Since losing a great food/drink-in-common friend a couple of weeks ago, B and I decided, fuck it, we’re gonna stop regretting and start doing.
Food-wise, that means just packing up the 2.5 yo spring onion and carting him around with or against his will.
Friday - Beautiful weather meant a bike ride up the Minuteman bike trail to Il Casale Lexington for an early dinner on the patio. The food in Belmont is better, but we can’t complain. Beautiful bread to start; perfectly-fried calamari/lemon/peppers with 2 very good sauces (1 tomatillo-ish, the other romesco-ish); meatballs (originally for spring onion but he wasn’t hungry) in a not-too-sweet tomato sauce; cute, toothsome gnocchi with smoky mozz (healthy half-portion); and gorgeous ravioli with walnut pesto for B (the half-portion was a bit on the stingy side but he supplemented with the leftover meatballs). Very dry chilled lambrusco for me and primitivo for B rounded out a rather pleasant meal.
Saturday - After a great Earth Day celebration at LexFarm, we headed out to Battle Road in Maynard. Great space in a big re-purposed mill. Spring onion was a hit in there as he strutted his stuff in the roomy space (intell for other HOs with kids)! The gorgeous Brunswick shuffleboard was a great distraction for him and mama and dada. Food and beer were also pretty good to boot. B liked the 1775 after doing a flight. I stuck with rose and sauvignon blanc. Blackened salmon BLT was very good (on beautifully grilled sourdough bread), nice deli pickle, fries, brisket sliders and fried chicken sliders for B (the latter his favorite), pretzel sticks and mac and cheese for spring onion (needless to say we still have leftovers). Laid-back friendly service. Maynard is a cool little town unbeknownst to us (though we have driven through before)! Artsy, crunchy, lots of peace flags…YES
Sunday - Took the spring onion to the USS Constitution and the USS Cassin Young because he loves big-ass boats. As do we! We walked over to Brewer’s Fork…finally. We’ve been trying to go ever since they’ve opened. Space is smaller than I expected but cool, all/family-friendly vibe. Had it been warmer, we would’ve sat on the patio. The spring veggie salad is gorgeous and delicious. Duck-fat home fries were just ok (needed salt and crispness but B didn’t want to tax the already hard-working waitron or whatever the term is these days). The fennel sausage pizza was bursting with flavor but…tip droop! GAH. My pet peeve with pizza. B didn’t mind but I wanted the margarita and he took advantage of a bathroom pit stop I took to override me. Pffft. Still, the crust further away from the center and the heel were beautifully blistered the way we both like. Roses and IPAs went down easily, especially watching the Celts take game 1.
Edited to add: We stopped at Verrill Farm on our way home from Maynard and Whole Foods C’Town today. It was a food-centric weekend!
