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South Street Diner in the Greater Boston area is a four star American restaurant. This is a great place. Located in the South Boston neighborhood, this restaurant is very affordable. It's known for its diner style. When you step inside the restaurant, you'll notice a casual atmosphere. This restaurant features breakfast and delivery. This restaurant is open late.
Outside, beneath the giant coffee cup that serves as the diner's landmark, customers people-watch while sipping coffee and frappes on wooden benches. Inside, kitschy elements dominate: Black cardboard music...
citysearch.com - expert review - 03/08/2007
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3 of 5 stars.
I'll always remember this place because after a night of drinking with a former college flatmate he came out to me in this restaurant. He thought I would be surprised, however, I was not because…
yelp.com - user review - 05/25/2008
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4 of 5 stars.
3am need a place to go eat? well, you have found diner heaven - an awesome old fashioned joint that serves up stacks of pancakes for me and steak tips for my boyfriend. The food is on the better side…
yelp.com - user review - 05/11/2008
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3 of 5 stars.
This place survives only because it is the only thing open in the middle of the night. Hunger just becomes that much more desperate and indiscriminate in a city that shutters early. Where the food (and…
yelp.com - user review - 05/04/2008
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4 of 5 stars.
Up late hanging out and playing the Xbox 360 and craving a late night snack? Maybe you just went clubbing and want to get sobered up slowly? Or maybe you just want to eat, late and try this place?…
yelp.com - user review - 05/02/2008
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5 of 5 stars.
The ONLY place to get food after 3AM (and before 7AM?) I'd have sworn it was closed during the day??? I'd probably give four stars, but Boston sucks after 3AM. On the other hand NYC is filled with…
yelp.com - user review - 04/28/2008
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1 of 5 stars.
There's a handful of really good diners in the Boston area (e.g., Mike's, Kelly's, Wheelhouse) but the South Street Diner isn't one of them. But the diner seems to be very popular with the college…
yelp.com - user review - 04/06/2008
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1 of 5 stars.
I definitely like diners, and I definitely like greasy spoons. What I don't like are waitresses who make customers feel like they're nobodys and looking at your to-go food for 10 minutes sitting on…
yelp.com - user review - 03/30/2008
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4 of 5 stars.
Know what I love about this place? HOOKERS! There's nothing like drunkenly eating whatever greasy mess I ordered and overhearing two hookers talk shop.
yelp.com - user review - 02/24/2008
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3 of 5 stars.
i walked in here around 3pm on a saturday. i was surprised to find it empty. but it filled up over time. the service was great. the dude was very nice, funny, a know... the works.
yelp.com - user review - 02/22/2008
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3 of 5 stars.
famous, all-hours greasy galore.....As you sit drunk...deep in thought... reflect on the evening on an uncomfortable seat..amidst the cheezy decor...a 50s tune & desert.!
yelp.com - user review - 02/09/2008
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1 of 5 stars.
God I hate this place. Not a whole lot of late night competition, so I guess they just don't care. I'm all about greasy spoon diners, but getting charged $10 for six straight-out-of-the-microwave…
yelp.com - user review - 02/07/2008
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4 of 5 stars.
One might wonder where to get food, down town after 10pm on a Sunday night. The options are few and far between unless you want... NY Pizza. Yeah, I didn't think so either. Surprisingly, the food's…
yelp.com - user review - 01/14/2008
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4 of 5 stars.
Drunk Jeffrey H gives this place 4 stars. Minus 1 for making him wait outside for a table, but he forgives you...because you feed him greasy goodness after the bars close. Sober Jeffrey H has yet to…
yelp.com - user review - 01/03/2008
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5 of 5 stars.
I go just to see if I will potentially get in a fight. I'm not kidding! We have the one time where I and a friend are looking after a drunk buddy, when some obnoxious Brit drunk out of his skull…
yelp.com - user review - 01/02/2008
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4 of 5 stars.
One of the only places that's open all night in Boston, South Street is a great place for the "drunk munchies". You can get anything on the menu at any time - from breakfast to burgers. There's…
yelp.com - user review - 11/27/2007
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4 of 5 stars.
The fact that this is open all night is awesome. The food is decent, prices are overprices, but it's open all night and is perfect for post-party chill out time.
yelp.com - user review - 11/25/2007
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3 of 5 stars.
Does Christina still work here? She's a star and had many wonderful but sometimes horrifying stories to tell about this place.
yelp.com - user review - 11/19/2007
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4 of 5 stars.
Your typical greasy spoon diner and a wonderful job they do at that! Broken winged. Tired. Hungry. Aching. I pretty much limped all the way over here after a long day of heels and dancing on Halloween…
yelp.com - user review - 11/18/2007
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4 of 5 stars.
You can get anything you want at South Street Diner You can get anything you want at South Street Diner
yelp.com - user review - 11/06/2007
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4 of 5 stars.
what type of "diners" are these people going to that expect food that isn't greasy and all cooked on the same griddle? it's certainly no five star food & fancy shoe affair but i didn't notice…
yelp.com - user review - 11/01/2007
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4 of 5 stars.
I was impressed with this place last night. For one, the server was a star, she really efficiently dealt with 11 yelpers. As far as I could tell, she got everyone's orders straight. Plus she seemed…
yelp.com - user review - 11/01/2007
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I went to get breakfast at 3 a.m. after the club and it was really good diner style breakfast. Greasy spoon, fast service, great all american diner.
citysearch.com - user review - 10/27/2007
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3 of 5 stars.
The quality of the food can be hit and miss, and definitely suffers during the day, but the rail car-style diner atmosphere is unique for the area. It's one of the only eateries open late downtown…
yelp.com - user review - 10/19/2007
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4 of 5 stars.
This place is awesome for late-night food! I had the cheese burger w/gravy fries. Yea, the fries were re-fried but I like them extra crispy! And the hamburger patty looked like it was 1/2 lbs. And…
yelp.com - user review - 10/13/2007
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I love this place I love place I love this PLACE...Love The staff Love the food Love the location You guys rock...
citysearch.com - user review - 08/06/2007
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Great breakfast food, flavors and taste of all-American diner food is right on. However, some may be turned off by the run-down space and dirtiness. Great for late night eats.
citysearch.com - user review - 07/30/2007
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3 of 5 stars.
I wrote a profile on Sol, the owner, for a magazine writing class when I was in college. To this day, he's still my favorite. I don't go by much since I moved to Cambridge, but if I'm around South…
yelp.com - user review - 07/20/2007
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3 of 5 stars.
This used to be a nice place to kill time if you were stuck with a ticket for one of the graveyard-shift Chinatown buses to NYC. (Or if you were just stranded at South Station...or ditched by a girl…
yelp.com - user review - 07/14/2007
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4 of 5 stars.
Walking into this diner you step out of the up-and-coming Leather District and into a no-frills, friendly, greasy spoon. This is exactly what you should expect from a eatery with the word Diner in…
yelp.com - user review - 06/25/2007
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1 of 5 stars.
The waitress summed it up best the last (and final) time I was there: "Lack of competition is pretty much the only thing keeping this place in business"
yelp.com - user review - 06/21/2007
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1 of 5 stars.
This place is a disgrace. Make sure you don't catch a stray bullet/fist/knife blade at 4:00 AM waiting for your runny eggs. That's about the only time you could convince yourself to wlak into this…
yelp.com - user review - 06/19/2007
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The cubans are good here. Service is eh. Other food is okay, I've been here a few times and never had the horrible expiriences some of the reviewers have had but I've never had an amazing expirience here...
citysearch.com - user review - 05/25/2007
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I question the people who rated this place so highly. Where you paying attention?? I decided to visit the Diner one morning with a friend, hoping to get what some might call a 50's diner experience. It was far...
citysearch.com - user review - 05/23/2007
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5 of 5 stars.
Good eats. Good service. Even when I've gone late night after concerts/clubbing, the hostess keeps the long line moving. Go for the french fries with cheese and gravy. It goes down easy. I grew up in…
yelp.com - user review - 05/10/2007
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2 of 5 stars.
it's a diner with diner food. it's open 24/7.
yelp.com - user review - 05/10/2007
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3 of 5 stars.
24 hour diner in Boston? Unheard of! And they got a liquor license! Unfortunately the overall quality of this establishment has declined. Potato and regular fries were cold (gross), but my monte…
yelp.com - user review - 05/04/2007
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4 of 5 stars.
To truly appreciate the South Street Diner two visits are required within a 12 hour period. The first visit should happen sometime between 11 and 6 in the morning (if you get there before 2 they do…
yelp.com - user review - 04/27/2007
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5 of 5 stars.
Hands down there's no other place to get a good meal after hours. I still haven't found a place that has a burger than this place. All the staff there is friendly as long as you're not too rowdy and…
yelp.com - user review - 04/09/2007
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1 of 5 stars.
I tried this once in 2004 so perhaps things have changed. I had great expectations when I got a chance to try this Boston institution for breakfast.
yelp.com - user review - 04/09/2007
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5 of 5 stars.
this is Night life in the city I like to sit out side and watch the city go by the food is good but the service is fun and a beer and burger and the cars people are alot of fun
yelp.com - user review - 03/26/2007
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4 of 5 stars.
the best thing open on the late night.
yelp.com - user review - 03/20/2007
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2 of 5 stars.
I'm a diner afficianado. Diners have always been my favorite place to eat. I give this one 2 stars for several reasons. 1) The food is not that great: It's somewhat bland, the menu isn't very big,…
yelp.com - user review - 03/14/2007
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3 of 5 stars.
Ah. South Street Diner. I give it 3 stars, not because the food is a-ok (that would be credited with 2 stars), but because it's a "dining experience". You shouldn't go unless it's post midnight to get…
yelp.com - user review - 03/13/2007
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5 of 5 stars.
Atmosphere, flavor, and synthy 80's dance jams abound here at the South Street Diner. I'm from New Jersey, so it's safe to say I'm quite the connoisseur of high quality truck stop establishments. The…
yelp.com - user review - 03/04/2007
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4 of 5 stars.
With friends in from New York they were not willing to accept Boston's early bar scene, so, we somehow ended up here. The line outside was more intense than a fanieul joint, and the "bouncer" was…
yelp.com - user review - 03/01/2007
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4 of 5 stars.
Let me just say that I love this place. However, seeing as it is the only late night diner in Boston, and being the kind of girl who needs pancakes at 3:00 in the morning, I kind of feel like I have…
yelp.com - user review - 01/25/2007
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5 of 5 stars.
An incredible place, not only for its food, but for its great prices and people watching! The menu is your basic diner stuff, but all of it is well made and delicious.
yelp.com - user review - 01/16/2007
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2 of 5 stars.
Its awsome that this place is open 24/7.I have been here once and walked out after waiting 30 min. and being ignored by the waitress. Everyone there was drunk, including me. Of course it was 3:00am. I…
yelp.com - user review - 01/12/2007
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2 of 5 stars.
The boy and I went here last night after I worked a late shift at my restaurant. While I love the fact that they are open 24 hours, so is IHOP and we would have been better off there. I almost…
yelp.com - user review - 12/06/2006
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5 of 5 stars.
I NEEDED a burger at 1am last Monday night. Drunk and traveling for work and wandering through the barren wasteland that is downtown Boston after 8pm. I asked some big-dig workmen and struck gold. I…
yelp.com - user review - 12/02/2006
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Pay the extra a go to the news next door or somewhere else. This place has Cockroache Hideaway written all over it. I usually like breakfast food to be greasy and cheap for late night food. This place had the...
citysearch.com - user review - 11/19/2006
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5 of 5 stars.
It's 2a.m., you're having a great night and then all the sudden it hits you... you are dying for some comfort food. Where do you go?!? SSD has it all.. when you have been out all night drinking and…
yelp.com - user review - 11/02/2006
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4 of 5 stars.
While we were trying to figure out the bizarre looping detour to get back to the airport one morning (luckily we allowed plenty of time), we happened to notice a diner sitting there on the street…
yelp.com - user review - 10/30/2006
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4 of 5 stars.
Boston needs more diners like this. It was kind of tricky to find, but it's so worth it. They have awesome breakfast food late at night. Being indecisive, I got the platter that had pancakes, eggs,…
yelp.com - user review - 10/19/2006
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1 of 5 stars.
One word: DISGUSTING. The first time I ate here, I ordered pancakes that tasted like fish. The second time I ate here, I had a burger that tasted like french toast. And I won't even get into how…
yelp.com - user review - 09/12/2006
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2 of 5 stars.
this restaurant gets 2 stars for being open 24/7... otherwise it's loud, packed, and the food is bland. I would only eat there if I absolutly had to. This restaurant inspired me to get some eggo…
yelp.com - user review - 08/20/2006
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3 of 5 stars.
Never actually been, but just wanted to point out that they're not actually open 24 hours a day, 7 days a week, as some may have you believe: "We are open all night every night 5pm - 5am
yelp.com - user review - 08/09/2006
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5 of 5 stars.
First things first, it gets 5*s 'cause its open 24/7, I'll be honest. The food is good diner fare, and I've never had a bad meal there.
yelp.com - user review - 08/08/2006
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4 of 5 stars.
This is a short review, folkes... I don't know if I am just spoiled by Newcomb Farms or what....
yelp.com - user review - 08/08/2006
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4 of 5 stars.
5 stars for having the huge waiter high five you and jam out to The Roots and RUN D.M.C. together at 6am on a weekday morning, thanks to an electronic jukebox and a whatever the fuck goes attitude and…
yelp.com - user review - 07/28/2006
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4 of 5 stars.
Barefoot, drunk, and locked out of my apartment with a new friend that I had only met that night. That's how I came across the South Street Diner. We snuck our dirty, shoeless feet in, ordered…
yelp.com - user review - 07/18/2006
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4 of 5 stars.
There's no substitute for late night food. But late night food at a place packed with other's searching for the same post club food creates a fairly busy place. That's not to say that it isn't one of…
yelp.com - user review - 07/13/2006
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4 of 5 stars.
this is the greatest place to people watch while having the best, greasy food and the best raspberry lime rickey ever. they're opened until the sun comes up i think. they also have a great juke box.…
yelp.com - user review - 06/29/2006
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5 of 5 stars.
I've never understood why Boston has exactly one all-night diner and my hometown in south-central-east-nowhere Pennsylvania has two. Oh well. I love diners so I've eaten basically any meal that could…
yelp.com - user review - 06/14/2006
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5 of 5 stars.
good ole south street...ever since the closing of "the tasty" in harvard sq, i've found myself frequenting this place throughout my years of drunken clubbing. It's beats the BS next door @ News, and…
yelp.com - user review - 05/27/2006
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Out drinking, partying and bar hopping - need a quick hit. South Street Diner is the cure. Don't wait too close to 1:30-2AM. You won't get a seat. Best value for bfast and you can even meet great people...
citysearch.com - user review - 05/10/2006
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3 of 5 stars.
Open 24 hours a day, this is a good place to know about for a late night bite. Located at the edge of the theatre district, in a sort of trailer shaped building with neon lights, it is definitely the…
yelp.com - user review - 03/31/2006
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5 of 5 stars.
A diner in Boston is like an oasis in the desert to me. Seeing as I'm originally from New York, where there's a diner on every street corner, I'm always jonesing for a good one. This little spot…
yelp.com - user review - 03/15/2006
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5 of 5 stars.
This is the prefect place to go when you're done with the clubs. Even more so than most late-night diners, the food here is sent from Heaven and the soft drinks are the sweet nectar of the gods. The…
yelp.com - user review - 03/13/2006
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3 of 5 stars.
This place simply doesn't compare to New York diners. But since I am not in NY, I must be fair. It is open all night so really, that is a hot commodity in Boston. The food is eh. The atmosphere is…
yelp.com - user review - 02/24/2006
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Boston's options for after-hours dining are limited at best. Which explains the flock of night owls ...
judysbook.com - user review - 02/12/2006
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hot waitresses, giant omelets (try the broccoli-cheddar-cream cheese-potato combination), surprisingly good coffee....if you're drunk and hungry, you'll get more than a fabulous meal. if you can ignore the...
citysearch.com - user review - 01/10/2006
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5 of 5 stars.
this is worth 5 stars alone because it's open 24 hours, but it's also a great cheap place to head after a wild night out on the town when all you want is grease to stuff your face with.
yelp.com - user review - 08/31/2005
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4 of 5 stars.
I am a night owl and when I left Worcester for Boston a few years ago, I found myself at a loss of good late night places to eat. South Street saved me from the world of convenience store food and I…
yelp.com - user review - 08/26/2005
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4 of 5 stars.
Cheap. Open 24 hours. True greasy spoon. This is all you need to know to try out South Street Diner. Expect torn booths, tables that wobble and great food. Ladies, don't go alone...it's not in…
yelp.com - user review - 08/22/2005
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4 of 5 stars.
I just love this place for the late night munchies. My gosh, they have everything you can imagine from breakfast to sandwiches and wine. Although, I usually come here for the breakfast. Its so…
yelp.com - user review - 07/29/2005
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4 of 5 stars.
Obviously, when you hit the cool air after a sweaty club and you realize just how bad you want fries, this is the place. But think about this, my friends: a late night field trip midweek, just…
yelp.com - user review - 07/28/2005
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5 of 5 stars.
5 Stars mostly because you're so thankful to find the place open after the bars close and you're really jonezin' for something to eat. I'm always surprised at how cheap the food is and actually GOOD.…
yelp.com - user review - 07/20/2005
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3 of 5 stars.
One of the few places in Boston that is open all night, South Street Diner provides cheap, greasy food to the late-night (and usually intoxicated) crowd that fills its seats around 2 or 3 AM. The…
yelp.com - user review - 07/12/2005
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4 of 5 stars.
Truly wonderful. Open late, good cheap food, frappes and grilled cheese. And they have wine and beer and a well stocked jukebox. Parking's a bitch. Once the cook tried to start a fight with me…
yelp.com - user review - 07/12/2005
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It is what it is, a diner, its not high end, its simply and tasty, no frills and consistant, what more do you want from a diner, for me its perfect every time, and if you are lucky enough to get Patrica as...
citysearch.com - user review - 05/15/2005
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I was excited to grab breakfast at a classic Boston diner, but within minutes everything went down hill. You can't beat a $3.80 breakfast special, but $3.80 buys nothing but a nightmare. The scrambled eggs...
citysearch.com - user review - 06/10/2003
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Saw a user rating of 9.8 and figured this must be a gem in the rough. It is, however, simply rough. On Sunday AM, it was bustling, but there was no wait. The service was awful anyway. The place seats about...
citysearch.com - user review - 04/22/2003
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This place is great. The food is very good, and the waitresses are friendly, it is a page out of the past, which gives it it's own unique ambience. Definately the place for a great, cheap breakfast, or burger!
citysearch.com - user review - 08/20/2002
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Diner food, but all night long :-) The pancakes are awesome. The sandwiches are greasy. What more could you want after the clubs have thrown you out?
citysearch.com - user review - 08/15/2002
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Its the place to eat when all else is closed.But more importantly the food is really good,big burgers great omelettes,even vegiterian dishes.Its small but that adds to the enjoyment of it all.
citysearch.com - user review - 08/11/2002
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The line snakes out the door for the great grub here. But what the official comment fails to acknowledge is that the wait is really quite minimal. The staff passes out menus to the line on the sidewalk and...
citysearch.com - user review - 08/08/2002
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