Went in to the Sox-Yankees game yesterday with two of my friends, Babs and Louise.
My boss told me that Remy’s was a nice place, so we decided to try it (Jerry Remy is the Sox color announcer on New England Sports Channel). It’s at the back side of Fenway Park, about 2 blocks from Cask ‘n Flagon.
We got there early and the bar area was full, so we got a table in the dining section (an hour later, the entire place was packed).
The atmosphere IS nice. A step up from the Flagon, and maybe three steps up from our beloved dive, “Who’s on First?” Tables, booths, banquets, open-air tables, enormous TVs everywhere.
Plenty of good things on the menu, and the prices were very reasonable for the area. The food was maybe a B, and the service was a C-. All in all, I’d go there again if someone else wanted to, but I wouldn’t rush back.
Louise had a pastrami and swiss on marbeled rye (which was not toasted!), Babs had a Benedict burger, which included Canadian bacon, a fried egg and Hollandaise! I had three burger sliders which were just so-so, not as good as either Pearl St. Station in Malden or Bell in Hand in Faneuil Hall. The fried pickles that came with their sandwiches were not good (cold and soggy), but the french fries were very hot and crunchy and delicious.
The game was fantastic, as was the weather, but standing room tickets are hard on “ladies of a certain age” and, since every frigging person on the Eastern seaboard showed up for the game last night, our standing for hours and hours was tough on our feet, legs and backs.
This was the first time in over 10 years that we’ve had to stand for the whole game. The last time we did, it was also a Sox-Yankees game.
But, the weather was perfect and the Sox won, and it was a good day/night out!
Lee
My boss told me that Remy’s was a nice place, so we decided to try it (Jerry Remy is the Sox color announcer on New England Sports Channel). It’s at the back side of Fenway Park, about 2 blocks from Cask ‘n Flagon.
We got there early and the bar area was full, so we got a table in the dining section (an hour later, the entire place was packed).
The atmosphere IS nice. A step up from the Flagon, and maybe three steps up from our beloved dive, “Who’s on First?” Tables, booths, banquets, open-air tables, enormous TVs everywhere.
Plenty of good things on the menu, and the prices were very reasonable for the area. The food was maybe a B, and the service was a C-. All in all, I’d go there again if someone else wanted to, but I wouldn’t rush back.
Louise had a pastrami and swiss on marbeled rye (which was not toasted!), Babs had a Benedict burger, which included Canadian bacon, a fried egg and Hollandaise! I had three burger sliders which were just so-so, not as good as either Pearl St. Station in Malden or Bell in Hand in Faneuil Hall. The fried pickles that came with their sandwiches were not good (cold and soggy), but the french fries were very hot and crunchy and delicious.
The game was fantastic, as was the weather, but standing room tickets are hard on “ladies of a certain age” and, since every frigging person on the Eastern seaboard showed up for the game last night, our standing for hours and hours was tough on our feet, legs and backs.
This was the first time in over 10 years that we’ve had to stand for the whole game. The last time we did, it was also a Sox-Yankees game.
But, the weather was perfect and the Sox won, and it was a good day/night out!
Lee