Category Archives: Dining

Last week Nola’s Fresh Foods stopped by my place with their salsa and chips for me to try out.  I should say, while I love free food, I don’t write about it unless I like it. The fact that I think their bean salsa might be the best I’ve ever had made writing this shout out all the more pleasant.

A quick look at their website will tell you that Nola’s is a local company based in Roslindale, MA and more importantly, their products have no preservatives, sugar, oils, artificial color or flavors.  Their food is actually vegan and gluten free.

Give this local company a try next time you go shopping

Where you can buy it:  Nola’s is sold at Foodies in the South End and Southie and I placed a quick call to the new Whole Foods in the South End and they confirmed they carry these products as well.  Nola’s website, nolasfreshfoods.com has a map to point you to the closest store nearest you.

For those of you who regularly traverse A Street in Southie or live near there, you have noticed all the construction going on at 40 West 3rd Street in what was formerly a dilapidated building (or at least that is how it appeared to me).

Last week the owners distributed a press release, indicating their new restaurant named, Coppersmith, is on track to open in late April / early May and they are actively hiring for positions which you can find out more about on their Facebook page here.  When complete, the huge space will include outdoor dining space, a full restaurant, separate cafe and food truck.

To stay up to date, like Coppersmith Facebook page here

Stay tuned for more details to follow in the coming weeks.  This massive endeavor will bring options to those of you who live and work nearby and enhance the Southie dining scene, bringing more foot traffic and curious foodies like me to the neighborhood.

BosGuy’s Wicked Awesome Grilled Cheese Sandwich

The current issue of Boston Magazine has a fantastic article about the best sandwiches served in town.  As you can imagine there are a number of delicious options and the South End gets a bunch of shout outs, including Myers + Chang’s Bacon and Egg sandwich – which is only available on weekends,  Flour Bakery + Cafe’s BLT, Mike’s City Diner’s, “Mike’s Famous Pilgrim” sandwich just to name a few.  Also South End cheap eats, Blunch which is only open for breakfast and lunch is spotlighted as a must try place.

Despite all the sandwich joints in this town I still have to say my favorite is probably Downtown Crossing’s Sam LaGrassa’s. Do you have a favorite sandwich that you like to make or a particular place you go to grab a sandwich?  I love making grilled cheese sandwiches in the winter.  I actually wrote about it last January in my post Best Grilled Cheese Evah.

I stumbled upon this pairings guide and while I would always encourage individuals to pair whatever they like, I recognize that guides like this can be helpful for those who may not know where to start.

For those who live locally, I would strongly suggest visiting Formaggio and let them know what wine you are purchasing.  They make excellent suggestions.