Are they shooting a movie in Dudley Square? I drove by where the new police station is going up and the cops in hi-viz lime jackets were directing traffic or, rather, watching traffic go by. There were a couple of trucks on the northern corner unloading sound equipment and spot lights big enough to qualify as Klieg lights, though I doubt any premiers are debuting. The trucks blocked my view, but it looked like a film crew and maybe some caterers, hair stylists and, dare I suggest, actors were blocking out scenes between the back of the Silver Slipper Restaurant and Drain's House of Style.
The Silver Slipper and Drain's are certainly two Boston landmarks that deserve to be commemorated on film. Too bad they couldn't have been worked into the verisimilitude of "The Friends of Eddie Coyle."
Further up Warren Avenue, I noticed that Gyro King has closed down in Grove Hall! One of the reasons I had meandered in that direction was for a gyro. The other reason was because today was wonderful motorcycle weather after yesterday's relentless rain. I had taken a shortcut to Blue Hill Avenue and instead of the most beautiful Shwarm-tastic sign in all the Boston metro area, I saw a colorful sign for "Chifipi"
Stuck in traffic about a half block away, I wondered what this Chifipi could be. I had to navigate traffic on two wheels as I passed but I can tell you this based on the logo painted on the front window: Chi stands for chicken, Fi stands for fish, and though I can't be sure I'll bet dollars to donuts that Pi stands for pizza. This doesn't bode well, gentle reader. It takes specialization to become King of anything, be it with gyro meat or purple prose. I don't know any cook yet who has mastered the trifecta of chicken, fish and pizza pie.
It's worth a future investigation though.
I saw The Friends of Eddie Coyle recently at the Brattle. Good movie. Pretty much how the world saw Boston in 1973 and the cinematic image hasn't changed too much if you consider Mystic River, et al. The Athens of America.
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