Beacon Street Tavern - nice nitecap

[solo2]

We ended up at Beacon Street Tavern late on Saturday night coming home from spending GF's birthday out and about. Since most places seem to be fairly dead on January 2nd, this was interesting. the place was pretty full around 9PM.

The attraction was $1 oysters at the bar (Saturdays only, Island Creek oysters). I'm just acquiring a taste for oysters and only had them once at Neptune and last summer in Normandy. GF, however, loves them, so I figured I'll have one or two with a drink. Well, we ended up each having about a dozen. They were really good. Fresh and served with spicy cocktail sauce, horseradish and some spicy vinegar-based liquid (I just had mine with a touch of cocktail sauce and lemon squeeze).

The drink, St. Germain Gimlet was really good, better than I expected. GF's Kilkenny on draft was also well above par.

All in all, very pleasant little nitecap. Nice waitstaff and hostess too.

[hiddenboston]

I kinda like this place. It feels like the type of spot I used to frequent after ski trips up north--a cozy and slightly rustic feel, decent food, good beer selection, friendly staff, and a pretty mellow crowd. The baked kabocha squash is very nice, BTW.

[FoonFan]

For anyone who had real gimlets in, say, London or Wolverhampton, it should be apparent that this is a very pale imitation. In my humble opinion, the gimlet, having been invented by a British naval surgeon in the late 19th century, is best made and sold by British bartender-owners, not the trendy Boston crowd.

[Joanie]

Wolverhampton, really? Whatever, I've liked the feel of the Beacon Tavern the 3 or 4 times I've been and Solo's post reminds me that I'm overdue.

[pollystyrene]

If it's good, who cares where it's made?! I had a "French Gimlet," also made with St. Germain, at Garden at the Cellar a couple of days ago, and it was excellent. It was my first time there, and I was pleasantly surprised that they even had a cocktail menu, never mind knew how to make a good cocktail. (I was expecting the food to be good, and it was.)

[solo2]

While I get your reference and find it refreshingly funny... I actually had gimlets in London. Didn't like them there, no sir.

Thank god I did not get to Wolwerhampton. The London food damn nearly killed me on the few too many visits that I had to endure in the nineties.

PS. The tacos don't get any more authentic even if gimlets were invented in Wolverhampton :)