The SSL entourage also visited Phins Restaurant on Saturday night, while we were sampling the tastes of the Irish Riviera [aka Scituate]. Phins was named in honor of Phineas Pratt —one of the first colonists in Massachusetts who arrived in the Scituate Harbor in 1622. So 387 years later, his great, great, great, great, great, great, great, great……great relative is the proud owner and chef — Aaron Pratt. Aaron opened the restaurant with a superb Front Street location in 2007.

There to meet and greet us as we entered Saturday night was the hostess who is also his fiance — Christine. Love must be in the air in Scituate as it was our second chef engagement that night. Christine tells us the wedding is on for September! (more…)

Last week Tina called in and asked “What’s the name of that new restaurant coming to Milton?”

Well Tina – we looked and we found 2 new ones:

#1 a restaurant called 88 Wharf is coming to Milton Landing this month [July]. Looks like it might be an upscale bistro with Mediterranean and American cuisine, overlooking the Neponset River

#2 Across town, is a restaurant called Abby Park also opening this month [July]. It’s at 550 Adams Street in the former Videos to Go spot in East Milton Square near the Southeast Expressway. The website says to expect American cuisine and it looks yummy from the photos. http://www.abbypark.com/

Thanks for calling in Tina!

The Entourage hit Caffe Tosca in Hingham and a fun time was had by all! It was a gorgeous night on the south shore and we got an early start to our evening – because we knew we had a lot of eating ahead of us! We met Chef Tony for a quick hello before we sat by the window for our meal. With tasty libations from the bar in hand we were treated to our first course: a chilled strawberry soup with basil. This dish is from the lunch menu but Chef Tony knew we’d love it – and it was amazing. With a silky texture, the fresh strawberry soup was so delicious and light. The shredded basil was the most surprising but most perfect compliment!
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