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Brittany Di Capua of Boston Food Journal joins!
What are Brittany's favorite restaurants in Boston?? Brittany battles Scheim in #NFL picks- Debut of 'Beat the Geek'!
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00:00Top three restaurants in the city, in your opinion, currently?
00:03It's so hard. It's so hard because it depends on so many factors.
00:06I like the hidden gem hole in the walls.
00:09So I'm always in Chinatown. That's like my favorite.
00:12Oh, wow. Really?
00:13Oh, yeah. Oh, that is my place.
00:15Okay.
00:16Hence the dumpling photo.
00:17Exactly.
00:19Like dumplings are my, they just give me,
00:21and I'm Italian, but I love, you know, Chinese food.
00:24Do you agree with Curtis that there should never be just vegetables only in a dumpling?
00:28I think there's a time and a place.
00:30Okay. All right.
00:31But I do love me a juicy pork dumpling, you know?
00:33But there's a time and a place for everything.
00:34Pan-fried, right?
00:35Okay.
00:36Pan-fried, yes. Yeah.
00:37Always, right?
00:38I'm with you on that.
00:39Yes.
00:40I'm with you on that.
00:41Thank you, Sean.
00:42She needs more dumplings than you do.
00:43I know. Soup dumplings are dynamic.
00:45Soup dumplings are good, yes.
00:46Okay, so top three.
00:47Okay, top three.
00:48Well, I'm going to talk on what I have just recently been to.
00:51Yeah.
00:52Potluck Cafe in Chinatown, kind of hidden.
00:55Really, really good.
00:56They give you pork buns, pan-fried, nice golden crispy bottom.
01:01You can get 12 for like $11.
01:03So a little over a dollar a dumpling, really good value.
01:06And then it's like...
01:07Pork buns was my nickname back in my...
01:09That honestly should be my nickname.
01:10I'd be honored.
01:11You guys can start calling me pork buns from now on.
01:13That'd be great.
01:15I just went to a poke place called Manoa.
01:18You know, family owned, very small in Somerville.
01:20Fresh, delicious tuna poke.
01:22All sorts of sides.
01:24Really like straight out of Hawaii.
01:25So we love to see that.
01:26And then, you know, I love Granite Links.
01:28I know you do too, Greg.
01:29Yeah.
01:30But with this weather, it's just like, I want to be outside all the time.
01:32So, you know, you can find me there a lot at the Nines having a great drink.
01:35Yeah.
01:36It's just like, this is the time to be out there.
01:38Yeah, it is.
01:39What did you pick these four games based on?
01:41Well, I feel like, you know, I'm so into the media.
01:43So I know obviously that the Chiefs...
01:46I'm not a Swifty, but obviously the world knows about that.
01:49And I don't even want to plug that because I'm not a Swifty.
01:51I'm not a Swifty.
01:52Oh, wow.
01:53I'm sorry.
01:54I'm just not.
01:55I mean, I respect the influencers.
01:58Huge points on that, by the way.
02:00Never mind.
02:01I take that back.
02:02Cut that part.
02:03You just got huge points with a lot of the audience.
02:04So no interest in Taylor Swift or Travis Garcia.
02:09No, but I obviously know that he plays for the Chiefs because of all the media hoopla,
02:13you know.
02:14So that I know.
02:15Let's start with the Patriots and the Raiders.
02:19I got to go for the Patriots.
02:21I am a Bostonian, you know, and regardless of anything, I know they have some new coaching.
02:27So I will pick my team and be a loyal girl.
02:32That's good.
02:33I'm a loyal girl.
02:34I'm actually also going to take the Patriots here.
02:36All right.
02:37I believe in the Josh McDaniels revenge factor.
02:40I think that the loss of Christian Gonzalez or the unlikelihood that he plays is tough
02:45for the Patriots.
02:46But I also think the outdoor indoor splits for Geno Smith are kind of insane.
02:50I will take the Patriots.
02:51Okay.
02:52And Brittany, I have a question for you.
02:53Yes.
02:54Not related to bets.
02:55You just met Shine.
02:56He tells us he's had food delivered less than three times in his life.
03:00Do you believe that?
03:01No.
03:03I don't do delivery.
03:04I go pick it up.
03:05I'm asking an impartial observer.
03:06I do not believe this.
03:08Sorry, Greg.
03:09Go ahead.
03:10Shime is a big, as I am, a big Chick-fil-A guy.
03:14Oh, yeah.
03:15I love it.
03:16In that space, I will call that fast food.
03:19What is, what do you think the number one go-to is?
03:22Oh, I am a McDonald's girl.
03:23You are?
03:24Oh, yeah.
03:25What's your go-to order?
03:26What's your go-to order?
03:27It depends.
03:28I really like the crispy chicken sandwiches.
03:29Okay.
03:30Chicken nuggets are also great.
03:31Chicken nuggets, obviously a medium fry and a big fat crispy Diet Coke.
03:34Diet Coke.
03:35Yes.
03:36The best In-N-Out burger.
03:37Okay.
03:38Very good.
03:39Hands down.
03:40We don't have a lot of that here.
03:41No, you don't have them here.
03:42You got to get all this.
03:43Yeah, okay.
03:44Way better than McDonald's.
03:45All right.
03:46Okay.
03:47Tonight, Chiefs, Chargers.
03:48Chiefs.
03:49Okay.
03:50I know that they won the Super Bowl in 24.
03:51Yes.
03:52And they were AFC champs, or the other one.
03:55Last.
03:56There you go.
03:57This February.
03:5825 February.
03:59You're spot on.
04:00Obviously, we know they're going to be good because they have Mahomes and Kelsey.
04:03Okay.
04:04All right.
04:05Bad guys.
04:06Yeah.
04:07This is a slam dunk bet on the Chiefs.
04:08Like, I'm not even hesitating.
04:09Wow.
04:10The Chiefs are 6-1, I believe, with Patrick Mahomes in week one.
04:13The only time they lost was to the Lions by a point.
04:15They always start good.
04:16Yeah.
04:17This is a slam dunk bet for the Chiefs.
04:18They also own the Chargers.
04:19All right.
04:20Isn't the hardball 5-0, though?
04:22Open in nights?
04:23Something like that?
04:24Oh, maybe that's a stat that I don't know, Wiggy, but this is all Chiefs.
04:28All right.
04:29Okay.
04:30It's a great game.
04:31Yeah.
04:32Ravens-Bills on Sunday night.
04:33Ooh.
04:34Wow.
04:35It's a good weekend for football, as they all are.
04:37This is when they'll pick different, I think.
04:39Who do you like here?
04:40I'm going Bills.
04:41Okay.
04:42How come?
04:43I know Josh Allen.
04:44He's very good.
04:45He's young.
04:46Do you like his wife?
04:47I actually don't know his wife.
04:48Oh, okay.
04:49Yes.
04:50Oh, I know her.
04:51Yeah.
04:52I actually just love the Bills, because I love how they all came together for Tamar Hamlin.
04:56Oh.
04:57And I remember watching a lot of that footage, and they just seemed to be really family-oriented.
05:01Like, they really cared.
05:02And I like that.
05:03I root for that.
05:04Okay.
05:05All right.
05:06You were right.
05:07We are going to pick different here.
05:08I'm taking the Ravens.
05:09The Ravens in the regular season are phenomenal.
05:12They dominated the Bills last year.
05:14I think it was week four, week five, 30 to like 15.
05:17Derrick Henry ran for 150 yards in that game.
05:19I will take Baltimore in Buffalo on Sunday night.
05:22Okay.
05:23All right.
05:24All right.
05:25And then Monday night, Vikings, Bears.
05:27Now, I've been hearing this is a hard one, because they're both kind of meh, right?
05:32But I'm going to take the Bears.
05:33You are?
05:34Wow.
05:35Yeah.
05:36Okay.
05:37I think they're home, right?
05:38Yeah.
05:39They are in Chicago.
05:40So I'm always going to take the home field advantage.
05:41Okay.
05:42Oh, okay.
05:43See, I know my stuff.
05:44Don't doubt these influencers like it.
05:45That's right.
05:46We know what we're talking about.
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