Fire + Ice

Fire + Ice is Mongolian barbecue after an overhaul by a chef and an efficiency expert. Exact choices vary, but the typical spread has ~8 proteins (e.g. beef, pork, lamb, shrimp, salmon, swordfish, and andouille and Italian sausages), ~13 vegetables (e.g. baby corn, carrots, green beens, olives, spinach, bok choy, button & portobello mushrooms, bean sprouts, white and red onions, black beans, scallions), pastas, and ~12 sauces ranging from mild (honey mustard, house teriyaki) to hot (mesquite barbecue, house fajita) to incendiary. Fill a bowl with your choices and take it to a grill that can cook up to 40 meals simultaneously (so you don't have to wait in line as at typical Mongolian). Also has hamburgers for the unadventurous and steak for a few dollars extra. Full liquor license ("Ice" is the house-specialty margaritas); not quiet (but not too loud for conversation), contemporary decor. All-you-can-eat for $17 (main course only) at dinner; one pass for less at lunch. Berkeley at St. James (~1/2 mile from Hynes)

--Chip Hitchcock

Fire + Ice
205 Berkeley St. (Park Square Building)
617-482-FIRE (3473)