Re: NERW Radio Folks Dinner 8/30

["Aaron [Bishop] Read" <aread@speakeasy.net>]

At 01:31 PM 8/18/2002, Sean Smyth wrote:
>Ground Round is on the opposite side of the rotary from the 99, on the side
>headed toward Belmont. The 99 there, next to Best Western, is actually never
>all that rowdy and always seems to have seating available. Plus, from there
>you can walk out the door and see the WJIB tower in all its glory! (And it's
>a short enough walk to make an impromptu "field trip," and you wouldn't even
>have to cross the rotary.) And you can never go wrong with Bertucci's.

Yes and no...at Bertucci's - or any chain restaurant...hell, any restaurant 
period - a large group (8 or more) coming in during a Friday or Saturday 
night dinner rush will get ignored until 11:30pm.  I have had this happen 
to me twice (once at Olive Garden in Framingham, then again at Pizzeria 
Uno's in Allston).

6:30 might be early enough that - with advance notice - the restaurant may 
accommodate us, but the chains are the worst offenders of saying "it'll be 
about 15 minutes" for at least 3 hours.

FWIW - not to throw a wrench into the works but WBRS is moving their 
studios starting Sept.9th and expected to be done by that Friday (the 
13th)  I expect in reality it'll be done sometime the following week, but 
will be mostly done by the 13th.   So if folks think trying to sneak in a 
studio tour of a brand-new facility is worth waiting a few weeks, I can 
have the tour arranged and I would recommend something like the 99 
Restaurant in Waltham (which although it's a chain,  is also *right* down 
the road from Brandeis University).   There's also Bison County BBQ which 
is not far from Brandeis either...DAMN fine BBQ food :-)   And hell, 
there's lots of good restaurants around Moody St.


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