Unlike certain other Boston-based best-of lists, the Stuff Hot 100 is happy to admit that they’re glad to include freebies. From the writeup for Pollo Campero, winner of this year’s “Hot Breasts” (eep) award: “We were completely bribed into throwing Pollo Campero on the Hot 100 list at the last minute. In fact, we had no choice in the matter. Days before publication, the new Chelsea chicken joint dropped off a smorgasbord for tasting — complete with fried and roasted birds, coleslaw, rice, beans, plantains, chips, and guacamole. Within minutes, the food was ransacked by a horde of ravenous ad reps and reporters making such orgasmic claims as ‘My God — the roasted chicken is as good as the fried wings!’ The rest of the list isn’t as interesting, though it does contain one notable inaccuracy: despite what you may have read in “Hot Foodie Adventure”, you cannot get pizza by the slice at Santarpio’s Pizza. The full list, complete with “Hot Eggs,” “Hot Letter,” and “Hot Water” (ha!) is below.
Food & Drink: Hot 100 [Stuff Boston]
HOT SOUTH: Southern food in the Bean
HOT CARNIVOROUS CRAVING: Pig
HOT RESCUE FROM THE BRINK: Bella Luna and Milky Way Lounge & Lanes
HOT HAPPY HOUR: Food deals for early birds
HOT NEW WATERING HOLE: The Lansdowne
HOT IMPORT: Mezcal
HOT SHOE-FILLER: Neptune Oyster’s Michael Serpa
HOT SCENE: Industry nights
HOT REPLACEMENT: Coppa
HOT EGGS: Roe
HOT EXPANSION: The Friendly Toast
HOT SNEAK PREVIEW: Technique
HOT SNACK: Sensing Snacking Platter
HOT MULTI-TASKER: Chef Daniel Bruce
HOT MEAT: Bavette steak
HOT FOODIE ADVENTURE: Eating in East Boston
HOT BITE: Burrata cheese at Il Casale
HOT AND BUTTERY: Rialto’s Lobster Bailout
STILL HOT: Todd English
HOT CROSS-COUNTRY COMEBACK: Chris Chung’s return to Uni
HOT SPICE: Pimentón
HOT BREASTS: Pollo Campero
HOT GASTRO PUB: Tory Row
HOT OUTDOOR DRINKING: Atlantic Beer Garden
HOT LOUNGE: minibar
HOT EDUCATION: Mixology classes
HOT SHOTS: Central Square bartenders
HOT CUP: Locally roasted coffee
HOT WATER: Coconut
HOT TEA: Pu-erh
HOT MOVE: Demetri Tsolakis’s new gig
HOT AGAIN: The Liberty Hotel lobby
HOT STAY: Ames Hotel
HOT EXPECTATION: Trina’s Starlite Lounge
HOT LETTER: W
