Beecher's for Dinner

So I've stopped at Beecher's before for lunch to pick up some of their amazing mac and cheese, but I went for dinner for the first time last week. What a great spot! Down in the basement they have a cute restaurant. The menu is cheese heavy but there are some other things too. It's also happy hour until 7 and they have some great drink and food deals ($7 for mac and cheese, $7 for a cheese plate, and $7 for the nightly special cocktail!). I couldn't resist the mac and cheese, so we got that, a cheese platter, and a beet salad with cheese curds. Yum! The cocktail was a yummy citrus infused vodka with a little sparkling water and I think a tiny bit of simple syrup. It was tasty without being too sweet. Great place to go for dinner or after-work cocktails and snacks.

Growler Station

Do you have a growler? Jamie and I love them! We used to live right above Blind Tiger and would fill up our growler with fresh microbrew beer anytime we had friends over. Then they stopped filling growlers and we moved a few blocks away, so ours has been gathering dust on top of our kitchen cabinets.

I walked by the Growler Station last night and decided it was time to start up our fresh beer drinking again. It's so cool! I had been meaning to go. They have tons of canned and bottled beer and about 25 beers on tap. You can buy a growler there, fill yours up, or, if you forgot yours or don't have it handy (like me last night) they fill up a plastic soda style bottle for you! We got one of my favorites, Southampton Publick House Biere de Mars. It's also cheaper than filling it up at a bar. The Biere de Mars was $13 but there were some on the list that were $11 (and some that got up to $25). Next time you have people over, go get a couple of different beers and have a tasting! I think we might, too!

best oyster deal

I've written about Fish before, but I just wanted to do a quick post about their amazing Red, White, and Blue deal. For $8, you get 6 clams or blue point oysters and a glass of red or white house wine or a PBR on tap. It's a great place to meet for a drink or for a tasty dinner - tonight I got the oysters and mussels in a lemongrass broth, yum! Super buttery and delicious and great, crispy fries.

FISH

In glowing neon letters on Bleecker street is a simple "Fish" scrawled out in illuminated script. It took me a while to realize that was actually the name, not just the fare. If you're ever going out for drinks in the West Village, or dinner and want to meet for a drink first, Fish is a great find. For only $8 you can get either 6 oysters or 6 clams on a half shell and your choice of a glass of Chardonnay, a glass of Merlot, or Pabst Blue Ribbon (on tap). I had some people over for dinner the other night and before eating, we went down the street and tried out this deal. We all got the oysters, and they were fresh and tasty and served with a great mignonette sauce and lemon wedges. While you await your oysters, you can also help yourself to the giant bowls of peanuts resting on the bar. Next time I go, I may just get 2 or 3 orders of the oysters and call it a meal.

Fish is at Bleecker and Jones, near the 1 subway and the ACE and BDFV.