There are many wonderful things about living in Boston but one of the highlights is the access to terrific seafood. Thanks to the fine folks at Red’s Best who set up shop in my local farmers market every Tuesday and Thursday I managed to develop a serious addiction to bluefin maguro a.k.a. bluefin tuna. The…
Boston: Select Oyster Bar
We have a real love of all thing bivalve but none more than the oyster. Over the years we have eaten copious amounts of oysters and, as such, have found ourselves at all the usual suspects: Neptune Oyster, B&G, Island Creek and Row 34. They are all solid. In my book, Neptune (where chef Michael…
Oysters: Select Oyster Bar****1/2
Sampled a few oysters at Select Oyster Bar in Boston, MA. These are the Moon Shoals from Barnstable, MA (on the right) and Spearpoints from Martha’s Vineyard, MA (on the left). These were two new varieties for us. They were perfectly shucked and ice cold. Both were perfect oysters. Could not declare a winner! http://www.moonshoaloysters.com/…
Boston: Cafe ArtScience
Cafe ArtScience has been on our radar screen since it opened a little over a year ago. It is the offspring of Le Laboratoire in Paris which is the gallery and cafe that Harvard professor (and millionaire startup seller) David Edwards opened in Paris. More recently Edwards opened a Le Laboratoire in Cambridge. Here, art, science and food…
NYC: Union Square Cafe
One last hurrah at Table 49!! Before we are painted as Danny Meyer groupies, I must point out that our late night dinner at Gramercy Tavern mere hours earlier was purely an impromptu idea given our location and the late hour. I will confess, however, that we did plan for our final lunch to be at Union Square…