Your Chowder hounds have sniffed down the best culinary events and Father’s Day feasts in town. Check back every Thursday for weekly prix-fixes, cooking classes, wine tastings, and more.
June 11, 11:30 a.m.-8 p.m.; June 12, 11:30 a.m.-7 p.m.
The Scooper Bowl
City Hall Plaza
New England’s biggest ice cream extravaganza returns to City Hall Plaza. Get your spoon warmed up (or cooled down) for all the ice cream, frozen yogurt, sorbet, and gelati you can eat. The proceeds go to the Dana-Farber Cancer Institute, and there will be live music, contests, and games, as well as Fitzy Snowman Sculpting.
June 15, Noon-3 p.m.
Taste of Allston
Herter Park, Allston
Allston has some seriously good restaurants and for one day only you’ll be able to sample the best of the best all in one location. The Taste of Allston will bring local eateries together for a grand tasting including Grasshopper, Cafe Bello, Sunset Grill & Tap, and more. Continue reading “What’s the Dish?” »
Chowder can sympathize with the hordes of tourists now descending upon Boston, and the confusion they must feel with our myriad dining options. We find the best restaurant recommendations come from people, not guidebooks. So when the Harvard Square Business Association decided to take two trolleys full of Boston-area concierges — who direct countless tourists to area restaurants — on a culinary tour of the square last night (and invited us along), we thought it was a great way to pass on to tourists that there’s more to food in Boston (O.K., Cambridge) than just beans… 
We come to you with a heavy heart (though perhaps a lighter derrière). Beloved Boston magazine haunt the Golden Horn has closed after five years of service and untold quantities of frozen yogurt.
When Tatte Fine Cookies & Cakes took over the former Savoy French Bakery spot on Beacon Street this spring, neighbors had to wonder about the void left by beloved baguettes. Turns out, it’s a void best filled with nuts—pecans, hazelnuts, pistachios, almonds, and cashews, to be precise.
June 6, 7-9:30 p.m.
June 8, 6 p.m.
Though the city’s not lacking in the overpriced-beef department, it’s always sad to see a restaurant go. As the Globe unceremoniously 
Especially in Boston, where chefs and restaurateurs tend to tiptoe down the safe route wherever possible, it’s refreshing to see the occasional spark of daring.
