Good to know. I go to those stores a lot but wasn’t aware that they take used holiday decorations.

Savers, or any thrift/goodwill store. Do it now because they generally won’t take them after the holidays.

All you can eat buffet

Hi my brother in-law calls me a food snob, but I’ve seen a lot and been to a ton of places. I am a plumber who has worked in a lot of kitchens in worcester, and have eaten at a lot of places in worcester. There really aren’t many fancy places to eat here that are worth it in my opinion and it’s only my opinion but I keep getting disappointed every time I eat out here, either by the food quality, or horrible service!! If you feel like dressing up and spending a few bucks take a drive, especially if you don’t drink!!! Go to Boston ! Abe and Louie’s on Boylston street is fantastic, the service is amazing, nobody will be dressed like slobs! Neptune oyster on Salem is amazing and has some stuff you can’t get anywhere that I’ve seen around. Giacomo’s on Hanover street is always great Italian. Cafe Vittoria has amazing cappuccino. If you don’t want to make the drive all the way in there is the Capital Grill on route 9 in chestnut hill that is always fantastic. Make your birthday special, my kids love those places and we have never had a bad experience at any of them! Happy birthday!

I like The Palm, it’s a steakhouse but with other options. Service is excellent and the food is excellent as well. I’d suggest the clams casino and oreganata combo to start. Excellent desserts too and you never fell rushed through your meal.

Bocado - family style small plate Spaniard food Vulturno - high end Italian American Sonoma - so good

The mercantile just opened roof top heated igloos so you can over look the city

Staff is welcoming and great. I myself haven't played game nights, but I see the signs/groups when I shop.

Needs a good hood and good pockets.

I can't help, but I hope you're up for posting a review of wherever you end up so the rest of us have an answer for next time!

I highly recommend that you get a car. The bus system is just...well it is there is you absolutely need it. If you won't be bringing your own, at least get some sort of beater car to drive in Worcester. Outside of Worcester, the Public transit system is nowhere to be found, and that can really be also said for within the city itself in large parts.

We’ve only been once but had a great experience. Food was tasty and interesting and the staff was very friendly. There were only 3-4 groups there, so maybe the small crowd made it better.

Peppercorns Grill, but that's because they have both and a good brewery in-house. The pizza makes it worth it.

There's a lot of options in Kelly square and on Park Ave.

Yes bacado is awesome! We do the dinner for two. Even when we have a third, we still leave stuffed!

Wow really? We went there last Valentine’s Day and we had a miserable experience with the quality of food and service (granted, it was a holiday… so I’ll give them a pass on that)

Forge and vine, imho. Is leagues better.

Do they have their post Covid menus and service? It used to be my favorite restaurant hands down. Then Covid hit and the food was mediocre when they reopened. I tried a couple more times with similar results.

New England, particularly Massachusetts has capricious weather in every season. That's day by day week by week and year by year. Snow totals are nothing like they used to be and temps have moderated as well. I think the best description is manageable. We get the rare blizzard, which in my opinion is something to look forward to. Everything shuts down. Having advanced warning, you stock up on your favorite beverage and good things to eat and binge watch movies because you're not going anywhere. It's been a long time since we've had a really bad one. At my house it's another holiday. We've got lots of room and the family comes here to hunker down. Then it's movies, board games and cooking and eating.

C’est La Vie? It’s breakfast and lunch only unfortunately

far better than Baba

Mare E Monti

Hey I loved from east LA to Worcester. Let’s say there are some parts of Worcester that make me feel nostalgic lol. But not immediately next to MCPHS afaik from where the campus is. There are nice parts and there are not nice parts.

I do agree with others that it’s kind of tough without a car here. Transportation system is not amazing and if you want to use Ubers, they are not always reliable. Sometimes there are non early mornings if you need to catch a flight back or something like that.

+1 for Mare e monti. Best Italian in the city. I have dreams about that bolognese

I grew up near Stockton and trust me nothing compares to Stockton, you’ll be fine in Worcester lmao

Also MCPHS isn’t that close to the worst parts of Worcester

I used it for the first few years, splitting the cost with friends as much as possible.

At the time, I think Zipcar was $9 Annual fee then something like $9/hr (it’s been a while I don’t fully remember).

A lot of places in the city were probably $18 round trip for Uber.

Up to this point, I had one job off campus and the rest were on campus. By my fourth year, I had picked up jobs outside of my school and a car was needed. I’m so glad to have the car, especially to go to places outside Worcester.

So, when I went to school in Worcester ( many years ago ) they would plow the snow until the snow plowing budget was used up, and then they would just stop plowing. Given that I was riding a motorcycle year round, this presented some issues for me.

I take it they're better on that front now? 🤔