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@Kenji & @gorboduc thanks for jumping in with the green bean response!

@shoneyjoe Great descriptive details. Sounds like you have an official case of chacarero addiction.

@Dinaofdoom come back for a visit and a chacarero! Maybe now that it has been on Serious Eats some enterprising Austin food truck will add it to the menu.

There have been quite a few Sandwich A Day entries from Boston. Yes, we do have more than our share of great ones. But, you won't see me complaining about too many great options.

This search link brings up quite a few of them.

http://www.seriouseats.com/cgi-bin/mte/mt-search.cgi?IncludeBlogs=30&limit=20&search=a+sandwich+a+day+Boston

Sydney, this looks just lovely and I can almost taste it. I'm not a mayo fan so I love your idea for a lemon based dressing.

Thanks for the update on this important topic.

I keep coming to this page to write a note leave because my eyes fill with tears and I can't see the screen.

As a person with a 15-year-old dog, every loss of a dog becomes personal and Dumpling certainly had a way of wiggling into hearts.

Just know that many shared your joy of having him in your life and many of us share the pain of your loss. I'm certain the entire Serious Eats team is still feeling the pain.

Thanks for the weekly dose of smiles little Dumpling. You were a good boy.

Holding all of you in my heart.

That filling to bread ratio is always difficult with a sandwich. But, this seemed like the kind of place where you could ask for an extra slice of eggplant if you wanted it.

There are a few sandwiches that I want overstuffed- corned beef, thanksgiving turkey and the Speed's grilled pastrami. But, most of the time I like mine with just enough of each element to balance the flavors.

So good to see one of Boston's best food and drink writers on Serious Eats. Now we have to figure out how to get you to a Serious Easts Meet Up without blowing your well maintained cover.

We're planning an dinner at another great Boston Indian restaurant, India Samaraat on Mass Ave. to introduce four newcomers to Indian food. You just added a classic to our menu for the evening. Perfect choice.

I've heard great things about India Quality and it's near home so I will go and try the Baingan Bharth. I hear they do know how to deliver heat.

@jorgen, Speed's is there. #16 with a note that this is a strong contender.

http://www.seriouseats.com/2011/02/what-are-the-best-hot-dogs-in-america-on-east-coast-slideshow.html#show-136758

And, here's a link to a bit more Speed's love on SE

http://www.seriouseats.com/2009/11/the-speed-dog-boston-massachusetts-hot-dogs.html

Now I have to go over to Hamersley's and have chicken. If someone mentions it, I start obsessing and have to have it.

At one point in our early Boston life my husband and I could be found at the bar at Hamersley's most Friday evenings.

People new to the place would come in, and if they picked up that we seemed to be regulars, they'd ask what to order. We'd say, "You have to have the lemon garlic chicken." They'd look at us with dismay. Chicken???

People who have never had this chicken just don't understand. Once you've experience it, you'll have cravings for it.

Like when Liz Bomze reminds you that you haven't had it in a couple of months.

And, this is still cassoulet season. Gordon Hamersley makes a killer cassoulet too.

As I once said in an piece on Hamersley's, "While we are all attracted by the shiny and new, we have to remember that sometimes a perfectly-maintained classic with wonderful patina and years of experience may be a better deal."

Boston was great. There were 16 of us at The Lower Depths in Kenmore Square.

We grabbed a corner section and had a great group. There something about people who come out to food gatherings, they always seem to also be nice people!

In addition to the Serious Eats community members, Chef Gregg from Speed's Hot Dogs truck came by and had some fun with some of his fans without tongs in his hands.

And, Monty Gold who is rebuilding the Petersbough Street restaurant strip that was lost to fire, stopped in to ask the Serious Eaters what types of restaurants we would like to see in the spaces and tell us which of the of favorites were coming back.

Boston is set with 18 people on the meet-up board and two more who are coming with me.

http://www.meetup.com/Serious-Eats/37240/

Details:
Saturday, January 8, 2011 6:30 PM
The Lower Depths, 476 Commonwealth Ave, Boston, MA

Great beer selection, cash only, good bar snacks. Plus it's right the Kenmore stop on the MBTA Green line and the Kenmore bus station.

All the Fenway park parking garages and lots are there plus meters on the stree all around it. Hey, you can even make a reservation for dinner at Island Creek Oyster Bar or Eastern Standard later if you're still hungry.

See what Kenji had to say about my new favorite restaurant, Island Creek Oyster Bar

http://www.seriouseats.com/2010/12/island-creek-oyster-bar-kenmore-square-boston.html

My husband and I travel with good coffee and an AeroPress. It makes a great coffee concentrate that you can drink straight as a substitute for espresso or mix to have a great cup of coffee.

The hand grinder is really tempting. That may go on my wishlist.