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If it's anything like the one in the Hynes, then it'll be a godsend. The food court in the hynes (technically not the hynes, but the mall attached to it, I'm not referring to the crappy-ass caterers in the hynes proper) was pretty much your standard mall foodcourt. Generally inexpensive, nothing special, but it's quick and easy. If you've ever been to a convention WITHOUT a food court, and you want a quick, easy, and cheap lunch, then you'll know exactly what I'm talking about (the Javitz center is full of filthy, filthy gougers who deserved to be filleted and served as longpork). Most of my interested in this thread stems from the fact that my friends and I are looking for a fun and tasty place to eat on thursday night. After that, we, like many people, I suspect, will be so deep into con-activities that any place that's located right there and is inexpensive will pretty much be the best way to eat a hot meal and not miss out on anything (aka, a foodcourt). Everyone's different, but at least for us, once we're in full swing at the con, we won't want to spend hours on a meal.
EDIT: I've done a little digging, and apparently the food at the BCEC is terribly overpriced as well, and I don't see signs of a real food court (like the one at the hynes with the chain fast food places), but I'll keep searching and post what I find for quick and easy lunches for con-goers here.
If you want a mall food court experience, South Station is about a 10-15 minute walk away, and then about 5 minutes further than that is a bigger food court in Downtown Crossing.
That's 20-30 minutes lost in transit. I'm looking for something effectively on-site for fast food that isn't the BCEC overpriced catering.
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Also, you may honestly want 20-30 minutes away from the mass that will be PAX.
Some good info, even if I hate Little Stevie's ... gave me some epic food poisoning when I was in college. For anybody considering Restaurant Week venues - try to make a res. as early as possible, most of the places book via opentable. It gets pretty crowded at some spots
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Yeah I definitely wouldn't say that Little Stevie's is "epic level" noms. Don't go out of your way for it. But as a former NJ boy now living in FL, even middling north-east style pizza is better than none.
I tossed it around with my friends and most would rather just find fast food in the immediate vicinity. We're the sort that are pretty much eating while at PAX because it's necessary, not so much because we want to X3. That's just how we kind of roll at cons. It does look like there are places where we could nab sammiches and such though in the immediate vicinity, so we'll probably just roll with that. We don't mind dropping a little extra cash, so long as isn't con-gouger absurd prices (9 bucks for a burrito, 4 bucks for a basket of fries, is the kind of prices I've heard you can expect from the Silly Gooses who run the BCEC catering).
So, time to walk from the BCEC to the Silver Line station, thru the station, wait, ride, up thru South Station.
Stand in line for food, get food, eat.
Return to BCEC.
Those 3 parts should be 15 minutes each, give or take. In fact, getting the food will be the longest, depending on what time of day you go.
KO Catering and Pies (red line train to broadway, one block walk) (Australian cuisine, from my homeland
Eagle Deli (1918 Beacon St., Boston, MA [as featured on Man Vs. Food]), East Coast Grille (Cambridge St., Cambridge, MA), M&M Ribs (102 Hampden St., Boston, MA).
The only thing that sucks is that a lot of the places around the BCEC are only open Monday through Friday, so before you think you have it all planned, make sure you check the hours of the individual places!
Eagle Deli is also a favorite of Conan O'Brien from when he lived in the area. He says he loved the french toast there.
You still have to walk to the SL1/2 and wait for it. The 7 stops right in front of the convention center and right in front of South Station. It just *seems* less tourist-friendly, but it is cheaper than the Silver Line and 7-day passes are accepted on it. Or if it's nice, you can just walk. Walking to South Station from the BCEC is less than 15 minutes as well.
I see that Resto Week has been covered, but some other points of interest for the foodie-PAXers:
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They're literally the closest real food, outside the food court. It's also really good food.
They're opening up half an hour early, and they're going to open the attached bar at the same time, in order to increase their total seating capacity. I will pass on the warning that he gave me. There's too many PAXers for them to take reservations. If you have a tight schedule, and want to make sure you get in one good meal this weekend, plan on an early lunch.
They're still deciding how to accommodate our numbers, and one of the ideas that was suggested was some kind of bagged lunch or sandwich you could buy and run. You could probably get something similar at the Food Court but I'm going to guess that the price and quality difference would lead in MJ's favor. Would people be interested in something like this?
If you do get to sit down I suggest the Shepard's Pie. I don't usually like Shepard's Pie but its fantastic here.
7 is good during the week, but on Saturdays the Silver Line comes more often (7: 40 mins. SL: 5 mins) and the 7 doesn't run at all on Sundays.