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| - Boston's is one of my favourite places.
The first time I ate here, I had their mozzamia/mozzarella sticks and a caesar salad. Their mozzamia is cooked in triangles and are well cooked to crispy and hot. They're served with marinara sauce, which I don't care for, but I have tried it and the flavours do seem to go together. Their marinara sauce seems a bit thin and sweet, yet is still complementary. Their caesar salad was above expectation, with a tangy sauce and crunchy croutons.
The second time I ordered from Boston's, a mate & I had a pineapple pizza delivered. It was a medium size pizza. Delivery was prompt. Their pizza was cooked well but not with that generic sort of melted cheese look and texture. The cheese was soft and subtle-flavoured, which meshed well with the pineapple. The pizza itself was not heavily seasoned, and in no way overpowering. The crust, however, had a want for herbs and spices of some kind, as it was quite bland, with a particularly average crispy bread flavour.
The last time I ate at Boston's, three friends and I together had an appetizer each and shared them. We of course had the mozzamia, but also tried their spinach artichoke dip, and their southwest ravioli. Each were very good. The ravioli may be a bit too spicy for anyone who keeps their heat levels gringo style. The mozzamia was loyal to previous experiences. Their spinach artichoke dip was creamy, with a lot of whole spinach and chunks of artichoke. The crostinis that came with the spinach artichoke dip were pretty tasty on their own- although much better with the dip, as expected- and the dip also worked well with the southwest ravioli and the mozzamia.
We also tried their brownie dessert, which is two brownies and two scoops of vanilla ice cream. The brownies are slightly closer to fudge than brownies in consistency due to their sheer warmth and freshness. It's a good staple dessert with nothing particularly unique about Boston's interpretation, except I do like that you get twice as much as most other places would give you. They also have dessert shooters, which are mini versions of their regular desserts in shot glasses, including this brownie one if you don't have two people to share with or can't eat two brownies/scoops on your own.
As far as the building and the atmosphere goes, it is your generic kitschy sports bar look. The outside of their front doors have baseball bats for handles. There are sports team flags (Boston/New England and Arizona teams) hanging from the ceiling. There are neon lights. There is a bar area. Anytime I go there, it isn't particularly busy, especially not inside. Usually there is a group or there are two groups sitting outside. They don't have an especially good selection of music- some kind of radio hits, or top 20 or something playing in the background- so if that particularly bothers you, just order out. It would be improved if the music was quieter, probably. They have a lot of windows, but I've never gone during the day, so I don't know if the sunlight makes things feel better or worse inside.
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