We’ve been talking about Somerville a lot lately.
Guilty.
And we promise to stop.
As soon as they stop opening heated patios full of littleneck clams and rum...
See also: River Bar, a big glass box full of edible and drinkable wonders with a patio that just won’t quit, opening Wednesday. (Here’s the menu, and here’s the slideshow.)
Consider deploying this place thusly:
For the getting-to-know-you date.
Unfolding within the confines of the 36-seat dining room surrounded by windows and a chandelier made out of Pixar-esque desk lamps. But you’re not in two-top territory yet. No. That calls for the open-kitchen-facing marble bar for corned-beef-and-cabbage dumplings. It’s like eating pastrami in an alternate universe.
For fireside rum consumption.
Find a sofa around one of the two outdoor fire pits and a Jungle Cat with five-spice-infused-rum and ginger. Smoking jacket not included.
For the final alfresco brunch.
We’ve got a few pleasant weekends left. And they’d be best spent with smoked-bluefish hash and Scotch quail eggs on their heated patio, which they’ll seal off with a curtain when the temperature demands.
So there’s your polar vortex survival plan.
Guilty.
And we promise to stop.
As soon as they stop opening heated patios full of littleneck clams and rum...
See also: River Bar, a big glass box full of edible and drinkable wonders with a patio that just won’t quit, opening Wednesday. (Here’s the menu, and here’s the slideshow.)
Consider deploying this place thusly:
For the getting-to-know-you date.
Unfolding within the confines of the 36-seat dining room surrounded by windows and a chandelier made out of Pixar-esque desk lamps. But you’re not in two-top territory yet. No. That calls for the open-kitchen-facing marble bar for corned-beef-and-cabbage dumplings. It’s like eating pastrami in an alternate universe.
For fireside rum consumption.
Find a sofa around one of the two outdoor fire pits and a Jungle Cat with five-spice-infused-rum and ginger. Smoking jacket not included.
For the final alfresco brunch.
We’ve got a few pleasant weekends left. And they’d be best spent with smoked-bluefish hash and Scotch quail eggs on their heated patio, which they’ll seal off with a curtain when the temperature demands.
So there’s your polar vortex survival plan.
