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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: Boston Burger Company – A Frappe Lover’s World

Smores from Boston Burger Company

Traveling for a food adventure has become the highlight of most weekends but in our #SundayFunday column, we look to expand the gastronomic pleasures of travel to feature some of Massachusetts’ most underrated food destinations.

Known for its baked beans, creampies, and clam chowdah (yes, chowdah – not chowder,) Boston is a place of no-nonsense eating. Sticking to its traditional values and food groups, Boston is all about its history, its baseball franks and its hearty meals. That is why, it’s no surprise that hidden behind the name Boston Burger Company there is a tradition of sweet, satisfying, over-the-top frappes. If you’re not from Boston, then the term “frappe” is just as confusing as “chowdah” but not to worry, at the Boston Burger Company in Cambridge, MA, you can have it all.

A milkshake is New England is only shaken milk and syrup, not to be confused with a frappe which is a mixture of ice cream, milk, and syrup (in Boston, words have different meanings.) To compensate for the confusion and the battle between frappe vs. milkshake, Boston Burger Company takes it a step further with their #freakfrappes – a combination of ice cream, milk, and syrup, topped with sweets like an actual layer of strawberry shortcake or a horizontal graham cracker smothered in marshmallows and melted chocolate. Each frappe is presented in a tall sexy glass and every part of the glass is used as part of the #freakfrappe. No space is overlooked. The S’more Than You Can Handle #freakfrappe is a frozen hot chocolate frappe with a graham cracker rim (crumbled graham crackers sprinkled onto the rim of the glass), chocolate syrup, and topped with a wicked (a.k.a “great”) big s’more.

Visually, the #freakfrappes are a play on adult nostalgia. It is a calling to our childhoods, when all we wanted to do was mix all our favorite sweets into one great big bowl of ice cream. M&Ms, Oreos, Nutella (a cult classic), peanut butter, and melted chocolate are only but a few of the options offered at Boston Burger Company and they are the essential components of any good frappe.

Of course, the Boston Burger Company serves their famous burgers like the Hot Mess, featured on the Rachel Ray Show, a burger with bacon, sweet potato fries, homemade thousand island dressing, diced pickles, jalapeño, red onion, lettuce, and American cheese – but honestly, who cares about the delicious burgers and fries when you can sustain yourself with a #freakfrappe? Oh, and since it’s #SundayFunday, ask for a Boozy Frappe – you’ll thank us later.