September 28-October 4, 2006
Food
Feeding FrenzyYou gotta respect the hustlethe nice people at Spoons sent us an already formatted "Feeding Frenzy" item about their Roxborough cafe, complete with bolded and italicized text. Although I am lazy, I'm not that lazy. Here's the scoop: Owner Ben Magid realized his regulars were in dire need of a full breakfast menu, so he got to cookin'. The new lineup is priced just right, with everything under six bucks. Bite This: The breakfast casserole is a way-new take on mom's best disha combo of bread, eggs, ham, cheese, onions and peppers.
Watson here, Watson go. When's he coming back? Nobody know. Except we do know, sorta. After founder and longtime owner Barry Sandrow sold the joint in 1993, things turned weird, culminating with last March's hide-the-underage-kids-the-cops-is-comin' debacle that resulted in the bar's controversial shutdown. But Sandrow's back, better than ever, and all signs point to a grand reopening sometime this month. The air's been cleared, and it'll stay that way, toothe new/old Watson's will be the city's first entirely smoke-free pub.
On Sept. 6, the city's zoning board approved a proposal that will move a new Dock Street Brew Pub into the vacant firehouse location on Baltimore Avenue. So far, the local response has been mixedmost are welcoming new blood, but others are still wary of alcohol's negative influence on the community, blah blah blah. My guess: As soon as these cats get their mitts on an ice-cold Bohemian Dock Street Pilsner, all the yammers will turn to yahoos.
The latest offshoot of cute li'l mini mogul Susanna Foo's dining empire was scheduled to open this month, but delays have pushed the debut back to sometime in mid-October. Once everything comes together, expect a full bar featuring Asian bottled beers and a 45-label wine list. Entrees will fall in the $16-$20 price range. Bite This: The house specialty will be dumplings, with fillings like crispy curried chicken, Mongolian lamb and diver scallops.

