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The Best of Most Possible Worlds: Brothers Restaurant offers a lot of what makes Coolidge Corner great (Originally posted 10/15)

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“Honey- What do you want to eat tonight? American?… Italian?… Mexican?”

“Yes!”
“Do you want a good meal or a place with live music?”
“Okay!”

“I know the PERFECT place!”

 

While Brookline’s Harvard Street is known for a wide array of impressive ethnic eateries – from the Kosher Mecca of Rubin’s and the Kosher-style legend of Michael’s to the authentic Mexican flavor of Anna’s Taqueria, the savoir faire of Paris Creperie and the non-faux Vietnamese of Pho Lemon Grass to the sports bar with a BIG difference known as the Coolidge Corner Clubhouse and the upscale American class of Lineage and on and on – none combine so many flavors and tastes with so much passion as Brother’s Restaurant (www.brothers-restaurant.com)

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La Morra of the Story – Culinary couple celebrate 10 years together (Originally published 12/14)

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In our supportive community, it is still commonplace for a bride and groom to be “set up” by members of their loving families. What may not be so common, however, is for the married couple to go into business together. Even rare still is for both the marriage and the business to be going strong after a decade. There is a great section on their site which you can see once you visit their website.

Such is the story, however, for Jen and Josh Ziskin, co-owners of Brookline’s popular Italian eatery La Morra (www.lamorra.com).

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Tsimmes con salsa – Steve Peljovich brings Cuban flavors to deli favorites (Originally published 1/15)

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With all that is happening there these days, anything related to Cuba makes for a hot dish.

Fortunately, we in the Boston area have been able to get hot Cuban dishes for some time, thanks to Steve Peljovich, owner of Michael’s Deli in Brookline (www.michaelsdelibrookline.com).

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Talking Turkey- In Hebrew! – Thanksgiving has Jewish roots and recipes (Originally published 11/14)

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Though many have put their lulav and etrog away, the spirit of Sukkot lingers. In fact, many see a relationship between the Feast of Booths and America’s harvest feast. Some note how Pilgrims read both the Old and New Testaments. Others observe how many who first accepted Washington’s 1789 proclamation that the third Thursday in November be devoted to “rendering unto [G-D] our sincere and humble thanks” were Colonial Jews. Some even suggest Pilgrims lived among religiously tolerant Sephardic Jews in Holland before continuing to the New World.

Regardless of which story you believe, it is easy to see the link between the Jewish harvest festival and the secular American one. Perhaps that is why so many want their table to be as kosher on Thanksgiving as on any other night.

Fortunately, our area has many places to partake of a pareve Pilgrim-y platter.

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Make the Right Call – Legendary neighborhood sports bar is SO much more! (Originally published 8/10)

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 What do you get when you cross over 300 homemade menu items with Boston’s largest martini menu, and throw it all together amidst more than 20 hi-definition televisions and some of the neatest sports memorabilia (and personalities) in town?

Why the Coolidge Corner Clubhouse, of course!

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