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A few of the articles and vibes in the press that have appeared. We’ve only put the good ones in. Click on the headings for further reading.

Eater Boston – Jenny loves The Haven Burger.

January 30, 2013ReviewsJason Waddleton

COMEDIAN CONFIDENTIAL

Where Local Comic Jenny Zigrino Likes to Eat

Tuesday, January 22, 2013, by Aaron Kagan

Where do you like to eat and drink? I live in Somerville, and my favorite breakfast place is The Neighborhood. When you get a side of bacon, they give you a side of bacon. It’s 20 pieces, it’s crispy, it’s delicious.

Where does the comedy crowd hang these days? For food, it’s whatever’s open late at night. After The Comedy Studio we’ll usually go to The Cellar. And I’ll say the food there is amazing. The burgers are really good.

Oh! I just want to tell you, my favorite burger in the entire world is at The Haven in Jamaica Plain. It beats [Mr.] Bartley’s. Bartley’s has variety and you can get whatever, but as far as just one amazing burger, it’s The Haven. And I’ll stand by that.

If there was more [comedy] going on in JP, then I would go to The Haven. A lot of it ends up being in Cambridge, so we go to The Cellar. It has really awesome truffle fries, which are delicious. We get drinks and eat truffle fries and tater tots, which are also covered in butter. Or something. Whatever, it’s amazing.

Learn more about Jenny Zigrino and check out her schedule right here.

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THE HAVEN IN THE WEEKLY DIG JAN 2012- BURNS SUPPER

January 19, 2013Events, Reviews, Special EventsJason Waddleton

THIS COURTESY OF THE WEEKLY DIG

HONEST PINT: BURNS NIGHT

Posted on January 16, 2013 by HEATHER VANDENENGEL Email

It starts with a sword dance, involves reading an epic poem to a dish of heart, liver, and lungs, and is capped off with a jolly sing-a-long.

It’s Burns Night, the Scottish holiday that will carry away any winter doldrums with a dose of whisky and Scottish beer and a bagpipe serenade.

The celebration honors Robert Burns, the revered late 18th century Scottish poet who shaped Scotland’s identity with his early Romantic era poems of farm life, women, and religion.

Or, as Jason Waddleton, native Scot and owner of Jamaica Plain’s Scottish restaurant The Haven, describes him: He was “Bob Dylan, Woodie Guthrie, and William Shakespeare” all rolled into one poem-writing, farm-tending Scottish national treasure.

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BRUNCH AT THE HAVEN ROCKS!!

January 19, 2013Reviewsbrunch, eater, ReviewJason Waddleton

We missed this earlier in the year but EATER put us on their Top Ten Brunch map in Boston. That is praise indeed. Up there with the Best of the Rest! You can click the link and read it on EATER (a fantastic resource) or just read on below.

http://ow.ly/gUES2

Welcome to Eater Boston’s first of many Heat Maps! The Brunch Heat Mapshows you were to go for the hottest brunches in town, for bacon so luscious it will make you swoon and a Bloody Mary so spicy your lips will cry. Some of these spots are swanky, others are longtime neighborhood favorites, and all do a bang-up job of stuffing you during the hinterland betwixt breakfast and lunch. Click any point on the map and you’ll land on an excellent eatery where you might find oysters, dim sum or poutine. Or there’s always pancakes.