He shoots, he scores.
"My tits just went 'Ahhhhh,' " she says, before capably handling the crush of the bar crowd.
Once Bill gets to the lobster and meat portion of the raffle, the scene grows a little surreal. Men sitting at the bar with eight-pound lobsters squirming in beer boxes. Women with raffle tickets spread out before them like Bingo cards at the local church.
Through it all, Big Bill remains a calming influence. "In the event of a crash," he says, "please grab the fattest drunk you see and use them as a flotation device."
Related:
Johnnie's on the Side, The Regal Beagle, Campino’s, More 
- Johnnie's on the Side
This large space has always housed attractive restaurants, despite violating two of Nadeau's laws: Eateth Not Within 1000 Cubits of a Government Institution; and Ditto for Sports Stadia.
- The Regal Beagle
The Regal Beagle is making a quick success doing what almost all the new restaurants want to do: small plates; comfort food with a gourmet twist; a mixture of high and low; a bit of locovore, green, and slow fare; some salty fast food; interesting drinks; and scrambled nostalgia.
- Campino’s
I rely a lot on my lumberjacks, as Dylan called them — specialists who can fill in my culinary ignorance.
- Review: Pal's Restaurant
The logo for Pal's is a cartoon of two smiling men in high-collar period suits.
- How to annoy vegans
There are many ways to annoy vegans. This is #1082.
- Lamb Jam Thank You Ma'am
On February 20, eight women gathered in an anodyne conference room in the Charles Hotel to eat and pass judgment on 17 courses of lamb. I was one of them.
- Sparkle on Valentine’s Day
There are three basic Valentine's Day tactics: You can forget it and be forced to sleep outside with the large furry dog. Second, you can go out to dinner. Or, you can cook dinner in with a bottle of bubbly accompaniment.
- Review: The Fish Market
The first encouraging sign was that the two men greeting us beaming broadly were the host and, we later learned, the executive chef. These guys were clearly happy. Business must be doing well.
- Food on the move
Maine and lobsters: There's just no escaping the association.
- Azerbaijani meat with chestnuts and sour plums
If the Committee of Basic World Knowledge had given me a surprise test, a world map with directions to fill in all the country names, I would have missed Azerbaijan.
- Meet your meat
Opening the door to a large walk-in cooler and seeing a massive cow carcass hanging from a metal hook is a slightly jolting reminder that meat doesn't just appear in neat little packages in the grocery store.
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This Just In
, Meat, East Providence, lobster
