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Have to disagree here...Christina's burnt sugar wasn't burnt; it tasted like dark caramel, and almost everything I've tried was too sweet.

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Snapshots from Chile: Café con Piernas

I took some visitors from abroad (including my gf at the time) to cafe con piernas and they all thought it was quite interesting. Indeed you went to the tamest of them all (and the one that started it -- it was cafe caribe who changed the concept of a coffeeshop to the legs version).

The happy minute was popular at a placed called "Baron Rojo" (Red Baron), where the girls definitely wear way less clothing and at random times during the day they would loosen up their tops for a minute. (I think this place went out of business, but I'm not sure...haven't been back to Chile for a couple of years now).

Some of the tainted-window places do serve alcohol, the music is really loud, and every time they open the door, there's so much smoke inside that you could probably make bacon.

For me one of the most amusing parts was always the people who would hang out outside the Red Baron waiting for the doors to open so they could catch a glimpse without buying the coffee.

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Turf War: Boston's Best Ice Cream

Have to disagree here...Christina's burnt sugar wasn't burnt; it tasted like dark caramel, and almost everything I've tried was too sweet.

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Snapshots from Chile: Café con Piernas

I took some visitors from abroad (including my gf at the time) to cafe con piernas and they all thought it was quite interesting. Indeed you went to the tamest of them all (and the one that started it -- it was cafe caribe who changed the concept of a coffeeshop to the legs version).

The happy minute was popular at a placed called "Baron Rojo" (Red Baron), where the girls definitely wear way less clothing and at random times during the day they would loosen up their tops for a minute. (I think this place went out of business, but I'm not sure...haven't been back to Chile for a couple of years now).

Some of the tainted-window places do serve alcohol, the music is really loud, and every time they open the door, there's so much smoke inside that you could probably make bacon.

For me one of the most amusing parts was always the people who would hang out outside the Red Baron waiting for the doors to open so they could catch a glimpse without buying the coffee.

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Turf War: Boston's Best Ice Cream

Christina's is the best hands down. Everything is fresh and mind-blowingly delicious. Concord grape sorbet (available every fall for about 12 days) is superb. Christina's burnt sugar is the definition of "grown-up food." When I was recovering from a broken ankle, a take-out pint worked better than any of my meds. I went in there a few weeks ago hankering for a root beer float, but no-go. They don't sell root beer. Herrell's on Dunster St in Harvard Sq makes a great root beer float and now and then they have a flavor called "butter and sugar." Don't ask. Just eat it.

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Turf War: Boston's Best Ice Cream

Again, what about Emack and Bolio's? Available in NY on Amsterdam bet. 78th and 79th. Great hot fudge sauce too (although the VERY best is at a restaurant, not an ice cream place -- Popover's on 87th and Amsterdam)

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Snapshots from Chile: Café con Piernas

Huh, interesting. I think there are coffee stands similar to this in Washington St., according to a show (20/20, Primetime?) I watched, but it always included boob shirts... Because that's what American men are into... lol

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Snapshots from Chile: Café con Piernas

Mmmm, a 70s style coffee shop full of men? Sounds good to me Robyn. ;) Haha.

Although the mirrored floors sound scaarryyy....

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Snapshots from Chile: Café con Piernas

@OneWallKitchen: I hadn't even seen a Robert Palmer video until you mentioned him. (This is what I missed in my early childhood, I guess...maybe not the biggest loss, haha.) And yeah, that would be pretty cool.

@nicoeats: Any less tame and it might not have been safe for Serious Eats. ;D And alcohol/smoke sounds more like what we would've expected. Maybe it's for the best we didn't check any of those places out...

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