The Summer Street Grill

When this place was the Summer Street Grille, they had the best menu and really fresh food. Now they’ve switched to ‘Gloria’s Kitchen’ and the menu is just blah. All my favorites are gone from the old menu and they even changed their caesar salad. Would not recommend.

This is the café’ at our gym and I think we eat here more than we eat at home. In fact, this place gives us incentive to work out. Here’s how: On weeknights when we have no food at home (and we have thankfully determined it’s NOT a Pan Asia night) we often say «Well, we could just go to the gym and then eat there after.»
After a workout, it’s okay to go here sweaty. Everyone else does. Well, except for the few people that seem oddly overdressed for this place and appear to be on a date. This baffles us? It’s a café at a gym (but it’s no Blu at the Sport’s Club LA, trust me). So, did the woman we saw in full heels and make-​up the other night meet a guy in spin class and they decided «Hey, let’s go on a date here, at the gym, where we met. That’ll be romantic.»
And, did they work out first and then did she spend all that time getting re-​made-​up in the women’s locker room before dinner? I mean, honey, if you met him working out he already knows what you look like when you’re red-​faced, out of breath and sweating (there goes the mystery of future «between the sheets» aerobics).
Anyway, it’s a full bar too. I have never had any alcohol here because I’m always in need of re-​hydrating and settle for water. But, the full bar is there. And big screen TVs. And a popcorn machine. That’s my favorite part. When you’re starving after a workout there’s no need to worry if your food takes a long time. You’ve got popcorn to tide you over.
They serve a huge variety of food (healthy soups, salads, turkey burgers, grilled fish etc.) but they’ve also got your basic burgers, nachos and fries too. The also have some pretty decent pasta & rice dishes. It’s actually a step up from your basic bar food. And, it’s cheap.
Now, I’m not suggesting you go out of your way to go here, or that you go on a date here, but you can. And, if you’re thinking about joining a gym in South Boston, the Summer Street Grill (not the pool, the classes, the cardio equipment or tennis courts) is the number one reason to join the Boston Athletic Club.