Feeding Frenzy: Beehive, West Side Lounge, Café Z, Lumière, and Craigie Street Bistrot
ANOTHER SIGN of spring are softshell crabs, in season for about a month each year. As part of his "30 Days, 30 Ways" promotion, 51 Lincoln chef/owner Jeff Fournier will be preparing them a different way each night in May. >> Over at the Beehive, come for the music, stay for the fries. Poutine, the gravy-soaked, cheese-drenched fries - the number-one guilt and comfort food in Montreal - has found its true home here. You might want to order dinner after scraping up the last crumbs, but then again, you might just want to order another round. >> Speaking of fries, I'd love to hear from you readers about Boston's best. I'm hooked on the ones served at the West Side Lounge in Cambridge (with a roasted-garlic aioli dipping sauce, so much more upscale than ketchup). What's your candidate? Drop an e-mail to food@phx.com and we'll be there without delay. >> More food options for you Financial District types: there's a new Café Z in Post Office Square, replacing the Milk Street Café. >> Chef Richie Barron of Il Capriccio reminds me that, despite what I wrote in my column on Michael Leviton [3.11.08], the suburbs were not a considered a culinary wasteland before the arrival of West Newton's Lumière - at least not to the happy diners in Waltham who've been supporting Barron at Il Capriccio and Jimmy Burke at the Tuscan Grill for upward of 20 years. >> I'm used to thinking about reservations for New Year's Eve, Easter brunch, and Mother's Day (coming up on May 11), but Passover? This year, yep: Tony Maws is doing two nights of Passover at his Craigie Street Bistrot on April 20 and 22. I'm guessing his matzo balls will rival my Aunt Grace's.
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