Friday, December 11, 2015

Amsterdam Cafe- Sadly, No Tulips Included

I'm all for multitasking, and I love when the cafes I go to multitask as well. The Amsterdam Cafe is a mini-restaurant, cafe, and it serves frozen yogurt!
Amsterdam was one of the first cafes in South Boston to capitalize on the frozen yogurt business and for a time was the main game in the neighborhood where you could get it prior to the frozen yogurt and ice cream places boom in recent years.
One of the best features about this place is its vast menu where you can get cake and cookies to chips and fries to sandwiches and soups. A lovely quality for someone who likes to mix it up on there lunch hour. It also has a variety of coffees and teas, hot and cold. As well as tonics and the like.
A cool thing about this cafe is that it's accessible to everyone, as it is featured on grubhub. It delivers and the food is super affordable.
Overall, I would recommend it. The cafe has a nice environment and the people working there can be nice if you treat them right. They're extremely kind to regulars and the spot has a lot of personality. If you do go I'd love to hear your opinions.
483 E Broadway, Boston, MA 02127
(617) 464-6488

Thursday, December 10, 2015

Fornax Bread Company - It Counts... Right?


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I wouldn't recommend traveling here on a Saturday morning since the line will be out the door but this is probably my favorite spot in Boston despite its distance from home. Basically, you'll just have to trust me that this place is worth the trip.
You can probably infer from the name that this place has amazing bread but in case you weren't completely sold I should probably mention that it's also a bakery. The walls are lined with fresh loaves of bread and if you sit in the right spot you can even watch them load the bread into the slicer, if not you'll definitely hear it, but it becomes background noise after a while.
menu provided by zomato.com
 To go on, the cafe itself is named after the Roman goddess of ovens and artisan bread bakers, whom is very important if you weren't aware of her. It opened in the late seventies and has been providing Roslindale bread and breakfast pastries as wellas other soups and sandwiches, all organic and fair trade Equal Exchange, for decades.
Not featured on the menu is the drink selection, which includes coffee, tea and hot chocolate as well as regular sodas and bottled ice tea.
The spot is a moderately quiet place to and get your work done whilst being surrounded by good food and nice people but is by no means unknown. In it's community its well loved and if you find yourself in need of an adventure I recommend you check it out as well.