The Beef Restaurant & Pub

OK, kids - if you want to know what dining out was like when your parents were your age, stop in here.  This is dining at it was in the 1970s:  dark room, lots of wood and photos of Bing days past, and slabs of meat.  Lots of slabs of meat.  This is not a bad thing; sometimes you want a slab of meat.

The menu is a classic assortment of beef, chicken and seafood.  French onion soup (with cheese!), shrimp in various forms are typical appetizers.  Chocolate peanut butter pie is a typical dessert.  Not much adventure or imagination here, but what they do, they do well.  The food is tasty and the service is friendly and competent.

They recently remodeled and expanded the bar area, which is good.  It was way too small before.  We live around the corner, but gave up on stopping in for a drink.  Maybe we'll give it another try.

In conclusion:  if you're in the mood for sauteed tofu in Thai peanut sauce, don't come here.  But if you have a hole in your appetite that only bacon wrapped pork tenderloin can fill, then this is the place for you.

Lived around the corner for a year during my senior year at BU. Needless to say I walked by this place  A LOT going to Cavanaughs for beer and pickles. Decided to drop in with one of my housemates and some girls before we headed downtown... I mean it's right by the drunk bus stop, we had to try it.
Man, this place was a lot of fun. At first, the people who I can only assume were the "regulars" were none too happy to see 5 college aged kids come in. After proving our maturity by ordering shots of whiskey with  NO chasers, bloody mary's and rum and cokes we began to grow on them. I'm guessing us not screaming and going wild helped too...
Long story short, by the end of the night we were doing car bombs with the old couple celebrating their anniversary in the corner, getting drinks bought for us by the owner, and making plans to come by for lunch the next day. We ended up making this place a necessary stop every weekend.
In typical irresponsible college fashion, I never was able to make it there for lunch or food, So i can only rate this place on their drinks and complimentary trail mix (they keep the bowls full) I have to say this place is amazing, definitely worth giving a shot-regardless of if you're an undergrad, local, or new to the area.

My roomates ended up coming to eat here after I left and LOVED it, they rave about their food often. I'm excited to go back. woo woo,

- Oh, and they now serve pickle backed Whiskey shots thanks to me and my friends.... you are all welcome.

The layout of the restaurant is odd: push to the back of the bar and you will find the dining room.  This large space is dark (bring a flashlight) and filled with heavy furniture and the good bourgeois of Bingo chomping away.  The onion soup is delicious, and do get it with the cheese, which charges it with a delicious flavor (noted negatively by the other reviewer), but which I like.  I usually ordered the salad with blue cheese dressing, which was not bad, but not great either.  The steaks are good, get a side of Sauce Bernaise, which pushes it over the top.