July 29, 2010: STUFF magazine's Hot 100 list

IT'S "STUFF" MAGAZINE'S HOT 100

ISSUE.YOU GUYS HAVE BEEN POURING OVER

BOSTON, EVERYTHING THERE IS TO

DO, SEE, EVERYTHING.

I NOTICED I'M NOT PART OF THE

TOP 100, HOT 100, BUT WE'LL GO

ON TO FOOD, BECAUSE EVERYBODY

LIKES FOOD.

SO SUPPER CLUBS, NOBODY KNOWS

ABOUT SUPPER CLUBS, RIGHT?

BECAUSE THIS IS THE SECRET

THING, YOU FIND ABOUT IT

AFTERWARDS.

>> UH-HUH.

>> HOW DOES THIS COME ABOUT?

>> I THINK THERE ARE A LOT OF

CHEFS NATIONALLY THAT HAVE

STARTED THIS TREND WHERE THEY

GET TOGETHER AND THEY KIND OF,

YOU KNOW, CREATE THESE OLD

SCHOOL UNDERGROUND SUPPER CLUBS.

THEY'RE TOTALLY SECRET.

YOU HAVE TO GET ON A LIST, OR

KNOW SOMEONE.

THEY'RE OFTENTIMES HELD IN

SOMEONE'S PRIVATE HOME.

RECENTLY THERE WAS ONE AT

4-POINT CHANNEL.

I COULDN'T MAKE IT, BUT IT WAS

HELD AT A FRIEND'S HOUSE.

THEY GOT ON THIS SECRET LIST.

THE CHEF CAME IN FROM NEW YORK,

AND THREW THIS PARTY.

AND APPARENTLY THEY HAPPEN ALL

THE TIME.

>> WHOSE PAYING FOR IT?

WHO SPONSORS IT?

IS IT ONE GROUP OR --

>> WELL, YOU PAY TO ATTEND.

YOU PAY FOR YOUR MEAL.

>> I THINK, YOU KNOW, IT'S A

NATURAL NEXT STEP.

I THINK, YOU KNOW, YOU HAVE A --

YOU GO OUT TO HAVE A NICE

INTIMATE EVENING WITH FRIENDS AT

A RESTAURANT.

TAKE IT A STEP FURTHER, AND YOU

CAN HAVE IT IN A MORE INTIMATE

SETTING, YOU KNOW, A PRIVATE

HOME.

WHY NOT, YOU KNOW?

>> IT'S JUST A COOL CONCEPT.

WHO DOESN'T WANT TO BE PART OF A

SECRET SOCIETY OF PEOPLE HAVING

DINNER IN PRIVATE HOMES, GETTING

ON LISTS.

IT'S SUPER EXCLUSIVE.

I THINK IT'S JUST A FUN IDEA.

>> MOVING DOWN THE LIST, STUFFED

BURGERS, WHICH SOUNDS REALLY,

REALLY GOOD.

>> I'LL LET MIKE HANDLE THIS

ONE.

>> WHAT ARE THEY STUFFED WITH?

>> STUFFED WITH ALL SORTS OF

THINGS.

THIS HAS BEEN GOING ON IN THE

MIDWEST.

THEY REFER TO IT AS THE JUICY

LUCY, I BELIEVE, IN MINNEAPOLIS.

IT'S A HAMBURGER THAT'S BEEN

INJECTED WITH ALL SORTS OF

THINGS, EITHER OTHER MEATS, THAT

SORT OF THING, BACON, OR

CHEESES, BARBECUE SAUCE

SOMETIMES.

YOU KNOW, IF YOU'RE TIRED OF

JUST STACKING STUFF ON TOP OF

THE BURGER, WHERE ELSE DO YOU GO

BUT INSIDE OF THE BURGER?

IS IT HAPPENING ALL AROUND

BOSTON RESTAURANTS OR IS THIS

REALLY NEW?

>> IT'S POPPING UP.

THERE'S ABOUT FIVE OR SIX PLACES

IN THE AREA.

ATLANTIC BEER GARDEN IS ONE OF

THEM.

THERE'S A FEW OVER IN THE -- IN

THE CAMBRIDGE AREA, HARVARD

SQUARE AREA THAT ARE DOING IT.

IT'S STARTING TO TAKE ON.

YOU KNOW, I THINK BOSTON IS

FINDING IT QUITE DELICIOUS AND

EMBRACING IT.

>> WHAT I LOVE ABOUT YOUR LIST,

YOU GO FROM THE HIGHBROW, THE

SUPPER CLUBS THAT NOBODY CAN GET

INTO IT, TO THE LOW BROW, THE

KFC DOUBLE DOWN, WHICH SOUNDS

LIKE IT'S GOING TO KILL YOU IF

YOU EAT IT RIGHT THERE.

I SHOULDN'T SAY THAT.

THEY'LL SUE ME.

SOUNDS DELICIOUSLY HIGH CALORIE.

>> I'M GOING TO LET MIKE TALK

ABOUT THE JUNK FOOD, BECAUSE I

DON'T EAT ANY OF IT.

>> I'M A JUNK FOOD CONNOISSEUR

OF THE COMPANY.

THE DOUBLE-DOWN IS A DEVASTATING

MEAL.

IT IS TWO CHICKEN PATTIES WITH

MORE FOOD IN BETWEEN, SOME

CHEESE AND BACON.

I THINK THE REASON WE INCLUDED

THIS IN THE LIST IS NOT SO MUCH

THAT WE RECOMMEND THAT YOU START

EATING THIS WAY, BUT IT'S A

TREND IN BOSTON.

PEOPLE ARE EMBRACING SOME OF THE

LESS HEALTHY THINGS, TRYING TO

HAVE SOME FUN.

YOU KNOW, MAYBE IT'S A

REFLECTION OF THE POOR ECONOMY.

THEY WANT TO ENJOY SOMETHING, SO

THEY MAYBE SPLURGE IN AN AREA

THEY SHOULDN'T.

>> SPEAKING OF HAVING FUN, WE

ALSO LIKE TO HAVE FUN WITH THIS

LIST.

YOU'LL FIND THINGS ON THERE THAT

ARE SNARKY, FUNNY AND FUN, OR

WHETHER IT'S A TREND, LIKE THE

KFC DOUBLE-DOWN.

>> AND YOU HAVE FUNKY TRENDS,

LIKE RAISING YOUR OWN CHICKEN.

I REALLY LIKE THIS.

THEY WERE LAUGHING AT ME IN THE

OFFICE TODAY BECAUSE I SAID

THERE'S NOTHING LIKE FRESH EGGS.

FRESH EGGS DIRECTLY FROM THE

CHICKEN IS FANTASTIC.

YOU FOUND THAT GUYS ARE RAISING

CHICKENS IN THEIR BACKYARD?

>> WE HAVE A WRITER THAT CAME IN

ONE DAY AND SAID, I CAN'T TELL

YOU HOW MANY PEOPLE I KEEP

HEARING ABOUT IN THE GREATER

BOSTON AREA THAT ARE RAISING

THEIR OWN CHICKENS.

I SAID EXPLORE IT, THAT SOUNDS

AMAZING.

WE FOUND THERE'S ONE OF THE

PEOPLE IN OUR VERY OWN OFFICE

WHO IS RAISING CHICKENS IN THE

BACKYARD.

WE GOT A KICK OUT OF IT.

>> ARE THEY DOING IT

SURREPTITIOUSLY?

BECAUSE THERE'S BEEN STORIES

ABOUT NEIGHBORS TRYING TO YANK

PERMITS AND WHATNOT.

>> I MEAN, I DON'T KNOW.

>> IT'S A CONTINUATION OF THE

TREND OF SUSTAINABILITY, YOU

KNOW, KEEPING THINGS WITHIN, YOU

KNOW, WITHIN YOUR COMMUNITY AND

BEING ABLE TO PROVIDE FOR

YOURSELF.

I THINK IT'S A NATURAL

PROGRESSION OF THAT.

>> OR IN THE CASE OF OUR

SALESPERSON, HE THINKS IT'S

COOL.

>> WHAT'S NOT COOL ABOUT HAVING

A CHICKEN ON YOUR BACK PORCH.

ANOTHER FUNKY TREND, I'M NOT

SURE I GET THIS ONE, BEER IN A

CAN.

>> IT'S COOL TO DRINK BEER IN A

CAN NOW.

>> WITH OR WITHOUT THE PAPER

BAG?

>> WITHOUT POLYESTERBLY.

IT'S RIGHT NOW VERY HIPSTER AND

VERY CHIC.

YOU'VE GOT PABST'S BLUE RIBBON,

AND YOU SHOW UP TO A PARTY AND

THEY HAVE A CAN IN THEIR HAND

IT'S CONSIDERED A HIP PARTY.

>> LAST YEAR PBR REALLY HIT,

PABST'S BLUE RIBBON WERE POPULAR

IN RESTAURANTS.

>> THERE'S COCKTAIL WARS WHERE

DUELING MIXOLOGISTS DUKE IT OUT

TO WIN BEST COCKTAIL FOR THE

EVENING, AND NARRAGANSETTS WAS

IN EVERYONE'S HAND.

THEY WERE HAVING A BALL.

>> SWITCHING TO NIGHTLIFE FOR A

SECOND, WE'RE ALMOST OUT OF

TIME, BUT TAVERNS IS A BIG DEAL.

>> UH-HUH.

>> THEY'VE ALL COME ABOUT AT THE

SAME TIME.

WHY?

>> I THINK --

>> I MEAN, AGAIN, I THINK

IT'S -- YOU KNOW, THERE'S BEEN

THIS TREND TO COMFORT FOOD IN A

LOT OF WAYS.

ORIGINALLY WHEN THIS TREND HIT,

PEOPLE WERE FINDING COMFORT FOOD

IN SOME OF YOUR DIVE BARS, DIVE

PLACES.

I THINK, YOU KNOW, THE SMART

RESTAURATEURS REALIZED THIS IS A

MARKETABLE TREND.

>> IN THIS ECONOMY ESPECIALLY.

>> SO LET'S GIVE THEM A NICE

PLACE TO ENJOY COMFORT FOOD IN.

>> WHEN DO WE GET THE WORST

LIST?

>> WE'RE NICE.

WE'RE ALWAYS NICE.

>> ALL RIGHT.

THANK YOU SO MUCH ON THAT.

OUR LAST WORD TONIGHT IS ABOUT

SOME NEWS THAT WAS MADE RIGHT

HERE AT WGBH THAT WILL RESULT IN

GREATER ENTERTAINMENT ACCESS FOR

THE DISABLED.

ATTORNEY GENERAL MARTHA COAKLEY

HELD A NEWS CONFERENCE AT WGBH

THIS AFTERNOON TO ANNOUNCE A

SETTLEMENT WITH THREE MAJOR

MOVIE COMPANIES THAT WILL BOOST

THE NUMBER OF SCREENS AVAILABLE

TO THE HEARING AND

VISUALLY-IMPAIRED.

>> WITH THIS AGREEMENT BLIND AND

DEAF INDIVIDUALS FOR THE FIRST

TIME WILL HAVE A CHOICE OF

ACCESSIBLE MOVIE OPTIONS

AT-LARGE THEATERS.

>> WGBH IS ONE OF TWO COMPANIES

THAT DEVELOPS TECHNOLOGY WHICH

CONVERTS MOVIE DIALOG AND SOUND

EFFECTS INTO TEXT FOR DEAF

AUDIENCES WHILE BLIND MOVIE

LOVERS CAN FOLLOW THE SCREEN

WITH HEADPHONES WITH NARRATION.

>> THAT'S A YELLOW DOG.

>> WHAT?

>> OH, WE'RE NOT ALLOWED TO HAVE

DOGS IN MY APARTMENT.

>> THE TECHNOLOGY AND THE

AGREEMENT TODAY IS AN EXAMPLE OF

HOW WE CAN AND SHOULD AND ARE

ENHANCING ACCESS AND

INDEPENDENCE FOR BLIND AND DEAF

CITIZENS.

>> THE THREE MOVIE COMPANIES ARE

REGAL, AMC AND NATIONAL

AMUSEMENT.

TODAY'S AGREEMENT COINCIDES WITH

THE 20th ANNIVERSARY OF THE

AMERICANS WITH DISABILITIES ACT.

CERTAINLY GOOD NEWS.

THAT'S IT FOR "GREATER BOSTON."

TOMORROW NIGHT, IT'S A BEST OF

BEAT THE PRESS, EXAMINING

EVERYTHING FROM ABC'S

DOCUMENTARYISH "BOSTON MED" TO

THE ANTICS OF ANDERSON COOPER

ACCEPTING A KNIGHTHOOD FROM A

COUNTRY HE COVERS.

THAT AND MORE TOMORROW AT 7:00.

GOOD NIGHT.