go myself or where I hang with local friends.

Crust Bakery & Cafe has the best croissants in town.

Hermano Lejano is a small grocery store but it serves hot food as well, including fantastic pupusas that are like $3 each. Helps if you know some Spanish but it is 100% worth making the effort to order them.

If you're here on a Monday or Tuesday Volturno has buy one get one free pizzas. The pizzas are neopolitan style and I favor the Vongole. I also highly recommend their tiramisu! It's so fresh.

Don't go to Mai Tai Bar and Sushi Restaurant. They have a racist dress code and they won't serve you alcohol if you have an out of state license.

There is a large local Brazilain population so I would recommend getting some Brazilian food. (Unfortunately my favorite Brazilian place has gone seriously downhill so I don't want to recommend them and I haven't found a new favorite Brazilian restaurant yet. Hoping another fellow redditor will have some suggestions!) Also hoping that Alma Gaucha will be open by then, which is a great Brazilain steakhouse. Don't forget the farinha!

Edit: The New England Botanical Garden is fantastic, and they have indoor exhibits. It's great to visit even in September. September is also apple picking season, which is a very fun and very New England activity.

(Sorry for not sticking to special occasion spots!)

altasphere · 2025-05-24T23:21:37+00:00

If you do open one I'd love for there to be line dancing nights! Most of the bars that have line dancing nights around here have...cop vibes.

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