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The mean heavy cold you’ve endured this season has left you with a firm grasp of at least two inalienable facts. One: you’re really fucking sick of this weather. And two: there was a rash of quality openings over the last few months, with some still being seasonal newborns–thus experiencing their first winter of engaging with the likes of you. And your stomach.
So, we cherry picked a few of our new favorite winter-friendly dishes from a trio of newcomers (note: check out the peek of still-coming places in the sidebar), and present them here as an easily referenced and absolutely in no way complete list of newish goods to grub, with the situations that call for them. In other words, here’s some food. Eat. You’re skin and bones. Eat.
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Hangover Helper
Boneless Buttermilk Fried Chicken with honey donuts (yes, they’re house-made), potato puree, and BBQ maple syrup. Jason Santos’ new after work hangout and brunch oasis is essentially a pile of smiles. Smiles you can eat. And return you to human form, you disaster.
Where to get it: Back Bay Harry’s
When to get it: Brunch
[142 Berkeley St., Boston, 617-424-6711. backbayharrys.com]
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First Night
Moroccan fried shrimp with kohlrabi, rice vermicelli, pistachio. Maybe owner Ana Sortun meant it this, way, but it’s just got that first-date feel. Especially when your date says “I like prawns with a hint of Morocco and nuts.” Or if they like kohlrabi, which is a sort of cabbage. Kohlrabi is a funny word. So is cabbage.
Where to get it: Sarma. Maybe a quiet table for two.
When to get it: Dinner
[249 Pearl St., Somerville, 617-764-4464. sarmarestaurant.com]
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Three’s Company
It’s not often a cocktail lounge focuses just as much on their bar food as their libations. But when you come upon a place having it’s first winter and dealing with the shock by offering you Korean-style fried chicken, an Aloha Dog (picture a hot dog covered in bacon, pineapple, teriyaki sauce, and house chips), and sizzling skillets of what can only be described as Tater Tot Nachos. Mostly because that’s what they are.
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Where to get it: Highball Lounge
When to get it: Whenever the words “tater-tot” and “nachos” seem like a good idea. At once.
[90 Tremont St., 2nd Fl., Boston, 617-772-0202. highballboston.com]
