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| Boynton Family Restaurant |
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Steamed clams every Monday, other daily specials posted.
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Mar 10th, 2005 |
The Boynton is a great place to wind down after a long days work. The bar is small enough so the people that gather get to know one another. The bartenders are the same faces, so they get to know you, and don't even ask you what you want to drink, they already know.
The place is filled with college kids, but Worcester is a college community. However for families that are looking for a fun night out, try the upstairs away from the bar. It's a classy joint you don't want to miss out.
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Dec 23rd, 2004 |
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Not a family friendly restaurant! I brought my 2 sons to lunch today and after a man complained that he didn't want to sit next to 2 children, the hostess (also the owner) told me that I couldn't "contain" my children. The only thing my son did was get under the table while I was waiting for my check and a gift certificate. I don't know what she wanted me to do? Not pay for my meal? Don't take kids unless they are totally quiet and "contained." |
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Mar 29th, 2004 |
We experienced the Newly renovated Boynton Restaurant tonight. Couldn't help but get the impression they are trying to renovate the "old regular" customers as well.
The improved system has you approaching a "Hostess" and signing up for a table. We were given a small square box and anxiously awaited our turn to witness its flashing spectacle meaning our table was ready. We waited and we waited. We tried to overlook the half exposed ice cube bucket, one half with chilling bottle beer , the other half conveniently placed so the waitresses on the "crowd" side of the bar could readily scoop ice for soft drinks. we decided not to order anything requiring ice. We had enough lint for the day! Having requested non- smoking seating, and noticing many open seats in the smoking area, we asked if we could be seated at one of those booths, thinking this would hurry the delay. "Sure!" was the cheery reply. Our hopes engaged we once again waited, and waited., watching people who arrived a good 30 minutes after us be seated. Much to my husband's chagrin, I approached the hostess and strongly inquired why we weren't yet seated. She confessed to making a mistake and apologized. A 45 minute wait! When she didn't offer to seat us immediately, I had to ask. She said she could find a table for us.
Finally seated, with the standby Blueberry Ale and its dancing blueberries in front of me, we placed our order. The Chicken Sylvia sounded scrumptous. I was in the mood for chicken and pine nuts (strongly underlined) and mushrooms and pasta. Hubby wanted the ever reliable pizza. when the food arrived I was once again in for a "Surprise!". Tasty chunks of chicken, cold pasta, spinach, way too many sun dried tomatoes. Yet hard I as tried, I couldn't find one mushroom nor (underlined) pine nut. I did find a stray jalepeno pepper and a few things that looked as if they belonged in another diner's salad, but no mushrooms, no pine nuts. This was pointed out to our courteous waitress. She had to get the menu and discuss this with me, but finally agreed a few items were missing. She returned in a reasonable time with a generous plate of mushroom pieces. I gave up on the pine nuts.
Hubby's pizza was reminiscent of the "old" days. A trustworthy standard of Boynton fame.
While the layout of the "new" Boynton may be attractive to the "new" crowd of college students and "suits", we missed the neighborhood friendliness that came with the old place. Somehow seeing the construction workers with the little black box twinkling in their hand while they waited for a table just didn't make it.
The bathrooms are a vast improvement over the old ones. The new large screen televisions looked sharp, but none displayed closed captioning as the old ones had. With the often unbearable noise level a few sets really should be captioned.
We could tell a lot of effort and money had been placed into this project. But much has been lost in the quality of the food, and service. Reminds me of an old song I would often hear from the jukebox..."Something's lost and Something's gained in living everyday"
Looks like the Boynton has lost a few of its "old regulars" today. |
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Mar 26th, 2004 |
The Boynton was just renovated. It has the same menu, but a new kitchen. It also has more beer on tap.
The bar area is larger, a lot larger. The dining area was moved to the upstairs (which is now larger because the kitchen is no longer up there), and seats about 10 families of 4.
The pizza side of the B is gone, but I think they still do take-out. I didn't see a pizza and sub menu, but they may not have one just yet.
The bar allows smoking and with the new, more open configuration, there isn't the same separation between the bar and the dining area as before. However, the ventilation system seems to be supersized, so you may not get smoke in the dining area.
The new, open configuration of the bar does have an acoustic problem (aka it's damn loud in the bar). Hopefully they'll deal with that problem, somehow. |
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Jan 6th, 2004 |
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The Boynton is a place where you can get a bucket of booze and share it with your friends on a Friday night. It's not a place to dine out. It's too crowded with college kids pushing you from side to side. Try waiting for the bathroom with 4 drunk college girls in there. |
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