Hi, I'm Billy Costa. TV Diner is our
restaurant review program on NECN.
We bring you the best restaurant reviews in
New England, our TV Diner Guides, news from the industry, and
cooking tips from the best chefs in the region.
This Week TV Diner
is headed to Portland, ME!
This week TV Diner is
cruisin' to the
beautiful seaside town
of Marblehead.
Marblehead is a great
reason to take a day
trip to the beach or for
a delicious dining
experience!
This
Weeks Reviews
1.) With its fun, diverse
menu and entertainment every
weekend, Mount Blue
adds it original flavor to
Norwell Massachusetts.
2.) Al Rand
brings some spirit into the
TV Diner studio as he talks
about
Leblon
Cachaça, the
Brazilian rum. Its about to
explode in the US and TV
Diner wants to make sure
that we know how to make the
best drinks with it!
www.liveloveleblon.com
Cookin
with Costa
Billy got a taste of the
sweet life as Joanne Chang
taught the TV Diner audience
how to make delicious
cupcakes with buttercream
frosting.
www.flourbakery.com
If you are interested in
coming to the next TV Diner
Cooking with Costa taping at
the beautiful BSH showroom
in Canton, email
tvdiner@necn.com for
more information or just
come down at about 1030 on
June 26th!
Many of you found
Producer Jason "Slick"
Hawkins
last week so tune in
this week to see if you
are the lucky winner!
Jenny Johnson
heads over to the new
international phenomenon
in Faneuil Hall,
Wagamamas. The first
venue in the U.S is in
Boston and Jenny will
let you know why it's
going to be such a hit.
This weeks Diner for a Day
checks out a new venue on
the block in Needham called
Apocrypha! These
diners are in the culinary
world! Did this place pass
the taste test??
www.ApocryphaRestaurant.com
Upcoming
Events
1.) Come join TV Diner for
the KIDS show taping at the
Children's Museum on June 6th
at 11am! All kids are
welcome with general
addmission!
2.) Come to the incredible
North Shore Music Theatre
for a viewing arty with
Billy Costa and the TV Diner
crew on July 11th
and watch the amazing show
of Disney's High School
Musical as part of the VIP
TV Diner group! For tickets
please call
Each week on TV
Diner, Billy and the
crew will be
visiting a new
destination! Billy
will include quick
info and interviews
featuring people and
places you have to
check out! For our
first destination TV
Diner went down to
Boston’s Seaport
District to see
why everyone has
been talking about
this up-and-coming
neighborhood! Billy
checks out the
unbelievable brand
new
Institute of
Contemporary Art
on Boston’s
waterfront. We
experience some
contemporary art, as
well as some of the
legendary
Wolfgang Puck’s
creations that can
be experienced
inside the ICA at
Water’s Café.
Despite all the new
things happening in
the Four Point
Channel, we could
not do a feature
without including
the incredible
Barking Crab.
It’s a hot spot all
year round with
seafood that will be
a sure bet! Then
Billy meets up with
pastry queen
Joanne Chang of
Flour Bakery
to check out her new
spot in the making!
It’s all about
Oysters! Do you
like the big or
small ones? Do
you prefer them
from Maine or
Massachusetts?
Mollusks and
Bivalves? With
an extensive
list to choose
from at
Barbara Lynch’s
B+G Oysters,
we are going to
be trained to
become true
OYSTER EXPERTS!
Billy welcomes
Greg Reeves,
a graduate of
the Cambridge
School of
Culinary Arts.
He has worked in
some of Boston's
best kitchens
including
Aquitaine Bistro
and Upstairs
on the Square
before
assuming the
position of Chef
de Cuisine at
Chef Barbara
Lynch's B&G
Oysters, Ltd.
located at 550
Tremont Street,
Boston - Phone:
617.423.0550
Keith
Lemerise
publisher of
Taste of the
Seacoast
Magazine
stops by for a
visit to guide
us along the
shore! Be sure
to check out
www.tasteoftheseacoast.com
where you can
see a great pic
of Billy and
Keith from last
summer up in
Kennebunkport!
Keith will be
talking about
Jumpin Jays
www.jumpinjays.com
and The Green
Monkey
www.thegreenmonkey.net
two hotspots in
Portsmouth NH,
The Carriage
House in Rye,
NH
www.carriagehouserye.com
and Roberts
Grille and
Market
in
Kittery, ME
www.robertsmainegrill.com
Twice named
“Chef of the
Year” for Boston
by Chefs of
America
Executive Chef
Daniel Bruce
of
Boston
Harbor Hotel
joins Billy just
in time to talk
about the highly
acclaimed
17th annual
Boston Wine
Festival. In
addition, he
will be
discussing and
teaching us
about a new
phenomenon,
Organic Wines!
You can be sure
that he will
bring some
unbelievable
dishes to go
with the wine as
well!
Check out what the TV
Diner trusty reviewers
think about this weeks
reviews.
1.) Great Lost Bear
540 Forest Ave Portland,
ME Phone:
1.207.772.0300
www.greatlostbear.com
2.) Bistro 63
63N Pleasant St Amherst,
MA Phone:
1.413.259.1600
www.monkeybaramherst.com
3.) Steaming Tender
28 Depot St Palmer, MA
Phone:
1.413.283.2744
www.steamingtender.com
This week in the TV
Diner kitchen located
within the beautiful
state of the art
BSH
Showroom in Canton,
MA, Billy welcomes
Sibling Rivalry’s
David Kinkead!
Sibling Rivalry is
located at 525 Tremont
Street in Boston, MA.
Call
617.338.5338 or
log on to:
www.siblingrivalryboston.com.
If you are interested in
coming to watch Cookin
with Costa LIVE email:
tvdiner@necn.com to get
on the list for the next
taping (February 7th).
The Cookin with Costa
Culinary Team now
consists of some of the
most recognized chefs in
the business, some of
which include: Joanne
Chang, Michael
Schlow, Jody
Adams and Ming
Tsai! They cook us a
dish while TV Diner
tapes and produces - and
you get to enjoy samples
from these outstanding
chefs!
This week's
Cruisin
with Costa
takes you
inside the dressing room
of A-list celebrity
NICK LACHEY
after
his performance at the
Jingle Ball this
past month. He tells
Billy where he likes to
eat! What do you think?
More of a fine diner or
BBQ boy? We also get a
handsome idea of what
it's like to be on the
road non- stop! What do
you think Nick have in
his rider???
Associate Producer
Jenny Johnson
checks
out one of Boston's
hottest restaurant and
lounges, "33 Restaurant
& Lounge"! With an award
winning cocktail menu
and a ambience that puts
you in paradise...Jenny
will take you through
this hot back bay venue!
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