📍 Address: 62 Boylston St, Boston

⭐ Stars:⭐⭐⭐⭐ (3.5)

Fin's Sushi & Grill is a short walk down Boylston Street from the Chinatown Orange Line, and an even shorter walk from the Tremont Street Green Line station. With the short flight of steps by the entrance, it isn't handicap accessible, but there's an alternative accessible entrance through their neighbor to the right. For my light meal, I selected two things off their menu: Oyster Bun (2 pieces) $6.95 Steamed bun filled with oyster tempura and lettuce, served with katsu sauce Scorpion Make $9.75 Grilled eel, cucumber, avocado & tobiko wrapped with shrimp & eel sauce I was really looking forward to the Oyster bun since I have had good memories of juicy fat fried oysters in my past. Unfortunately the version here at Fin's didn't compare. The usually fluffy steamed bun looked a bit squashed. The oysters were dark and not particularly juicy. If this is their norm, I would skip it. I picked the Scorpion Maki for my companion piece because I'm partial to eel, but the one I was served had mushed rice, and the eel was not only overcooked, but there wasn't very much of it. Service was okay, with the exception that she rubbed her nose after inputting my order and then brought me my requested napkins with nary a pause to wash her hands.

📍 Address: 185 Dudley St, Roxbury

⭐ Stars:⭐⭐⭐⭐ (3.5)

Me and my husband enjoyed this place when they were located in Roslindale the food and service was a little better. We recently just been new location in Roxbury we ordered take away the egusi stew. Sorry to say we were highly disappointed the portion size a bit small and it wasn't tasty at all it didn't taste like a Nigerian or good cook prepared this egusi the meat was tough and didn't taste like fresh meat was used more like frozen meat. We will give this place a second try to gain our pallets again. Everyone deserves a second chance. We hope the food and service will be better next time around. This was our experience

📍 Address: 10515 N Mopac Expy, Austin

⭐ Stars:⭐⭐⭐ (3)

I did it all for the Pizookie. The gluten-free Pizookie! If you're going to review a place with a dated joke for a name, you may as well channel Limp Bizkit... *shrug* This is an easy 3* review. I don't mean it bad. Some things they do well, some not so much. Beer: Sure... 4+ stars. Plenty of selection. The house-brand seasonal is the best pumpkin ale I've ever had. I guess I'm just easy, because I don't care if they make it in house any more than I care that the cheesecake place down the road isn't located inside an actual factory. Menu: 3*. Typical large disjointed menu. The gluten free menu looks like a brochure for a timeshare, and half of it is salads. Yeah, I get it. Leave out croutons, and your salads are gluten free. Execution of Menu: 2*. The patty melt was OK, not great. The calamari I had at lunch seemed like it sat in the window a little bit. At another location, the calamari was great. Service: we liked. The work-lunch speed is good. Our waitress at dinner was helpful and responsive. But.... The gluten-free crust pizza is the real deal. Wife declares it the "second best gf pizza in Austin". The meatball topping is NOT gf, but unlike some places, the pepperoni *is* gf. And since her fave pizza is 20-odd minutes away (plus time to find parking on E. 6th) having a place in the 'hood to satisfy her pizza cravings is great. And... Then there's the gf pizookie. Cakey (in a good way) gooey chocolate chip cookie goodness, topped with ice-cream. Wife even asked (like she sometimes does when she's impressed) if we accidentally got the 'regular' instead of the gluten free. The waitress said she prefers it over the regular one, and I don't really think she was exaggerating for our benefit Iron out the kitchen inconsistencies, and it would easily be a solid 4*+ place in our 'hood. As it is, it may just be a "pick up in a pinch" kind of place for us. But the call-ahead curbside pickup is simple and efficient. Or, we'll just drop by for the pizza, beer, and pizookie...

📍 Address: 1400 S Congress Ave, Ste A190, Austin

⭐ Stars:⭐⭐⭐⭐ (4)

So delicious. The line was a little intimidating but it moved fast and was well worth it. Between us, had the bacon cheeseburger, fries, an Oreo shake, side salad and a beer. Great lunch!

📍 Address: 3086 Briarcliff Rd NE, Atlanta

⭐ Stars:⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ (4.5)

Desta Ethiopian Kitchen is just as tasty as everyone said it would be. It is located on Briarcliff and Claremont road and has ample parking. I went to dinner around 5:45 on a Saturday with a group of 6 and we were seated right away. Please note that they will not seat you until your whole party is there. We were seated upstairs at a table for 4, but someone managed to squeeze us all in. Our waitress was extremely kind and walked through what all of the menu items and what her favorite dishes are. I ended up getting the chicken tibs with injera, gomen, and shiro. It was very delicious and had a ton of flavor. The best part......I had enough food to last another meal. I highly suggest ordering the tea. Before you drink it, let it sit for a while for the flavor to set in. It's a nice added something something to your meal.

📍 Address: 1601 Guadalupe St, Austin

⭐ Stars:⭐⭐⭐⭐ (4)

Clay Pit is one of my favorites! I was not a huge fan of Indian food but I am always game for Clay Pit.