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gwcarver

Jamaica Plain, MA
Member since 07/03/2008
Last login: 07/13/2008

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July 07, 2008

Harvest Coop Markets

581 Massachusetts Ave , Cambridge, MA, 617-661-1580

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This is THE food co-op of the Boston area. Large, full-featured grocery store with emphasis on organic and otherwise green products. Good deli, good prepared food, wide selection of groceries, including local products. The produce section could be better, but it is more than adequate for most purposes. Comfortable coffee/smoothie shop in front, enormous community bulletin board.

 

July 07, 2008

CITY FEED AND SUPPLY INC

66 Boylston St , Jamaica Plain, MA, 617-524-1657

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4

A classic-style small health food store that feels almost like a cooperative. Small, with limited selection, but what they do have is good, with an emphasis on organic products. Community oriented, with a large bulletin board, neighborhood artists' work on display, and so on. The green-minded counterpart to a corner store. Highly recommended.

 

July 13, 2008

KARLS SAUSAGE KITCHEN INC

142 Broadway , Saugus, MA, 781-233-3099

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Another place that is not green but is still worht a visit. Karls is a local sausage maker on Rt. 1, and is worth the trip just to see. Nestled near Fern's Motel, a 1950s motel that has undergone very little updating, Karls is easy to misss because of its sizew, but hard to miss because of its sign. Just trust me. they carry a wide assortment of German, Austrian and other middle European imprts, mainly candies and crackers, and make excellent but decidedly non-vegan sausages in-house daily. Do not miss a chance to visit this place, if only to browse. Absolutely unique to the area.

 

July 13, 2008

BELLA LUNA RESTAURANT

405 Centre St , Jamaica Plain, MA, 617-524-6060

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Excellent restaurant, specializing in pizza and Italian dishes, with vegan options. Their vegan pizza is the only vegan pizza I have enjoyed as much as conventional pizza. Affiliated with the Milky Way club, which is downstairs and also offers food from the Bella Luna menu. As far as green practices, this is not their major focus, but for vegan Italian food it would be hard to do better.

 

July 07, 2008

HARVEST COOPERATIVE MARKETS

57 South St , Jamaica Plain, MA, 617-524-1667

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Smaller than the Cambridge branch, this store has a noticeably weaker selection of produce but an excellent cheese, wines and bread section. A true food cooperative, both in actual business structure and in ambiance - feels less like a regular grocery store than the Cambridge location, which is a bonus for me. Best option in JP, at least until City Feed opens its new location.

 

July 13, 2008

LANES & GAMES

195 Concord Tpke , Cambridge, MA, 617-876-5533

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Is it green? Not particularly. Is it the best bowling alley in the greater Boston area? Absolutely. Two stories of tenpin and candlepin with a vintage vibe, league play, a modest arcade with air hockey, and a small bar. Highly recommended.

 

July 13, 2008

MIDDLE EAST RESTAURANT

472 Massachusetts Ave , Cambridge, MA, 617-492-9181

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The Middle East club in Cambridge is a Boston area music institution. The food offerings are solid, with decent falafel, excellent whipped garlic (recommended), and a regular array of pub food and middle eastern dishes. Wednesday night belly dancing usually has a live band, whose lead oud player is a phenomenal musician and is not to be missed. Not a green business, but well worth patronizing regardless.

 

July 07, 2008

Grasshopper Vegetarian Restaurant

1 N Beacon St , Allston, MA, 617-254-8883

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3

Grasshopper's popularity has always befuddled me a bit. They are very similar to Buddha's Delight in Chinatown (and its sister restaraunt My Thai Cafe in Brookline), having a largely identical menu of vegan Vietnamese and Thai dishes. In my experience, the food is a bit less flavorful than Buddha's Delight, and costs a bit more. This is not to say that it is bad - it isn't - but it also doesn't quite live up to its reputation for me.

 

July 07, 2008

Buddhas Delight Vegetarian Restaurant

5 Beach St , Boston, MA, 617-451-2395

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While this restaraunt is certainly not (nor does it present itself as) focused on environmentally sound business practices, anyplace with an entirely vegan menu is probably ahead of the curve in that respect, and the food itself, while certainly not organic, local, or even particularly healthy, tastes quite good and is VERY varied. The "meat" offerings will probably disappoint if you expect them to actually taste like meat, but are actually very tasty, particularly the spicy "beef" dishes.

 

July 13, 2008

NCL SABRA GRILL

20 Eliot Sq , Cambridge, MA, 617-868-5777

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A good choice for falafel in the Harvard Square area. They are not a green business, and the food is not gourmet quality by any means, but if you want fast, inexpensive, likable falafel, you won't be disappointed. Try the homemade lemonade!

 

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