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The All Star Sandwich Bar with the All-Star Fries

The Cheese Fries from All Star Sandwich Bar (Source: Facebook)

Be prepared to be overwhelmed by an extensive menu when you walk into All Star Sandwich Bar for the first time. With names like Atomic Meatloaf Meltdown – a grilled house meatloaf, topped with jack cheese, red onion jam and inner beauty hot sauce served on sourdough bread, and Mr. Miyagi – a sweet Chile ginger hoisin glazed pulled pork with Thai basil cilantro, English cucumber, pickled daikon radish, carrots, a fried egg on a sesame sriracha aioli – the sandwiches are hard to overlook. Why eat at a place called the All Star Sandwich Bar if not for the sandwiches?

Easy. You go for the fries.

Sandwiches and fries make the ultimate love fest. A hearty well-made sandwich and a salty basket of fries have long complimented each other. Until now. The fries at All Star Sandwich Bar deserve to be taken off the “sides” menu and placed under their own category: DAMN GOOD FRIES. From the regular hand-cut fries (a basket that has perfected the right amount of salt) to the classic cheese fries (an uneven ratio of cheese to fries – although, we are not complaining), these fries are #SundayFunday approved on any day of the week.

Let’s be honest, you’d be hardpressed to find someone who doesn’t love hand-cut fries. There is something scientifically significant about the power of potatoes split into unmatched sizes, and although we haven’t read any recent studies supporting this claim, we remain firm believers. If you are still debating about taking a trip to All Star Sandwich Bar, make it worth your while and order the hell fries. The name is not far off from how your mouth feels after a few bites. These hand-cut fries are seasoned with a spicy rub (a secret recipe likely hailing from the depths of hell itself) and topped with the inner beauty hot sauce. Servers at All Star Sandwich Bar rate them a solid 8 on a scale from 1 to 10 (10being: “I’ve lost feeling in my mouth”) you’ll have to check them out yourself and let us know if the hell fries lived up to their name on #SundayFunday.

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#SundayFunday – Double Stackers + Brunch at Five Horses Tavern

#SundayFunday brings us to Five Horse Tavern (Source: Facebook)

For the most part, breakfast is bland. Basic, at home, breakfast can prove mundane and relatively boring. Eggs and toast, anyone? But when you couple a trip to the South End in Boston with a double stacker of chicken and waffles topped with bacon marmalade, cheddar, and creole mustard, on a Sunday morning, you’ve given breakfast a whole new meaning.

With a name like Five Horses Tavern, it is assumed the brunch menu is fit for a feast. Starting with the donut holes – a house apple-cinnamon dough with a sugar glaze – then transitioning to the Breakfast Club – a KFC-style chicken with bacon marmalade, fried egg, cheddar, frisee, cornichons, creole mustard on toasted waffles – with a side of pork belly, the #SundayFunday combinations at Five Horses Tavern are limitless. Combine the French Toast Sticks with the Buttermilk Fried Chicken Tenders and a Peach Bellini or combine the Heart Surgeon – a beef and pork hash, with two eggs and crispy fried onions – with the Cast Iron Cornbread and a House Bloody; either way, you’ll be in full #SundayFunday mode. Prepared with 40 rotating drafts, the South End location emphasizes wine, cordials and craft beers; making it an excellent location for mimosas and afternoon cocktails.

If for nothing else, explore #SundayFunday at Five Horses Tavern for its nostalgic environment of adjoining brownstones, rich history, and culturally diverse neighborhood. Bordering Back Bay, Chinatown, and Roxbury, the South End is full of surprises and Five Horses Tavern is one of them. Sink into a corner booth, order the Breakfast Club with a Jack’s Abby and let the Sunday good times take over.