Northern Comfort
Nine places to get winter-busting comfort food
Photo: Susan Ogan
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h, the heart of the New England winter. Don't be deceived by last week's warm temperatures into thinking we'll rush straight to fall. That’s what they want you to think. Hardy Bostonians know that now is a good time to sharpen the skis (and shovel) and stock up on ice melt. Winter around here lasts a long, long time. It’s a good excuse to fortify yourself with some comfort food you may have not known where to find:
Shhhh! It snowed 22 inches in April
in Boston in 1996, more than 19 inches in 2000,
and more than a foot in 1981.
in Boston in 1996, more than 19 inches in 2000,
and more than a foot in 1981.
1.
Start with breakfast at a place where you’ll leave full enough to face the day.
2.
Still hungry? How about a lunch of gooey mac ‘n’ cheese in all types of flavors, from barbecued chicken to Boston seafood—in the last place you’d expect to find it.
3.
Where better to find Irish comfort food than in the heart of Southie?
4.
Chow down on Newbury Street with a dessert so rich you can make it a meal, and watch the skinny people walk on by with envy
5.
A cozy trattoria with wood-fired Spanish and Italian food, sure to warm your soul as much as its hearty paella will
6.
Enjoy a soulful meal of soul food—Jamaican jerk chicken, mac’n’ cheese—in a setting as giving as the food.
7.
Find your way after work to a retro basement bar in the Financial District with a buttered breadcrumb topping on its hearty mac ‘n’ cheese.
8.
Yet more mac ‘n’ cheese, with great craft beers to wash it down.
9.
A weird soul-food staple that you have to try.
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