NERF meals
#1
Posted 05 January 2013 - 11:44 AM
Friday lunch: At South Station during our 2-hour break between the commuter rail and Rhode Island trips.
Friday dinner: Still being worked on --- Most likely will be in the South Station or Back Bay Station areas since we are coming back from Rhode Island.
Saturday lunch: Cafe car on the Downeaster, which we are scheduled to be aboard between 11:53 AM and 1:19 PM.
Saturday dinner: Still being worked on --- Most likely will be in the North Station area since we are coming back from Maine -- although it might be a bit early.
Sunday lunch: At Shops at Prudential Center during our break of approximately 1-1/2 hours.
Sunday dinner: Fest is over at this point, and a handful of participants will have already started home. For those remaining, one possibility could be Cambridgeside Galleria, a few blocks walk from the Lechmere station. With the walk of a few blocks from the Lechmere station, we would get to that mall around 5 PM. The mall is open until 7 on Sundays. Let me know your thoughts on this. I pick places with food courts as they offer much variety to different tastes, but by the end of the weekend some may grow weary of them.
And that leaves breakfasts, which you can have at your hotel or any of the typical fast food places en route to the Fest start points. We're on our own too for meals if in town Thursday and/or Monday.
Kevin Korell
OTOL Board Leader
Lakewood, NJ
#2
Posted 07 January 2013 - 12:33 PM
Kevin Korell
OTOL Board Leader
Lakewood, NJ
#3
Posted 07 January 2013 - 12:44 PM
#4
Posted 07 January 2013 - 06:09 PM
Yes it is, and it's been removed. We're talking the one that was at Copley Place across from Back Bay Station.Kevin,
Per our discussion earlier, I thought Chili's was closed and out of business.
Kevin Korell
OTOL Board Leader
Lakewood, NJ
#5
Posted 07 January 2013 - 09:50 PM
#6
Posted 10 January 2013 - 02:30 PM
Saturday is taking a little longer to decide. Now that the NHL lockout was resolved, there will be a hockey game at TD Garden that evening, so the places in the immediate area of North Station (where we will be arriving from Maine a little before 4 PM) are expected to be crowded and rowdy.
Kevin Korell
OTOL Board Leader
Lakewood, NJ
#7
Posted 15 January 2013 - 02:18 AM
As for Saturday, Faneuil Hall Marketplace offers both sitdown type restaurants but also some individual places with a center seating area -- so we should have the choice between a more structured meal for those who want another one, and food court fare for those who wish to save some money.
Kevin Korell
OTOL Board Leader
Lakewood, NJ
#8
Posted 15 January 2013 - 09:06 AM
Is there a time for Joe's?There had been an issue with Joe's for Friday night, which appears to now have been resolved... so we should be on for that place.
As for Saturday, Faneuil Hall Marketplace offers both sitdown type restaurants but also some individual places with a center seating area -- so we should have the choice between a more structured meal for those who want another one, and food court fare for those who wish to save some money.
#9
Posted 15 January 2013 - 12:26 PM
Another little tinker I am about to do with the itinerary is having us get off the MBTA train from Rhode Island at Back Bay rather than South Station. Then we can walk down Dartmouth Street to Joe's. The time we would detrain is approximately 5:15 PM, and the reservation is for 6 PM. Unless we have a stiff headwind, I think we may arrive a little earlier than that.Is there a time for Joe's?
Should weather not permit such a walk, there is still the rail transit system, although no matter how it's done it would be a multi-seat ride to get from BBY or BOS to Copley.
Kevin Korell
OTOL Board Leader
Lakewood, NJ
#10
Posted 15 January 2013 - 01:16 PM
Should weather not permit such a walk, there is still the rail transit system, although no matter how it's done it would be a multi-seat ride to get from BBY or BOS to Copley.
And going through all that trouble to ride the subways to get to Copley would only shorten our walk by 2 & 1/2 blocks. We'd probably do just as well to walk through the mall and exit on Exeter Street which would cut our walk by 1 block, meaning that it's now only 1 & 1/2 blocks longer than by going through the rigmarole to get to Copley on the Green line.
Take care and take trains!
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