Widowmaker from Braintree? Hardly the best brewery in Boston

Ma France is the only thing that comes close in New England.

I believe they use French flour and yeasts as well. The chausse aux pommes is also 100% correct.

i was just wondering this! they’ve painted the outside and took the brato sign down this week it looks like in preparation

Big if true! Also bigger because this seems to be the first place the news is breaking? I can’t find anything outside of confirmation that they are opening a Boston location

Where are you getting this info? If this is true, I am incredibly excited. It’s 5 minutes away from me. Also, what a step up in quality of beer. Brato was pretty terrible but I did like their food.

Backdoor croissant dealings. I like it

Not sure why you’re downvoted. Clear Flour is great at bread but their pastries are not that good.

Mamadou’s croissants are legit.

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The RMV turned a friend of mine away because he had less than 12 months left, but now that I'm looking into it I'm starting to think you'll get a license till June. The 12 months should be measured from the start of your stay, not from when you apply for a license. Take a printout of this with you:

> the applicant must provide acceptable documentation demonstrating that his or her current authorized stay in the United States is for a period of at least 12 months. The period of at least 12 months shall be measured from the beginning of the applicant's current authorized stay, or from the beginning of the applicant's prior authorized stay if it immediately precedes the current authorized stay without interruption, whichever is earlier.

Going to throw Quebrada into the ring here. I go to the one in Arlington.

The croissant in general are lovely, but the breakfast sandwiches are another level of amazing deliciousness. I swear my partner visits me just so she can get breakfast at Quebrada the next morning.

My workplace spent several months figuring out where to get the best croissants, at the behest of our French president. This was the winner.

Swissbakers!

ZipCar daily pricing was significantly more than a traditional rental few years ago.

Hancock's pad

Costco

What about ZipCar? Their pricing might be better

X2 on turo. I've had good luck there

Actually Ma France may be the best, but I haven't been there in a long time.

This is by far my favorite. Salt in Newton Center is pretty good too.

You call the phone number at the appointed hour posted on IG, then you pick up at the back door. Same bags, boxes, same deliciousness. They even answer the phone ‘Café Madeleine’. But now there’s a frisson of danger to it.

My first thought as well! Their morning bun is AMAZING. My wife and I live down the street from a decent bakery but we regularly make the 7 mile drive to Arlington anyway. Totally worth it.

LOL I should operate a bike pastry tour. Start at Colette for trad French.

Then True Grounds for Rae's neo-excellence. Then get Montreal bagels at Turenne, English muffins at Vinal, and finish off with trad French at Beatrice.

I know there was an ice cream crawl by bike last summer. And a hot dog crawl.... Although I think that was like "collect stamps from participating hot dog places over the course of several weeks" because nobody should eat that many hot dogs all at once.

Phu Cuong in Dorchester

Turo or GetAround may be good options?