Long time, no entry
Not a heck of lot going on with me- still mainly unemployed; I work three days a week at the Old North giving tours and have class at Simmons two days a week finishing up my teaching degree which I don't care to use. I applied for some corporate sales gigs this week so we'll see how that goes. For Columbus Day a group of us (Jess Nem, Nat, and Shannon) are roadtripping from Boston to Nashville for Mary Claire's wedding. Expect a real entry then. In the meantime check out some of my food reviews at http://thesos.yelp.com/
Here is one of my newest reviews.
Soul Fire BBQ
Category: Barbeque
District: Allston/Brighton
"When it comes to BBQ, Soul Fire is the new kid in town. Located on Harvard Ave in Allston it has a great location to be the rib capital of the student ghetto. It is a definitely a neat concept- order at the counter, wait for your dry rub bbq, and then go nuts at then sauce bar with sauces ranging from sweet to mustard and vinegar. The decor is funky with an a red and black interior highligted by a glass bar with class soul lp covers under the glass.
Bob and I arrived long before the rest of the party so had ample time to sample the sides. The potato salad has quite the kick and the mac and cheese is small bowl of gooey goodness topped with crushed potato chips. Unfortunately they didn't have their beer license yet so instead we drank some Harpoon soda (root beer and cream soda, good but nothing to write home about).
All the BBQ is dry rub so you apply the sauces yourself. The chicken was superior, fall off the bone finger licking good. But the rack of ribs were very underwhelming, it seemed like they had been under a heating lap for most of the day. The sauces packed a wollop, all have some serious heat, even the sweet stuff. The spare ribs looked bigger than the half rack of ribs. For 15 dollars the soul fire platter is two meats, two sides, cornbread and a pickle. The meat portions are a little skimpier- for your best value go for the spare ribs (meatier than the rack of ribs) and the catfish. The catfish was probably my favorite menu item, at least what I could steal from my friend Melissa. Sides I forgot to mention were the greens (above average with flakes of bbq in it) and the cole slaw (again above average).
Score- Long Single
Soul Fire has a lot of things going for it (sauce bar, decor, sides) but the value and the ribs were both underwhelming. So I score it a long single, looks like a double but its only a single off the Monster. Soul Fire is just a few months old so hopeful it's portions and quality rib control will improve with time. And if it had beer perhaps I wouldn't have been so critical."
Here is one of my newest reviews.
Soul Fire BBQ
Category: Barbeque
District: Allston/Brighton
"When it comes to BBQ, Soul Fire is the new kid in town. Located on Harvard Ave in Allston it has a great location to be the rib capital of the student ghetto. It is a definitely a neat concept- order at the counter, wait for your dry rub bbq, and then go nuts at then sauce bar with sauces ranging from sweet to mustard and vinegar. The decor is funky with an a red and black interior highligted by a glass bar with class soul lp covers under the glass.
Bob and I arrived long before the rest of the party so had ample time to sample the sides. The potato salad has quite the kick and the mac and cheese is small bowl of gooey goodness topped with crushed potato chips. Unfortunately they didn't have their beer license yet so instead we drank some Harpoon soda (root beer and cream soda, good but nothing to write home about).
All the BBQ is dry rub so you apply the sauces yourself. The chicken was superior, fall off the bone finger licking good. But the rack of ribs were very underwhelming, it seemed like they had been under a heating lap for most of the day. The sauces packed a wollop, all have some serious heat, even the sweet stuff. The spare ribs looked bigger than the half rack of ribs. For 15 dollars the soul fire platter is two meats, two sides, cornbread and a pickle. The meat portions are a little skimpier- for your best value go for the spare ribs (meatier than the rack of ribs) and the catfish. The catfish was probably my favorite menu item, at least what I could steal from my friend Melissa. Sides I forgot to mention were the greens (above average with flakes of bbq in it) and the cole slaw (again above average).
Score- Long Single
Soul Fire has a lot of things going for it (sauce bar, decor, sides) but the value and the ribs were both underwhelming. So I score it a long single, looks like a double but its only a single off the Monster. Soul Fire is just a few months old so hopeful it's portions and quality rib control will improve with time. And if it had beer perhaps I wouldn't have been so critical."