Al Capone's SUCKS

From FDA

As some of you may remember, I awarded the best meatball sub in the city to Al Capone's on Broad st. Downtown.

I am taking it back!

I just walked through multiple blocks worth of slush and snowbanks to warm my soul with the once dominant spheres of meat, only to experience the worst, most stale piece of bread I can ever admit to consuming.

Not only has this travesty of a sandwich caused me to resurrect the Douche, but I VOW to set right my wrongs of the past, and NEVER lead you astray from this day forth.


Al, F*ck you, you suck!


Your Meatball champion status has been REVOKED!!!

Clarke WHO?

Every once in a while there comes a time to admit you were wrong. The Food Douche is admitting he was wrong. The first bite of Jacob Wirth's Blue Cheese Burger changed the burger game in Boston. J-Wirth has raised the bar.

From Drop Box

From the mountain of creamy crumbled blue cheese, to the heavenly juicy burger grilled to perfection, AND the always perfect French fries... This burger experience was one for the books.

From Drop Box

Not only does His Majesty Mr. Wirth take the crown for the best Blue Cheese Burger in Beantown, but he straight up SHAMED Clarke into removing his submission entirely.

From Drop Box

I'm not sure if I can ever eat a burger at Clarke's again!
Or at least not with a straight face.

Wicked Gangsta' Meatballs!

After searching the city high and low, turning over rocks and braving the snow, the call for a worthy meatball sub has been answered.

From FDA

Al Capone’s at 82 Summer Street in Boston has the most delicious meatballs in all the land.

Typically Capone’s is a middle-of-the-road choice when you’re looking for something huge and really fattening, but today they have proven themselves “kings of the balls of meat.” The Meatball itself is what set this sammy apart. The perfect blend of meats and spices was exactly what the Douche was looking for.

From FDA

For those who aren’t familiar, Al Capone’s offers two sizes of sandwiches: freaking huge, and too freaking huge. The “Small” as they like to call it, is about a foot long. The “Large” is a monstrous 20” sub. I have ordered the large here before, and they literally wrap the two halves separately. Here is a graphical representation of what it feels like to eat this thing.

From FDA

I was very surprised at how long it took to find a seriously tasty meatball. One place that came through as a close second was Hot Tomatoes at 92 Bedford.

From FDA

Their bread is second to none, baked fresh every day and was by far the star of the show. They use excellent quality ingredients in everything that they do, so of course I was shocked to find a flavorless set of meatballs in their sandwich, or “The Don” as they call it. They say that they use “Carmen” homemade Apuglian meatballs, where “Apuglian” in this case translates directly to “sucks”.

Now everyone gather together and sigh your relief, the Douche has done it again. Save yourself the disappointment and go eat Capone’s meatballs. Now rated as the best meatball sub Boston has to offer.

If you or someone you know would like to challenge the mighty Capone as the #1 meatball sub in the city, post the time and place and the Food Douche will be there.