Taqueria Jalisco in East Boston

Taqueria Jalisco was highly recommended to me for quality tacos in East Boston.  It's located in Day Square.  It's a cute little place, no A/C, and the tacos were truly very good.  I tried tongue, "adobado de cabeza" (cabeza means head, but I'm not sure which part of the head these were from), and carnitas.  Each came on 2 very soft, warm, smooth corn tortillas, with cilantro and chopped white onion, limes for squeezing on the side, for $2.25/each.  They also came with two salsas/sauces, a green one and a brown one, both very delicious and spicy, and very different from each other.  Great tacos, if you're in the area, give them a try!

The Barrel House American Bar in Beverly, MA

Just went to this place, heard about it from Clayton at Short and Main in Gloucester.   He's a great bartender, so we trusted his recommendation for a great bar and restaurant in Beverly, a town neither of us had ever visited before.  The Barrel House was AWESOME.  It's a joint venture between two Eastern Standard alums, Chef Patrick Shea and Barman Sean Maher.  Great food.  Amazing cocktails. Excellent wine, beer and spirit selections.  Fantastic dark wood room with tin ceiling and dark red leather chairs.  It's a serious, downtown-type restaurant, in Beverly!  I would even say it's worth the trip up there just to eat at Barrel House.  Enjoy!

Citizen Public House- get the burger!

If you haven't had the burger at Citizen Public House, do it next time you're there.  Thick and juicy, on a chewy ciabatta roll.  I get it with bacon and bleu cheese.  Perfect.