Sorry about the slow updating... real work is gonna start soon. Then again, that may mean I'll update more to procrastinate my big paper. Anyway, I've been to Chart House a couple of times this semester. Chart House is a very reliable seafood/prime rib place near the Aquarium, and I stop by every once in a while (here's a past trip that wasn't a full meal). It's actually one of the first Boston restaurants I ever went to. The restaurant has two floors, with a pretty big bar area on the bottom. The place has a pretty old-school feel to it - apparently the building is one of the oldest along the wharf. Hmm, from their website, it seems it's a pretty big national chain... Well, either way, the food is still pretty good. They make a mean prime rib. 
clam chowder - $5.5 
crab-stuffed mushrooms baked in a white wine sauce - $10.95 I am by no means a clam chowder expert, but I think Chart House does it extremely well. It comes piping hot (which has been a problem in other places) and is neither too thick nor too thin. There are lots of tasty clams and not too much potato. As for the mushrooms, I think the word "rich" sums it up best. Each large mushroom is stuffed with a good amount of crab, and the whole thing is covered in a very thick, very creamy, very buttery sauce. They were great, and quite filling. 
fried calamari - $8.95 
lobster spring rolls with tangy mustard sauce - $10.95 We had a decent-sized group of people so the fried calamari was a safe choice. Chart House does a pretty good version, although I'm not a fan of the dipping sauce we got. It was some kind of weird very sweet (supposedly Thai-style or something) stuff rather than your typical marinara. The pseudo-Asian theme continued with the lobster spring rolls which were good but not great. The skin was the really thick and really fried egg-roll type. The sauce was indeed tangy - it had an almost horseradish-like kick to it. 
prime rib, Chart House cut - $22.95 
baked crabmeat-stuffed flounder with rice pilaf - $25.95 The main event here is the prime rib, and boy it's good. I admit I once ordered the bigger Callahan Cut, and it was way too big. The prime rib here is tender, juicy, and just all-around great. I suppose some may be put off by the big red chunk of meat bathing in its own juices, but carnivores such as myself adore the sight. You can also get a topping of jumbo lump crab with avocado pico di gallo (sadly not pictured) which really makes the prime rib great. The second time I went this year I decided to try out fish because I'd gotten the prime rib the past few trips. It was good but perhaps a tad overcooked. It wasn't as flaky and moist as I was hoping for. The buttery sauce of course fixed everything, and paired with the rice it was still pretty good. 
hot chocolate lava cake - Godiva chocolate liqueur cake with molten chocolate center, chocolate sauce, Heath Bar Crunch & vanilla ice cream - $8.95 The other reason to go to Chart House is their excellent rendition of this now very common dessert. I prefer the one here to the overhyped version at Finale. I think the key is the Heath Bar Crunch, which melds wonderfully with the ice cream and the molten cake. The serving is huge and can be shared by a good number of people (especially people who are stuffed from prime rib). Generally I think of Chart House as the place to go to fulfill that prime rib craving I get every half-year or so. The place isn't inventive or anything, but it doesn't try to be, and the quality has been very consistent for me. You get exactly what you expect.