Harvard/Brown away weekend

[DeltaOne81]

Okay, so here's a question for everybody... where do people stay when there's a Harvard on Fri and Brown on Sat weekend? Not which hotel, but which city?

If I stay in Boston, then I have to get up early on Saturday (remember, I'm a college student... before noon = early ;-) ) to check out, and drive down to Brown. Also, if I want to go out after Brown, then I need another hotel in Providence. Would seem easier to just do a very late check in in Prov on Friday after the Lynah East game, and stay there two nights. Of course, that would prohibit the bar after Hahvahd.

What do people think?

[Will]

John Harvard's was definitely a lot of fun last year.  Songs are sung, we cry "Hahvahd...SUCKS!" every five minutes, the food and beer are good...but show up early if you want to eat, because it WILL be busy that night.

[Greg Berge]

Dinner in the Square:

John Harvard's depends on how early you get there.  If you go at 4 you can get dinner and beer before the rush and then just hang out and enjoy the sea of red.  We've done this with groups as large as 16 and not had a problem.  If you go later and expect to order, eat, and pay in time to get to the game, things get exciting.

There are a few places to just duck in and have a quick dinner before the game.  My memory of Harvard Square's roads is dimming, but the Uno's on JFK (?) is good.  The WurstHaus is dead and buried, I think, and they were slow servers even on a light night (great food, though).

Grendel's is an excellent restaurant -- you probably need reservations, and it's pricey.

[Erica]

brown is only about a 45 minute drive from Boston. Is it possible to stay in Boston and go out after the Brown game without drinking yourself to DTs so that you can drive back to Boston that same night? Really, you don't have to go crazy to have a good time.

[kaelistus]

Grendel's? Pricey?? WHAT!?!?

Are you talking about the same grendels that offers half off pricing with purchase of beer? I go there every monday and have beer + food for around $6. You're smoking something, that's the cheapest restaurant/bar in the area.

Oh, and I don't think they take reservations.

[Will]

Felix Rodriguez wrote:

Grendel's? Pricey?? WHAT!?!?

Are you talking about the same grendels that offers half off pricing with purchase of beer? I go there every monday and have beer + food for around $6. You're smoking something, that's the cheapest restaurant/bar in the area.

Oh, and I don't think they take reservations.

Is the food good, taking the price into consideration?

[Robb \'94]

I just bought tickets from the Cornell ticket office today, Monday Dec 8, so there are still some available there...

[jbeaber1998]

They have happy hour, where the whole menu is half price with the purchase of a beer.  I am with Felix every Monday, trust me, we know.  The food is pretty good, comparable to typical bar fare.  No french fries, though....  Try the burrito, my personal favorite.

-J

[Will]

Is there a particular reason why you, Felix and John, go there on Mondays as opposed to any other day of the week?  Just a weekly tradition for you guys or does it happen to be cheaper on Mondays for some special reason?

[Greg Berge]

Well, um, Grendel's was pricey, back in the day.  I'm interested to know, though, is it still a great restaurant?  It was once one of the best in the area.  Maybe times (and demographics) have changed that too.

Nobody's mentioned a place to eat/meet in Providence.  Which is maybe saying something... ;-)   They've done one of those Gentrification Gone Wild makeovers of their old warehouse district (see also: Boston, Baltimore, Seattle, Portland, etc...) but I don't know whether they went the "upscale restaurant" route or the "knick-knacks indistinguishable from those found in airports" route.

[jbeaber1998]

Monday night drinking crew after taekwondo workouts.  Scary concept is that the taekwondo school is an offshoot of the phys ed from Cornell....  Plus, Monday is a damn good excuse to drink in my opinion.

-J

[jbeaber1998]

Grendel's used to have an upstairs restaurant that is probably what you were familiar with.  It is no more, only the pub exists now in the basement....

-J

[Greg Berge]

[piglet]Ah ha![/piglet]

[jeh25]

Greg Berge '85 wrote:

Nobody's mentioned a place to eat/meet in Providence.  Which is maybe saying something... ;-)   They've done one of those Gentrification Gone Wild makeovers of their old warehouse district

Union Station Brewery
http://www.johnharvards.com/Locations/union.htm

Trinity
http://www.trinitybrewhouse.com/

Both are excellent, although I like Trinity better.

[crodger1]

Grendel's was the pricy upstairs restaurant.  Grendel's Den was downstairs, and that part still exists (with copper topped tables and all).  Upstairs at the Pudding lost the lease on their space above the Hasty Pudding about the time that Grendel's restaurant (the upstairs part) closed.  Now Upstairs on the Square (the expensive restaurant formerly know as Upstairs at the Pudding) is now above Grendel's Den.

Don't worry, Greg, those of us who have been in the area a while knew exactly what you were talking about

Chris

Now watch it all you Harvard Square facetimers :-D

http://www.grendelsden.com/



Post Edited (12-08-03 14:05)