Paraiso Restaurant - dinner

Chivo (Goat) $8.99? (I am guessing about the price since it was not on the dinner menu.) You can order your meal three ways (ala carte, or with rice, beans & salad, or with fries and yellow or green plantains. The goat (with many bones) was stewed in a tomato sauce. I ordered a coffee and also flan for dessert. The Paraiso Restaurant offers Dominican/Caribbean food from 7am until 10pm (or 11pm on weekends.) Yes, interesting enough, they also offer Dominican breakfast. Delivery is available for orders over $10.00. It is located in what used to be a pizza place in a strip mall on Spring Street, just down from the movie theatre and across from Rite Aide. The is a small but adequate parking lot in the back. Currently there is a small dining room with a buffet (for lunch.) They are working on finishing a larger dining room. Make sure you try this place to expand your food horizons and support locally owned businesses.

Chatterbox - Dinner

Chatterburger ($6.99) A nice sized burger (not frozen pattie) on a roll with lettuce, tomato and onion. It comes with one side of various things such as fries, coleslaw, applesauce etc. The burger was cooked as I asked - rare (I was surprised they did it.) It was moist which probably means greasy. I also ordered onion rings which were made of sliced onions... but they were overly greasy. I drank iced tea. For dessert I ordered a hot fudge sundae which was prepared perfectly. There service was TERRIBLE. Between each step of the process there was a long wait and the place was far from crowded. Other tables were being waited on much better than mine so I left significantly less than 20% which is something I rarely do. The entrance to the dinning room is confusing with a rope making two aisles. It is not clear which aisle to enter - I think you are supposed to go left because the register is on the right. It should be better marked. The atmosphere is of the 50's drive-in. There is plenty of parking. It is located north of Newton at the intersection of 206/15/ and 265.

Hampton Diner - Dinner

Chicken Pot Pie (10.95)
This is served in a large soup bowl with a circular piece of puff pastry laid on top (not baked on as usually presented.) The chicken stew underneath is full of potatoes, a few other vegetables and large pieces of chicken. For this price, along with the pot pie, comes soup, salad and a choice of several deserts. The Hampton Diner is trying to make itself more than a diner. It has a large parking lot and is located just north of Newton on Rte 206.