Category Archives: Restaurants, food reviews

Wine Gal guest-blogging this week, as Mrs. Cups was regrettably unable to attend our bi-annual, favorite liquid lunch at Smith & Wollensky’s National Wine Week, held at Boston’s Atlantic Wharf location, Sept. 17-21.  S&W holds this bacchanalia twice a year … Continue reading →

Boston’s Island Creek Oyster Bar consistently has (IMHO) one of the city’s best, interesting and most affordable wine lists.  Not to mention an extremely knowlegeable staff who can make the right recommendations to pair with whatever you’re eating. But the restaraunt … Continue reading →

Mr. Cups, some friends and I enjoyed a trip to beautiful Barnard, Vermont this past weekend.  It was shocking to see the extent of the damage wreaked by Hurricane Irene back in late August, including the washout of some of … Continue reading →

Wine Gal and I recently went back to the restaurant wine tasting mother ship, L’Espalier, for its Wine Monday “France Off the Beaten Track” evening.  For $65, we feasted on a four-course meal paired with wines from regions of France … Continue reading →

Wine Gal and I headed into Cambridge last night for Harvest’s “Think Pink” rose wine tasting (supporting breast cancer awareness).  Harvest served up some lovely roses, many of which might be found, thought the sommelier, at Martignetti’s in Brighton.  But after … Continue reading →