Dear GBA Onions—I can’t quit you guys! And you’ll be sorry that I’m back because all I got is basically more pub grub and pizza. These are all from the not-so-distant past, but even still, details are fuzzy.
One Saturday, we went to Mass Destruction at the Charles River Industry Museum which was a hoot. Spring Onion is now inspired to enter a robot combatant next year! We saw this interesting display at the museum—a local company that recycles disposable chopsticks and turns them into cutting boards, coasters. Sadly, they’re not sold at the museum but we found some by chance afterwards at More than Words bookstore so I got what was left (a small cheese board-sized one).
We grabbed lunch at the “new” Deep Ellum on Moody (it’s been in its new home for 1.5 years!). We were big fans of the Allston location and not sure why we hadn’t visited. And we liked the Gaff, the previous tenant. In any case, we had an awesome lunch. My broccoli reuben (I’ve never had a reuben, vegetarian or otherwise) was one of the best sandwiches I’ve had in a long time. Spring Onion loved his brat sandwich (advertised as Karl’s but because they shuttered, not sure of the provenance and forgot to ask – they were slammed). I forget what B had but he liked it! Service was impeccable. We knew owners Aaron and Max at one point in our lives (they weren’t there)…glad to see that they are still providing great food and hospitality.
Late lunch/early dinner one Sunday after skiing at Wachusett at Wachusett Brewing Company because every thing at the mountain was packed to the brim. Space is a little odd, but we had a decent time. Had a mushroom pizza and the guys had burgers. We also brought home some peanut butter at the Red Apple Farm stand inside the ski lodge.
For Lunar New Year, dduk guk with beef and kimchi for B and Spring Onion (no kimchi for him) and for me, random veggie plate in addition to veggie dduk guk.
Fun, unpretentious dinner at Town Pizza in Riverside RI with mom and dad. Salmon, bacon cheeseburger, the everything pizza, and red clam sauce pizza. Cheap beer and wine and friendly service.
Birthday lunch for my mom at Cisco Brewers in New Bedford (in tandem with a visit to the Whaling Museum afterwards). Great space (we visited once last summer when it was too packed), friendly service. Spring Onion and I split a sushi platter, chicken pot pie for mom, fish and chips for dad, Korean fried chicken sandwich for B. Surfer’s brownie dessert thing-y afterwards. We waddled out, happy.
Decent Sicilian pizza from a neighborhood place, Fiesta Bites. We don’t see much traffic there so we are trying to support them as much as possible but there only so much pizza a family of 3 can eat!
Random food-related things, including a new favorite chilled red wine and a pizza box hat for his school’s “silly hat day.”
And guess what? I am writing this from Satellite Beach, FL! I am officially losing my mind this year and we decided to take the Florida plunge for February break (we aren’t a Disney family). We just arrived and I’ll report on the appropriate board. These first-timers are totally clueless about what lies ahead of us so B and I are a bit scared. We’ll start with Kennedy Space Center and move onto the theme parks and hope for the best!
