Yum! Love maitakes - I wish I were braver and experienced enough to go mushroom foraging.
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Here in the USA we make Mushroom foraging much more scary than it needs to beā¦
Once you are familiar with the dozen or so fool-proof mushrooms here in New England you are off to the races.
The hard part is being persistent and in the right place at the right time when something edible is coming up. 
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Breaking news
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Thanks for the post, will have to check it out.
I do have to say, that AI generated video on the website is super creepy - but doesnāt mean the food canāt be good. I havenāt noticed the spot, so thanks for the intel.
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Althea, from the Viale people:
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Evviva Tratoria is open at 1510 Hancock St in Quincy Center. I donāt know much about this chain, but it appears to be a local MA Italian chain. Menu looks very much like traditional Italian-American fare.
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Evviva is okay. Weāve had one in Westford for years, after it was bought out by the same management group that owns the 110 Grill locations. Not noteworthy but can do the job if one happens to be in a convenient location to meet friends or family.
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Iāve passed it countless times when I go to that Home Goods in the same mall, and wondered how it was. Always seems to be busy in the summer.
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When Evivva started out as an independent restaurant in that Westford location, it was a bit more interesting than now. Itās not on our rotation nowadays. Not many restaurants in Westford and adjacent towns such as Carlisle and Groton, so it seems to do well. I do prefer it to the Burtonās next door (also not on our rotation ).
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From Boston Magazine: " Salem icon Salem Lowe , probably the most famous home of the chop suey sandwich, has closed"
Are chop suey sandwiches a thing, and why has nobody told me about them for the 33.3 years (one third of a century!) that Iāve had a foot in the GBA?
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Iām more old timey when it comes to living in the GBA and Eastern Mass. Have not encountered a chop suey sandwich during those four decades. The New England Historical Society has an interesting write up. Turns out that we are both far too young to have been around in the day when that sandwich was a thing.
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Fascinating link. Thanks.
ETA:
Speak for yourself, young double tomato.
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@fooddabbler and @tomatotomato I hearby revoke both of your New England bona fides. 
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That bad? Have you been eating chop suey sandwiches since your youtā? (And not telling me.)
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I didnāt learn it was a thing until watching Chronicle or a similar local show, and Iāve grew up in this area. And my dad has spent all his years since coming to the US working for Chinese American restaurants (granted, I know these werenāt sold at the small Chinese American joints). But not even a hint that these things existed until maybe 2-3 years ago.
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I feel better about myself now. 
Also I wonder if the chop suey sandwich was a north of Boston thing and maybe the chow mien sandwich was a south/Fall River thing? Dunno.
Thatās what the NE historical society pages shows, and I vaguely remember that being the case in the show I learned about them. I grew up right in Boston, so I wouldnāt have come across either, which makes sense why I never learned of them.
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The website and video says that Juanitaās Kitchen has been around for 40 years?? Did it maybe move from somewhere else in Waltham, 'cause I go down that street now and then, and never noticed. Anyway, we got takeout the other day from there, good stuff, particularly the pupusas.
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Thorntonās Fenway Grille closed on Monday, 10/14. No reason given.
https://www.wcvb.com/article/thorntons-fenway-grille-boston-closed/62621628?
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