We’re gonna need a bigger weekend.
Your Perks: 1) Blazers, shirts, vests and ties at up to 57% off. They range from handsome to very handsome. 2) A portable phone battery that also unfolds to plug into the wall. Yes, it’s necessary. 3) Cufflinks shaped like dinosaurs, red Solo cups and other things you’ve never seen cufflinks shaped like.
Ikura’s gone. But it’s been replaced by a new sushi place from Canada. Yes, that Canada. And they’re ready to ply you with things like Sundae Rolls made with cream cheese, shrimp tempura and shredded crabmeat. Oh, and it very vaguely resembles an ice cream sundae. That’s important.
There are two ways to view Boston Harbor from a height of seven stories while partaking in mai tais and rum punches: 1) Levitation. 2) The newly opened rooftop bar at the Envoy Hotel. Only one of those is real.
We should probably tell you that Cinquecento has a new patio bar that used to be a shipping container in another life. Now it’s a place where a dozen people can sit outside and order Negroni flights and rosé on tap. It’s a better life.
Now, let’s play Name That New Brunch!
Your clues: Charlestown. Beer. Pork-and-cheese pupusas. Cast-iron frittatas. Belgian waffles with chicken
and gravy. Wood-fired bacon cheeseburgers...
You can stop us at any time by saying “Brewer’s Fork.”
You: Hey, Backbar, I heard you’re doing another cocktails-and-a-movie pairing.
Backbar: We are. This time it’s Airplane, and there will be drinks like I
Like My Coffee with amaro, coffee bitters and coffee ice cubes.
You: Surely you can’t be serious.
Backbar: You really want to go down that road today?
