Boston

1022 Commonwealth Ave, at Babcock; Allston; 617.487.4855

Kenmore's venerable beef slingers've opened a second location in the old Grille Zone, hawking their hand-packed specialty burgers like the Big Papi (chipotle sauce, cheddar, guacamole, sliced jalapenos) and the U-Beckett (BBQ sauce, pepper jack, mushrooms, onions, bacon) in a re-done, 28-seat space featuring an open kitchen, so you can watch "every step of the burger building process", a strategy designed to curb Hamburglary.

At the Tannery: 11A Brattle St, between Church and Brattle Sq; Harvard Square; 617.491.0810

Just out this week, HD's got sweet new and revamped styles for Spring, like the triple-stitched leather/suede Max Flip Flop (in black or aloe), five fresh colorways of the leather/suede Shift Hi (lemon, silver, black, creme, white/cherry, etc), and the neoteric Down Shift retro-esque hightop, w/ a terrycloth lining and thin "natural crepe rubber outsole", because sheathing your feet in delicate French comestibles is blazing hot right now.

Tell just-launched GB the brew you're craving and your zip, and it'll create a "beer map", by searching through 3,000+ area beer stores, bars, and restaurants and displaying the 20 closest retailers and what they stock it in (12-pack, keg...), saving you the infinite hassle of calling to see if your local suds purveyor still stocks loosies of Bud Light.

10 City Sq, at Henley; Charlestown; 617.242.1999

To celebrate their 20th anniversary, every Friday (through April) Todd English's C-town joint's offering a retro-menu from the resto's launch (oven-roasted chicken, beef carpaccio with Roquefort polenta, grilled octopus with chickpeas, etc) at embarrassingly cheap ($5-$12) 1989 prices, harking back to a time when Eastern European citizens first tasted the freedom of democracy, and more importantly, you first tasted the sweet release of morphing into the thunder dragon in Altered Beast.

Thursday, 6-8:30 PM at the Fairmont Copley, JFK Suite, Room 641: 138 St. James Ave, at Trinity; Back Bay

Head to the Fairmont Copley tomorrow to enjoy gratis beer, wine, and apps while checking out the first US visit from London-based Lodger Footwear -- designers of upscale men's dress shoes who actually custom-make each pair based on a 3-D laser scan of your feet, pretty much ensuring that no one working at Lodger Footwear would ever date you.