We took the kids on their first big road trip this long weekend down to the Berkshires and they did great. One added bonus was that my special lady and I had a night out for date night. We decided to head into Great Barrington and have dinner at a newer place the Bell and Anchor. I was a little suspect of the fact that they did not have an actual website rather they used a Facebook page which I find obnoxious at best but whatever. The place was cute and there was not only a good looking crowd but ping pong and cornhole (the game) out front on the lawn. The place is a redone big old mansion. Even though it was like 90 degrees and 120% humidity the outside was packed but the inside was open and we got a table right away. The waitstaff was also good looking and well dressed. The crowd was NY hipster replanted w/ their parent's money in the Berkshires. Except me who has no family money and was a sweaty no tattoo mess. I liked that the maitre di who we guessed was an owner was drinking a cold Tecate... solid. We ordered a couple drinks and got down to it. My "Trophy Wife" sounded feminine but was juiced w/ white bourbon, cava, and Saint Germaine and was delicious. We started off w/ a Parmesan broth soup that was salty and delicious despite the heat in the air. Next up was roasted beets w/ golden raisins, roasted squash and yogurt that was excellent and a house mad coppa (headcheese?) w/ greens, shaved Parmesan, and focaccia that was a little greasy but really wonderful. We then shared a Pollock dish finished w/ black eyed peas and garlic scapes (every dish seemed to feature scapes) and was also well cooked, and very fresh tasting. We finished up w/ a delicious sponge cake w/ roasted rhubarb and creme fraische whipped cream that was sick. Overall expensive but great service, good crowd, and solid food. 1 7/8 thumbs up.
We finished w/ a beer in town and were able to witness a stupid young woman irrationally freak out about a bug in her hair and then a possibly drunk woman berate a maitre di for 10+ minutes in a totally unnecessary way before storming out into the middle of the road. Fantastic!
We stopped in Rut-Vegas to change diapers on the way home and had a couple cheeseburgers at McDonalds. Really a high to low weekend. Very low.
BTW, I know I spelled a bunch of shit incorrectly here but spell check in Blogger sucks. So F*** off smart guy!!
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