Old Bear Mea culpa. I didn't mean to demean our great city by calling it Beantown...or maybe it was a subconscious 'dissin' from a former Wistah boy :-). There is some good food around Boston but people don't associate hot and spicy with New England. You don't go to Kansas City for the seafood and you know that huevos rancheros in Santa Fe are probably better than in Hartford. Every city has its little ethnic gems hidden away in different corners of the city. Half the fun is finding them. Your list had quite a few places in common with mine so I guess our wavelengths aren't too far apart. Later, Jeffro