Boston Market

Boston Market is one of my favorite FF places to eat. I especially like the sweet potatoes. I usually get half chicken baked, while my husband likes the chicken pot pie (made with all white meat). Just wondering if anyone else has an opinion about this place and what they order when they go.

I think their food is fine. Near us is one that has been completely
remodeled and supposed to look more like "upscale dining". I have not been in there but I have never had any food from them that was not good. I notice that their products have hit the frozen food sections of our grocery stores "bigtime".!

We drove by A Boston Market on US 40 as we entered the Baltimore area last weekend. I hadn't seen one in years. In SoCal,We used to do a quick pick-up of the "dinner for four" for a take-home supper. The Cranberry Relish was outstanding.

We also have Chicken Out here in the DC areea, which I prefer over Boston Market.

I like Boston Market, I normaly get a 1/4 white meat chicken with two sides and a biscuit.

~Jessica

Around here i see their frozen dinners in the grocery stores.There was aBoston Market on Blanco Road in SA,but I'm not sure if it's still there.
Found out they also have a FatBurger in town,but not close by.

The Boston market's I visited use to have a interesting cafeteria style assortments of great veggies. I enjoyed their chicken also.

Paul E. Smith
knoxville, TN

We used to occasionally eat at our local Boston Market but they closed last year and they put up a CVS (we have a CVS every mile or so ). We used to enjoy their chicken and the sides were pretty tasty. Mr.D-L liked their sandwiches and potpie. I liked their 1/4 chicken- white meat, and mashed sweet potatoes topped with brown sugar and marshmallows-- like dessert! Our newspapers often had coupons that we'd always use, too. The one that closed and one we've tried that's around 30 minutes away were not too consistent with the items available. It seemed like they were often short on help, and the sides would be only lukewarm or they'd be out of something we wanted, and we'd have to wait a while for it to be ready, and by then we'd nearly be finished our meals.

It's not necessarily a place I'd go out of my way for, especially if I have no coupons, but we generally enjoyed it when it was so close-by.

I went to a Boston Market once. There were three of us, the only customers in the place, we all ordered. Pretty soon my friends were served their orders- none for me... So I inquired about my order, and a person who appeared to be the manager, and who also appeared to be riding high on something, informed me that I had not ordered anything...

I will never ever go to Boston Market again.

Cheers, John

The frozen food offerings from this chain has convinced me not to visit any of their retail establishments. That, and my disdain for poultry products of any type.

While I have not tried the frozen food varieties of Boston Market products, it would be incorrect the assume that they reflect the quality of the food that is served at the retail locations. After McDonald's bought out the failing Boston Market chain, H.J. Heinz bought the trademark rights for frozen foods, and Heinz (the same people who own Ore-Ida, among other non-Heinz branded products) makes the products that you see in the frozen food case at the supermarket. So, if you don't like the frozen stuff, it would be more accurate to blame Heinz than to blame Boston Market (or McDonald's).

As to the retail locations (which are far fewer in number since the McDonald's takeover), I consider them to be a reliable choice for a quick, predictable dinner of decent quality. Gourmet? No. But what is served at Boston Market's retail locations is at least as good as what is served at most diners.

The creamed spinach is excellent, as is the butternut squash. The chicken is also good, but I have found the turkey and the ham to be...not very good. As to the meat loaf, I won't eat any meat loaf except that which is prepared by me, friends, or relatives. I just don't like to eat anything that requires that much close, personal hand contact--as well as the possibility of "mystery ingredients"--unless I know who is preparing it.

I've had the meatloaf. I know meatloaf. This was no meatloaf.

It truly was vile.

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Originally posted by Pwingsx

I've had the meatloaf. I know meatloaf. This was no meatloaf.

It truly was vile.

I never eat meatloaf in a restaurant and never will. But, I have heard so many men rave about the Boston Market meatloaf! Maybe their wives are terrible cooks.

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Originally posted by Pwingsx

I've had the meatloaf. I know meatloaf. This was no meatloaf.

It truly was vile.

I never eat meatloaf in a restaurant and never will. But, I have heard so many men rave about the Boston Market meatloaf! Maybe their wives are terrible cooks.

Try Blue Ribbon Grill in Tucker (Atlanta) GA...

The original "Boston Market" aka "Boston Chicken" back then, was down the street from where I worked many years ago in Newtonville, MA. It was incredibly popular because marinated rotisserie chicken wasn't as ubiquitous as it seems to be now. As they started to branch out and got sold, their quality seemed to suffer. They used to make homemade mashed potatoes, their veggies were great etc. They still have a different menu from their typical ff place but have lost a lot of lustre IMHO. BTW, I think they were bought out by McDonald's about ten years ago. Fred

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Originally posted by fhoran

The original "Boston Market" aka "Boston Chicken" back then, was down the street from where I worked many years ago in Newtonville, MA. It was incredibly popular because marinated rotisserie chicken wasn't as ubiquitous as it seems to be now. As they started to branch out and got sold, their quality seemed to suffer. They used to make homemade mashed potatoes, their veggies were great etc. They still have a different menu from their typical ff place but have lost a lot of lustre IMHO. BTW, I think they were bought out by McDonald's about ten years ago. Fred

I lived in Newtonville when they opened (1987?). It seemed that after a year or so a number of other rotisserie chicken chains popped up around the Boston suburbs, then most faded away as supermarkets started offering the rotisserie chickens.

I think that they have gone downhill, a nice alternative to burger places but kind of pricey for what you get.

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Originally posted by fhoran

The original "Boston Market" aka "Boston Chicken" back then, was down the street from where I worked many years ago in Newtonville, MA. It was incredibly popular because marinated rotisserie chicken wasn't as ubiquitous as it seems to be now. As they started to branch out and got sold, their quality seemed to suffer. They used to make homemade mashed potatoes, their veggies were great etc. They still have a different menu from their typical ff place but have lost a lot of lustre IMHO. BTW, I think they were bought out by McDonald's about ten years ago. Fred

If you read my post from a couple of days ago, I did mention the buyout by McDonald's in that post, as well as the fact that the Boston Market frozen foods that are sold in the supermarket are made by Heinz.

After McDonald's bought the distressed Boston Market chain at a fire sale price (the original management had expanded far beyond the point of both reality and profitability), McDonald's quickly recouped much of their outlay by selling the trademark rights for frozen foods to Heinz. They also closed many of the Boston Market locations, and some were converted to Chipotle Mexican Grills (owned at that time by McD's), or their own hamburger joints, or to a pizza chain (the name escapes me at the moment) that was also owned by them at the time. However, I believe that McDonald's purchase of Boston Market was a bit more recent than 10 years ago.

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Originally posted by fhoran

The original "Boston Market" aka "Boston Chicken" back then, was down the street from where I worked many years ago in Newtonville, MA. It was incredibly popular because marinated rotisserie chicken wasn't as ubiquitous as it seems to be now. As they started to branch out and got sold, their quality seemed to suffer. They used to make homemade mashed potatoes, their veggies were great etc. They still have a different menu from their typical ff place but have lost a lot of lustre IMHO. BTW, I think they were bought out by McDonald's about ten years ago. Fred

If you read my post from a couple of days ago, I did mention the buyout by McDonald's in that post, as well as the fact that the Boston Market frozen foods that are sold in the supermarket are made by Heinz.

However, I believe that McDonald's purchase of Boston Market was a bit more recent than 10 years ago.

I was talking in dog years. Fred

suggest you avoid the Claymont, delaware location, for reasons of sanitation and quality....let alone service

and be careful at the Somers Point, NJ location!
there is always something bound to be missing from your "drive thru" bag......
so don't drive away without checking it first!

the other location closer to me in Northfield closed down, sorry to say.
It did come in handy in a pinch. I used to like ordering the kids meal (drumstick and side order) for a little snack.

It was snowing the other day but we ventured out to return something to Best Buy, Boston Market was across the street so we thought we give it a go. We used to eat here regularly about 10 years ago when it was close to my workplace and I generally had the Carver Combo with turkey then. My partner is vegetarian and is happy that they will dish up 3 helpings of sides of choice, the other day it was a side salad, spinach and green beans. All were fresh and very tasty. I had the roast sirloin dinner with mashed potatoes and corn as my sides. The gravy for the potatoes was good and the meat was served with au jus as I requested. Again all was fresh and good tasting. The meat was tender and easily cut inspite of the plastic knife you get. The manager here seems very on top of things , she was showing one of the clerks how to take the temperature of the sides on display and then to record them. Everything is very clean and all the help is very nice, smiling and friendly. They are a little higher but you are getting real food that is sliced off of a roast that you can see.

From Wikipedia:

......filed bankruptcy in the late 1990s, and was purchased by McDonald's Corporation in May 2000. McDonald's initially purchased the company for its real estate, but found the brand serviceable and therefore continued to operate and expand the chain. In 2007, McDonald's announced that it was "exploring strategic options" for this subsidiary, which is a term that could include options such as a sale of the business to another corporation, a management buy-out, or a public offering of the company.[1] On 6 August 2007, McDonald's announced plans to sell the chain to Sun Capital Partners,[2] a transaction that was completed on August 27, 2007.

Y'all ruined the Boston Market experience for many folks be revealing the McDonalds connection.

I used to like Boston Chicken/Market. Especially the chicken/2 sides meal and the chicken pot pie, but the amount of salt was too much. Every once in awhile we would yearn for it, have it, then regret it again because it was way, way to salty, especially the creamed spinich and the gravy. Just too much. Since the last time we had Boston Market, the location by me has closed.

I pick up dinner there once in a blue moon when I am too lazy/busy to cook. I've had nothing bad from there, but nothing especially good or memorable. I wish they had roast chicken that wasn't sugar coated. I don't know for sure what they put on it, but it contains soy, and one chicken has 20 grams of carbohydrates. That's the equivalent of 4 teaspoons of sugar.

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Originally posted by John A

Y'all ruined the Boston Market experience for many folks be revealing the McDonalds connection.

Does the Wikipedia information regarding the subsequent sale of the chain help the experience?

My only problem with the place is that they have dropped a couple of the sides that I liked. But, since I only go there 5 or 6 times a year, it is no big deal. When I don't have time to cook (luckily, a rare occurrence) it is good in a pinch.

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Originally posted by Tedbear

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Originally posted by John A

Y'all ruined the Boston Market experience for many folks be revealing the McDonalds connection.

Does the Wikipedia information regarding the subsequent sale of the chain help the experience?

My only problem with the place is that they have dropped a couple of the sides that I liked. But, since I only go there 5 or 6 times a year, it is no big deal. When I don't have time to cook (luckily, a rare occurrence) it is good in a pinch.

Hi Ted,

Poor wording on my part, I like McD's & Boston Market, and was aware of the connection. My response was tongue in cheek for those who like BM but not McD's and were not aware of the connection.

I used to like their "carver" sandwiches; I thought they were a much better option than a fast food restaurant. But we haven't had any in my area (Twin Cities, MN) for a long time. I wouldn't mind if they came back!

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Originally posted by John A

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Originally posted by Tedbear

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Originally posted by John A

Y'all ruined the Boston Market experience for many folks be revealing the McDonalds connection.

Does the Wikipedia information regarding the subsequent sale of the chain help the experience?

My only problem with the place is that they have dropped a couple of the sides that I liked. But, since I only go there 5 or 6 times a year, it is no big deal. When I don't have time to cook (luckily, a rare occurrence) it is good in a pinch.

Hi Ted,

Poor wording on my part, I like McD's & Boston Market, and was aware of the connection. My response was tongue in cheek for those who like BM but not McD's and were not aware of the connection.

There is a vast difference between McDonald's and Boston Market. I am sure many people prefer McDonald's over Boston Market because of the price. It has nothing to do with ownership.

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Originally posted by Greymo

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Originally posted by John A

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Originally posted by Tedbear

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Originally posted by John A

Y'all ruined the Boston Market experience for many folks be revealing the McDonalds connection.

Does the Wikipedia information regarding the subsequent sale of the chain help the experience?

My only problem with the place is that they have dropped a couple of the sides that I liked. But, since I only go there 5 or 6 times a year, it is no big deal. When I don't have time to cook (luckily, a rare occurrence) it is good in a pinch.

Hi Ted,

Poor wording on my part, I like McD's & Boston Market, and was aware of the connection. My response was tongue in cheek for those who like BM but not McD's and were not aware of the connection.

There is a vast difference between McDonald's and Boston Market. I am sure many people prefer McDonald's over Boston Market because of the price. It has nothing to do with ownership.

You have a keen grasp of the obvious.

Me too, especially those with a couple of children that like to get occasionally and still make the mortage payment.

Sorry, guess my tongue in cheek went over your head.