Marriott Moxy Hotel | 240 Tremont Street (Parcel P-7A) | Theater District

Czervik.Construction said:
In all my years in Boston, I never once went to that Japanese restaurant. Is it any good? I remember when that opposite corner had a 7-eleven, pimps and prostitutes.
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It's ok. Not bad, not standout either. I prefer Irashai just a little ways down. Especially at lunch. 3 decent maki rolls, soup and salad for $12. Tough to beat that.
 
Lrfox said:
It's ok. Not bad, not standout either. I prefer Irashai just a little ways down. Especially at lunch. 3 decent maki rolls, soup and salad for $12. Tough to beat that.
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I would vote the same. Genki Ya (the restaurant in the picture) has a nicer interior for dine in (and a full bar), but Irashai has better sushi for a better price (I usually take out).
 
Czervik.Construction said:
In all my years in Boston, I never once went to that Japanese restaurant. Is it any good? I remember when that opposite corner had a 7-eleven, pimps and prostitutes.
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I remember only about 10 years ago being called a "square" by a guy on that corner who was trying to sell coke and I wasn't buying.

Ill never forget that... was he trying to insult me so I would show him I was manly and would buy it from him just to prove myself, or was he a time traveling drug dealer from the 1950's that didn't understand modern slang? I guess we will never know.
 
JeffDowntown said:
I would vote the same. Genki Ya (the restaurant in the picture) has a nicer interior for dine in (and a full bar), but Irashai has better sushi for a better price (I usually take out).
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I've been to Irashai and I did enjoy it although I wouldnt call myself a sushi connoisseur... is the consensus Irashai is the best sushi in Chinatown?
 
JeffDowntown said:
I would vote the same. Genki Ya (the restaurant in the picture) has a nicer interior for dine in (and a full bar), but Irashai has better sushi for a better price (I usually take out).
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Agreed. I'm taking out from Irashai today, inspired by this thread.
 
Suffolk 83 said:
I've been to Irashai and I did enjoy it although I wouldnt call myself a sushi connoisseur... is the consensus Irashai is the best sushi in Chinatown?
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For basic sushi, directly in Chinatown, IMHO yes.

For high end creative stuff, close by there is Oishii (Washington Street, near E. Berkeley in the South End) and O Ya (East Street in the Leather District). But these are at a totally different price point! And the new Fuji Ink Block (which I have not tried yet!)
 
I'm no sushi connoisseur myself, but for a very good and not too expensive alternative, if you don't mind the trip to Cambridge, I'd recommend Cafe Sushi near Harvard Square.
 
cjbski said:
What is taking them so long with this one?
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A month ago they had started on rerouting utilities, and based off these latest pictures, with what looks to be large utility pipes and also blue rolls of conduit(?), they're still working on utilities. None of us know how complex the site is, so it could just be taking a while to reroute everything, or they've been delayed. Hopefully it's just the former.
 
It's also an incredibly constrained site. The phasing plan for its construction has got to be intricate.
 
Plus it abut an historic theater, which I would imagine might require some extra caution.
 
cjbski said:
What is taking them so long with this one?
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I'm by this site almost every day. In addition to what others have said (constrained site, utility work, historic neighbor), Beeline's pictures are good, but I think the progress that's been made is a little more apparent in person.
 
Never in my lifetime did I think these two parcels Wd be developed 🙂
 
how 'bout the one across the street... Transportation building it's called I think. It needs to transport right outta here.
 
^^sure, except building 40~45 stories to pay for it's removal mightn't go over well with the shadow police.

Boston02124 said:
Never in my lifetime did I think these two parcels Wd be developed
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if i thought of it at all, it was as a mini plaza.

never as an actual buildable parcel–let alone a highrise tower.
 
Great example of a sliver tower and a common sense way to maximize small sites.
 
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