Dottie Hottie

Can you actually see the stars from Dorchester?

“The Dottie Hottie typically has to squint.

But Jeffrey Ferris, of Ferris Wheels fame (over on yon South St. in JP), says YES YOU CAN.

Says the promo:

“This Friday, February 27th, at 7 PM, meet at the Franklin Park Golf Clubhouse
You’ll come away with tricks for identifying star groups and amazed at what our universe holds. Participants are advised to wear shoes or boots so you can walk over a snowy, muddy or icy landscapes (depending on the weather).”

FREE event, but BYOS (bring your own snacks).

Franklin Park Coalition
617-442-4141
www.franklinparkcoalition.org.

There isn’t much time to read the sign as you’re making the hazardous turn from Dorchester Avenue onto Hancock Street, but the sign says:

If you can manage to find parking (which is tight on-street no matter the hour or day) or perhaps you walk there like a good Dottie, inside this little Guatemalan restaurante you will find a warm, fairly clean, non-pretentious family atmosphere where the decorations are completely incongruous, the menus are a little bit of an unprofessional patchwork, but where the food is plentiful, super affordable, and absolutely delicious.

The Dottie Hottie family enjoyed flautas, tamales, enchiladas, a bean soup, and the most extraordinary plantains on earth. Guatemalan plantains come with a dipping sauce that is part sour cream, part heavy whipping cream and it is the perfect savory mix to the sugary soft banana treat. The platters were all enormous and very reasonably priced.

Throughout the meal, there were several customers coming in for take-out orders. To note, though, delivery is free, and breakfast (desayuno) is served all day.

The Dottie Hottie left with a to-go box still bursting with food. Total tab including tip for 2 adults and 1 child was $30. We cannot wait to return. Let us know if we can meet you there. Hasta luego.

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Antojitos y Panaderia Chapina
Mon-Sun 9a-9p
Free Delivery
299 Hancock St
Dorchester, MA 02125
617/288.3201

Valentine’s Day this year falls on a Saturday, so be sure to make your reservations early for dinner with your sweet pie. Cupid doesn’t like to wait and neither does your wife, standing behind a pack of tweens popping their gum and texting WUT? IDK! R U OK? while holding the red beeper for an hour until being seated at a table by the restroom at the Cheesecake Factory.

Here’s a list the Dottie Hottie is compiling of the V Day specials around Dot! Check back throughout the week as the list evolves.

Tavolo:

1) Due to popular demand, Tavolo has added a menu of full entrees like baked schrod, chicken marengo, etc. Prices are still under $18.

2) Every WED night at 6:30, Tavolo will host a Regional Pasta Tour. Three courses, $18 (wine extra). For the next 20 weeks, Tavolo chef Max Thompson will make a culinary visit to each region of Italy and bring Dotties the flavor of that area. A three-ounce pour of wine with each course costs and extra $9, so why not splurge ?

3) February 14 Lonely Hearts Club Dance for singles and couples alike. 7-9 PM. $25 buffet. Includes dancing to DJ Mary Alice.

4) February 19 Sam Adams Beer Dinner @ 6:30 PM. Four courses with beer for $25.

DBar’s V Day Menu

The month is now February, and consider yourself given fair notice: The holiday that commercializes love into the form of waxy chocolates and floral bouquets is but two weeks in the distance. So take heed, fellow Dotties. If you’re going to be a sucker (as surely will be the Dottie Hottie), why not be a sucker en locale? Cedar Grove Gardens, which is already looking festive for cupid’s day, has a great array of offerings for your sweet baboo.

They even have a fantastic blog which the Dottie Hottie will be adding to the ol’ iGoogle RSS feed in order to chase away these winter blahs with images of fresh floral arrangements. It’s as good as a trip to San Juan, without the expensive plane fare and all the people hustling for tax-free perfume.

Here’s an image of a Christmassy Cedar Groves that the Dottie Hottie couldn’t help but stop to snap: