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On the first Friday of each month since late 1995, my best friends and I have gone to a different restaurant for dinner. It's sort of the Algonquin Round Table. Without Dorothy Parker. Or the round table.
$ at the end of the review indicates price range for one person with drink, app, entree and desert: $15-20 $$20-35 $$$35-50 $$$$ 50+ (price in parenthesis is the per person price we actually paid).

Restaurants with bold name and are a First Friday Favorite - deemed particular standouts for their uniqueness, fun atmosphere, or excellent food. Requires overall ratings over 4, and at least 2 "FFF" votes.)

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2010

FF 152 - Cafe 47: Chris, Will, Mike, James, Milke, Tim, Tim, Paul, Tim, Nick, Mikey, Bill (click for larger)

152	1/8/09**	Cafe 47	Cuisine: Pub Grub	Food:	Service:	Decor:	Overall:
		47 Massachusetts Av, Boston (617) 536-1577 Hynes, #1, CT1 Bus		Diner Comments: Everyone expressed "kudos for fitting our [13-person, reservationless] group" last minute, but diners were conflicted over the "average" to "better than expected" food; the "slow", "poorly timed" service; the "bland" decor; and "blasts of cold" from the door "in need of a heavy curtain." While it's a "nice neighborhood cafe"our group clearly "overwhelmed them, and though they "tried hard," but might be better for a "meeting a couple friends to hang out" $$ [33]
153	2/5/09	Grafton Street	Cuisine: American	Food:	Service:	Decor:	Overall:
		1230 Mass Av, Cambridge 617-921-8499 Harvard, #1 Bus		Diner Comments: All agreed that the staff of this FF Favorite provided “professional, engaging and efficient service” that was “pretty spectacular considering [the] large group(13)” . The comped pork belly appetizer was “seriously on point.” There were raves about the “delicious”, “tasty” and “yummy” food but the special of day “sounded much better than it actually was.” Décor was “charmingly appropriate” yet of the “standard non-descript Irish” variety and they might want to relocate the coat hooks . Grafton Street “made sure we felt welcome as a large group” and “will definitely be revisited.” $$$ [41]

* Restaurant now closed ** First Friday Observed - Held on an alternate day