Quick Review: Il Villagio (Boston)

Il Villagio was exactly what we were looking for.

Strolling with my wife around the North End one 90 degree night in late June our wish list was this:

* A/C
* Good food
* Not crowded
* Not some cavernous money minting operation
* Not too far away from the main action and energy of the neighborhood

I'm pretty sure we walked past every restaurant in the neighborhood as I searched for the exact atmosphere I was in the mood for. But Il Villagio nailed it.

Mini-review: boloco (Brighton, MA)

Note: this also appears with my reviews over on Yelp.com

I wish we had boloco here when I lived upstairs @ 1932 Beacon # 5 back in the day. Then again, I suppose I would also have needed discretionary income to really enjoy it, so nevermind. What would be best, then, is if we had boloco in Chicago, now.

3 things that struck me about boloco:

Great options
I like options. So being able to pick from among 8 different burrito "treatments" (e.g. the Classic, the Mediterranean and the Bangkok), then pick your main ingredient (beef, chicken, tofu), then pick your size made me happy.




Interesting smoothees
Nice to have a burrito and a smoothee in the same place. Even better when the smoothees are something other than just the routine choices.


The smoothee cups are organic, too, made "entirely of corn"

Fast & friendly service
Got our order within 3 or 4 minutes - surprisingly fast.