Desserts , Maine
Wednesday, July 30, 2014
IT'S NATIONAL CHEESECAKE DAY!
Desserts , Maine
Saturday, July 26, 2014
TASTY TACOS & MARGARITAS AT AGAVE DOS
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| Strawberry margarita |
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| Pulled beef tacos dinner |
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| Every meal begins with free chips and salsa. |
The Portsmouth restaurant has lots of room for you and your friends. There are two floors with two full bars. They offer 100 different kinds of tequila. You've got to try one of their margaritas. They are huge and refreshing on a hot summer day. Every meal starts with chips and salsa. They'll bring you seconds, but don't fill up because the portions are large. I ordered the carne tacos with pulled beef. You can have your tacos soft, medium or hard. The medium are just that, a little soft and a little hard. They're very good. The three tacos came with a large portion of Mexican rice and refried beans topped with Chihuahua cheese.
Agave has all of your favorite Mexican dishes. There are burritos, fajitas, enchiladas, quesadillas, along with their daily specials. They also have several soups including tortilla and black bean soups and cheese & corn chowder. Salads include steak, Caesar and shrimp & avocado.
www.agavedos.com Mexican , New Hampshire
Sunday, July 20, 2014
SIZZLIN' SUMMER SPOTS: SUMMER SCOOPS
Summer Scoops in Plainville, Massachusetts is a newer ice cream shop, but it's already attracting a big following. All of their ice cream comes from Attleboro's Bliss Bros. Dairy, which is legendary in the area.
Summer Scoops offers all of your favorite flavors like chocolate chip, cookie dough and coffee Oreo. You can also find more exciting flavors like strawberry cheesecake, salted caramel chocolate pretzel and bourdon caramel pistachio brittle. Summer Scoops also dishes out some pretty enticing sundaes with their soft serve. I enjoyed a wafer cone of my favorite Bliss Dairy Flavor, their wild blueberry crumble. This non-fat frozen yogurt is flavored with blueberries, blackberries and raspberries and packed with pieces of graham crunch.
You can find Summer Scoops at Osborne Nursery and eat your ice cream while enjoying some of their garden displays.
www.summerscoops-osbornenursery.com/ Ice Cream , Massachusetts , Sizzlin Summer Spots
Saturday, July 19, 2014
SAMPLING THE BEER AT CAPE COD BEER
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| Free tasting glass |
There are several beers on tap to satisfy the novice beer drinker to the picky beer geek. If you're a fan of dark brews like Guinness, you'll want to try their Cape Cod Porter. They also have a Beach Blonde Ale, a Red Amber Ale, IPA and a Summer seasonal beer. You can sample all of them and more in their store. A tasting is only $5. You'll get 5 chips, which you can use for five glasses of beer. You even get to take home the tasting glass for a souvenir.
Their store is full of CCB merch, including glassware, shirts, hats, books and local foods (like beer peanut brittle). Of course, you can buy different-sized bottles of their beers and some brews even come in cans.
CCB offers guided tours of their brewery each day at 11am. If you're not there on time, you can still take a self-guided tour.
www.capecodbeer.com Beer , Brewery , Cape Cod , Massachusetts
Wednesday, July 16, 2014
FINE DINING AT WINFIELD'S ON BLOCK ISLAND
For dinner, I enjoyed a large cut of swordfish with potatoes. It was delicious and filing. Other dinner options include roasted half-chicken, pan seared catfish and the vegetarian friendly sweet pea ravioli. By the way, every Sunday Winfield's offers a friend chicken special with sausage gravy, coleslaw and a biscuit.
If you're fortunate to still have room for dessert, I'd recommend the cheesecake. Our waitress told us her friend makes it for them. We also had a nice slice of blueberry cake. Of course, dessert and menu options differ by season, so you may want to call ahead first.
Contact
1 Corn Neck Road
Block Island, RI
02807
401-466-5856Full Menu Fine Dining , Rhode Island
Sunday, July 13, 2014
SIZZLIN' SUMMER SPOTS: MARVEL'S LUNCH BOX
This is one of those great old school beach restaurants with a casual vibe. You can sit inside or walk right up and place your order at their pick up window. Marvel's has seafood favorites like New England clam chowder, lobster, clam and tuna rolls and clam strips. They also make hot dogs, burgers and other sandwiches on the grill. I ordered the clam strips plate, which came with a generous portion of fried clams and fries. They don't skip on the ketchup or tartar sauce either. Marvel's will bag your food up so you can eat right on the beach, which is across the street. My favorite part of the meal: the taffy they include with your order.
www.marvelslunchbox.com Massachusetts , Seafood , Sizzlin Summer Spots
Tuesday, July 08, 2014
CRUMBS BAKE SHOP CLOSES ALL LOCATIONS!
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| The Crumbs shop at the Natick Mall |
In a statement to the Wall Street Journal Crumbs announced the sad news, "Regrettably Crumbs has been forced to cease operations and is immediately attending to the dislocation of its devoted employees while it evaluates its limited remaining options." Days ago, the chain was suspended from Nasdaq, which triggered a default on its debt. As of 8:45 am/ET on Tuesday, July 8, 2014, the Crumbs website was still up as if nothing had happened.
So, why did this popular cupcake shop lose it all? My educated guess: they expanded way too quickly. At first, Crumbs was an NYC thing. I would always stop by during a visit to the city and get my favorite, the Baba Booey. But then, I noticed I could get the Baba Booey at Crumbs in Natick, Mass. Then, I could order it at a couple of locations in the Prudential Center in Boston. Crumbs quickly popped up at the Providence Place Mall in Rhode Island. Then, Westfarms Mall in Connecticut. You get the picture. Too many stores in too little time with too few customers. It's too bad. There's still hope that Crumbs will get it together. Maybe they will reopen a few of their NYC spots. For now, at least we will have Georgetown Cupcake.
Closings , Cupcakes , National Chains
Sunday, July 06, 2014
WOULD YOU SPEND MORE THAN $200 ON A DRINK?
Saturday, July 05, 2014
SIZZLIN' SUMMER SPOTS: THE LIGHTHOUSE IN WELLFLEET CENTER
We were seated at a sunny table at the front of the house. To my right, the bar was buzzing with World Cup fans. It wouldn't be trip to the Cape without a lobster roll, so that's what I ordered. It usually comes with fries, but I substituted them for a salad with raspberry dressing. The lobster roll was fresh, with big chunks of lobster meat and I enjoyed the salad.
The Lighthouse is open for all three meals. For breakfast, there are a number of omelets you can choose from or build you own. They also serve eggs any styple, French toast, pancakes (including plain, blueberry and M&M's) and a Belgian waffle.
There are many soups on their lunch menu. There's clam chowder, lobster bisque and Portuguese kale soup. Apps include Wellfleet oysters, shrimp cocktail, mussels, calamari, chicken fingers and loaded fries. For lunch, choose from several burgers and classic sandwiches like a turkey club, tuna melt and a seafood reuben. Also on the menu, Cape Cod classics including fried clams and oysters plates. There are a bunch of salads on their menu including a cobb salad, waldorf with walnuts, apple & raisins and a spinach & goat cheese salad.
Dinner is served at 5 p.m. and includes much larger plates. There's Cioppino Pasta with lobster, shrimp, scallops, mussels and littlenecks. They also have lobster alfredo, broiled scallops, penne bolognese, jambalaya and steak tips. How good does all of that sound?
If you're in Wellfleet on a Thursday night, you might want to stop by for Mexican Night at The Lighthouse. On the menu: build your own tacos, quesadillas, nachos, enchiladas, fajitas and more.
www.thelighthouserestaurantwellfleet.com
Cape Cod , Massachusetts , Seafood , Sizzlin Summer Spots
COMFORT FOOD & COLD BEER AT POOR PEOPLE'S PUB ON BLOCK ISLAND
If you're looking for a tasty meal in a relaxed atmosphere on Block Island, look no further than The Poor People's Pub. This restaurant is the place to go on the island to watch the World Cup, take in some live music at night or to sip a beer on their outside patio. They also have an area to play corn hole with your friends!
PPP has a full bar with specials on pitchers of beer. A pitcher of Narragansett is only $6.00. And, yes, they have the Dell's Summer Shandy! For lunch and dunner, PPP has all of the standards, from several burgers, fish and salads to pizzas and sandwiches. They will also wow you with some meals you wouldn't expect to find at a place called Poor People's Pub. Take my dinner, mac & cheese topped with a heaping portion of pulled pork. It's comfort food at its best and most delicious. They also have a lobster and corn chowder that their customers rave about.
You can't miss this place, especially since they have an old car out front with their logo on it. PPP also has another location in Sanbornville, NH.
Contact www.pppbi.com Bars , Comfort Food , Rhode Island
Thursday, July 03, 2014
GET A RED, WHITE & BLUE BAGEL FOR THE 4TH
Wednesday, July 02, 2014
A VISIT TO THE HOME OF CAPE COD POTATO CHIPS
The CCPC factory is right at the beginning of the Cape, in Barnstable. It's the perfect way to start any vacation. As soon as you pull into the parking lot, you'll smell those famous chips. Tours are self-guided on weekdays. Workers make different flavors everyday, so you never know what you'll see. If you're wondering why I haven't posted any pics from inside the tour, it's because they have a no photography rule. But I can tell you, you'll get a birds eye view of the whole process from potato to chip with lots of history about CCPC along the way. At the end of the tour, they'll even hook you up with a couple of free bags of chips. You'll also find full-sized bags of their chips and popcorn in their gift shop, along with shirts, shot glasses and other momentos.
The tour is FREE and you can learn more at www.capecodchips.com. Cape Cod , Massachusetts , Snacks
RUN TO COOK IN NEWTON, MASS!
Their menu is full of all of my favorites. There's a 3-cheese ravioli and a bolognese. How about some lobster sliders on a hot summer night? Next time. This visit, I scarfed down their wild mushroom flatbread. It's topped with a generous portion of cut mushrooms, caramelized onions and ricotta cheese. They also offer some really unique snacks like a tasty homemade pretzel. It's not covered in salt and is served with some sweet mustards for dipping. Other snacks include popcorn with bacon & caramel and truffle fries.
Cook also has a full bar that's stocked with too many cans to count and a bunch of draft beers. I drank up some Wachuset Blueberry with fresh blueberries.
Cook is open for lunch and dinner daily, with brunch on Saturdays and Sundays.
Contact: www.cooknewton.com Bars , Massachusetts
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