Re: [CH] Boston and area?
David Cook (zeb@austin.rr.com)
Thu, 4 Apr 2002 18:29:35 -0600
Woohoo! Anything with a Hell Night I've got to check out!
David "Zeb" Cook
----- Original Message -----
From: "Scott Ashkenaz" <sashkenaz@attbi.com>
To: "T. Matthew Evans" <matt.evans@ce.gatech.edu>; "David Cook"
<zeb@austin.rr.com>; "Chileheads" <CHILE-HEADS@globalgarden.com>
Sent: Thursday, April 04, 2002 4:00 PM
Subject: RE: [CH] Boston and area?
> > Well, quite fortunately, you are moving to an area that is inhabited
with
> > one of the great chile-head chefs of our time, Chris Schlesinger (I have
> > posted many times about his cookbooks and his food). He is in
Cambridge,
> MA
> > and owns the East Coast Grill, Jake and Earl's Dixie Barbecue, and one
> other
> > place, whose name I can't remember (the Blue Room, or something). I
have
> > never eaten at his restaurants, but his cookbooks (John Willoughby is
> > co-author) are exceptional, and I have read his menus, which also sound
> > fantastic. Chris is originally from the same place as me, Tidewater,
VA,
> by
> > the way.
>
> ECG is indeed excellent. The last time I was there, however, Jake & Earl's
> was gone (it had been absorbed into ECG cause they needed the space), and
> Chris had sold the Blue Room to others. So, unless he's reopened either,
as
> far as I know, he only has the ECG. They always have something "from Hell"
> on the menu, and once a year they do a Hell night.
>