The weekend is going with it.
This week, Perks is taking 30% off your next delivery of Hancock Gourmet Lobster Company’s six-pack of buttery, delicious lobster rolls and whoopie pies. Because we know you only order lobster rolls in six-packs.
The first Oktoberfest was in 1810, so if you needed a 200-year excuse to indulge, this would be it. Everything you’d get in Munich—beer, brats, beer maidens and a 21-piece Bavarian band—is yours for the taking. Well, you’ll have to ask the beer maiden yourself...
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PIG LATIN Suckling Pig Tagliatelle at Quince Good: a heaping plate of pasta. Great: that same plate of pasta, but with a helping of suckling pig. Greater: cutting the richness of that same pasta dish with a tumbler of bourbon, served up at this fine dining joint’s cocktail bar. Greatest: okay, now you’re just getting greedy... |
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For the next month, 40 photographs of Jimi Hendrix—including some never-yet-seen ones—will be here. Not only that, but at Saturday’s opening party, you’ll be one of a select few to hear his never-released songs. We’re holding out for “All Along the Watchtower 2.”
Imagine a backyard barbecue at your friend’s house. Then add whole-animal butchery, wood-fire cooking, endless small-batch wines and craft brews—all on the grounds of a Napa winery—and you’ll start to get the picture of Primal: a gluttonous picnic of the sort ancient Romans and Man v. Food would approve.
Things you should be able to get on a porch: pitchers filled with Kentucky Bourbon Sangria and vodka-spiked Cajun Lemonade and snacks like Gator Nachos (yes, topped with real alligator). All we can say is this kind of Southern hospitality goes a long way.
After six years of partaking in their 500-deep wine list, Meatball Mondays and prolific pizza oven, you’ll forgive them taking a few weeks to expand the dining room, freshen up the wine cage and the like. For your patience, you’ll be rewarded with even more wine and four-cheese ravioli—for you, they might squeeze in a fifth.
