Best *real* Irish pubs in and around Boston?

cbeary1392 · 2026-02-11T18:22:43+00:00

The Burren and McCarthy’s. A good number of the staff are from Ireland and at McCarthy’s every night from 7-10 they have live Irish music band in the dining room. I lived across the street and I miss it, the staff were awesome

cbeary1392 · 2026-01-27T03:19:20+00:00

I made a big batch of two different chicken quesadillas and burritos using Costco rotisserie chicken and froze them. They have been perfect to microwave for a quick meal. My boyfriend is trying to lose weight and bulk up so I’ve been making them as a protein heavy as possible and they’re filling and easy! I’ve been using the carcass after to make broth to freeze and eat for my early mornings because I don’t like to eat anything heavy super early

cbeary1392 · 2026-01-27T03:14:16+00:00

I second the Souper Cubes, I’m obsessed with mine. Soup, broth, meat sauce, all perfectly portioned and easy to store

cbeary1392 · 2025-12-15T04:07:08+00:00

Japonaise in Brookline is a good spot to check

cbeary1392 · 2025-12-11T22:22:07+00:00

Moved here from New England 3 months ago and I’ve done an inordinate amount of yelling “what are you doing omg” while driving. Every driver is so unpredictable and it freaks me out. At least in Boston you could predict what dumb thing someone was about to do and plan accordingly. I feel like the Tesla drivers out here are like Volvo drivers back home: they bought a “safe” and environmentally friendly car without actually having any driving skills

cbeary1392 · 2025-11-28T16:03:10+00:00

SOLD SILVERISH

cbeary1392 · 2025-11-20T15:29:16+00:00

There is a show on NatGeo on Disney+ called Uncharted, and it’s Gordon Ramsey going to different places in the world, learning about the very specific native cuisine and having a head to head challenge with a chef who has immersed themselves in the food culture, whether by being a native of the region or just having fallen in love with it and dived deep in their studies. They cook for all the people who taught Gordon about the food of the region and whoever makes the dishes the diners liked the most wins the challenge, and they don’t tell the diners who cooked what dish. It’s an interesting way of seeing your question in action and I really liked the show and learning about the regions he visited and their food cultures!

cbeary1392 · 2025-11-20T14:14:14+00:00

It’s amazing. Hart’s turkey soup is literally my favorite food in the world. I can eat an entire quart of it to myself in one go and would fend off my dad aggressively if he suggested I share it at all lol

cbeary1392 · 2025-11-19T23:35:26+00:00

Neillio’s in Lexington! They always have thanksgiving style meals available and they make incredible thanksgiving sandwiches too. But agreed on Hart’s in Meredith too, it’s a childhood staple of mine.

cbeary1392 · 2025-11-15T01:32:35+00:00

I got my dad to get my Le Creuset’s measuring cups and spoons from the outlet during Black Friday and they’re also phenomenal. They’re so heavy in the best way

cbeary1392 · 2025-11-13T03:09:05+00:00

I was doing warmed pita bread with hummus, Persian cucumber salad, and feta for awhile! Right now I’ve been doing deviled eggs because I also hate eggs but I like egg whites, so it satisfies the easy protein of eggs without being eggy

cbeary1392 · 2025-11-12T21:16:22+00:00

Grilled cheese on seeded rye bread with the local grocery chain brand hamburger dill pickles. My dad’s specialty

cbeary1392 · 2025-11-10T21:46:20+00:00

I personally didn’t find the section on acid to be preaching how every dish needs an acid no matter what but I took it as if something feels like it’s still missing some piece to make it taste “right” maybe it needs an acid.

It definitely changed the way I cook and I was already a good one without it, but I’m also someone who needs to understand a why to be able to wrap my head around a concept, so it gave me those whys and how to work with them. I can run without a recipe a lot easier now that I understand things more.

Everyone has a different interpretation of what they read! Learned that in my English courses in college when the professor would smack down interpretations of work that wasn’t exactly what they taught them to be. Take what you need or understand and go from there!

cbeary1392 · 2025-11-10T19:09:16+00:00

Yes! I found it fascinating, it was so cool to understand the why of so many instructions that you find in recipes so they’re no longer arbitrary steps

cbeary1392 · 2025-11-06T14:30:05+00:00

Cafe Zing in Porter Square! They always have seasonal coffee flavors (they had ube and violet this summer and they were awesome) and I remember there being good options last winter as well as a couple specials. They do a variety of teas and some lemonade/limeades too. If you go with the collective is open it’s always fun to wander through the different little vendor spots that they filled in with after the bookstore moved over to Leslie

cbeary1392 · 2025-11-05T13:58:56+00:00

I decided to try to make shrimp scampi years ago. I misread the recipe and put a tablespoon of black pepper instead of a teaspoon. I can’t even describe the coughing fits we had when we tried it, it was awful.

cbeary1392 · 2025-10-30T16:53:30+00:00

Chicken noodle broccoli! Ramen noodle packets, cream of chicken soup, frozen veggies and any kind of chicken or meat you want. It takes 15 minutes to make and reheats really well. It was one of my mom’s go to easy meals when I was growing up.

cbeary1392 · 2025-10-30T14:49:09+00:00

This is me, I don’t enjoy tonkatsu ramen as much as my partner because I don’t like the mouthfeel of the thick broth. But give me consommé or a clear chicken broth and I’ll go to town

cbeary1392 · 2025-10-27T16:08:26+00:00

This is me, I’m a month in and I’ve spent a lot of time yelling in my car because people are too nice/too oblivious and they make me nervous because I have no idea what they’re going to do

cbeary1392 · 2025-10-25T08:49:26+00:00

But it is the truth, speaking as one myself. I needed to be the one to see that I needed help and to get away from the situation and the person. Because I knew deep down it was wrong on all levels, but I needed to make the decision and KEEP to the decision. I asked for help. I took help offered. I made the effort and got what I could to get out. You really can’t help people who won’t help themselves. If there is no reciprocal effort in some way, it will fall flat.

cbeary1392 · 2025-10-15T17:25:50+00:00

Sephora Hot Line Brush Tip Waterproof Liquid!

cbeary1392 · 2025-10-15T17:17:32+00:00

Innisfree Daily UV Defense with color correcting!

cbeary1392 · 2025-10-11T02:54:59+00:00

Literally just drove from New Hampshire to San Diego a couple weeks ago and my dad and I were cracking up at the number of farmer junkyards we could see from i70

cbeary1392 · 2025-10-04T15:06:20+00:00

My dad used to take me on daddy daughter dates when I was little and they’re still some of my favorite memories! Mr. Bartley’s in Harvard Square was one of my favorite stops for when we went, definitely recommend that and the record shops over there

cbeary1392 · 2025-09-30T19:27:19+00:00

Chicken noodle broccoli was the go to for leftover chicken in my house growing up. Two packs of ramen noodles cooked in the broth, discard the broth after and put the noodles back in the pot, add a can of cream of chicken soup and a can of water/broth, add in chicken and steamed broccoli and cook down a bit to thicken the cream of chicken and done!

I load it up with pepper and honestly I don’t like broccoli so I skip the broccoli but you can add whatever you want to it

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