Thursday, July 14, 2022

Thursday Sips & Nibbles

I'm back again with a new edition of Sips & Nibbles, my regular column where I highlight some interesting, upcoming food and drink events. I hope everyone dines out safely, tips well and are nice to their servers.
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1) Executive Pastry Chef Alyxandria Abreu of The Banks Fish House in Back Bay has just launched pints of her house made ice cream and sorbets to go, alongside a rotating line up of house made ice cream sandwiches that are changing weekly. 

Pints of ice cream are available in classic flavors such as vanilla, chocolate, and pistachio as well as Alyxandria's unique flavor profiles like lavender buttermilk, blueberry miso, and coffee fudge ripple. Sorbet flavors include but are not limited to strawberry and pink peppercorn, blackberry gin, spiced pineapple and rhubarb sherbet. Pints of ice cream are $12/each and pints of sorbet are $14/each.

The rotating line up of house made ice cream sandwiches combine various cookies and cakes such as triple chocolate cookies, olive oil cakes, shortbread and funnel cakes with artisanal ice cream flavors for a treat that is both frosty and fun!
July 8- 14: Mint chipwich mint chocolate chip ice cream sandwiched between triple chocolate cookies
July 15- 21: Pistachio ice cream sandwiched between olive oil cakes
July 22- 28: Earl Grey ice cream sandwiched between lemon thyme shortbread biscuits
July 29 - August 4: Strawberry balsamic ice cream sandwiched between funnel cake

These are available to-go on a walk in basis and also by calling ahead at 617-399-0015 to place an order. 

2) The team behind Nightshade Noodle Bar, Chef Rachel Miller’s French and Vietnamese inspired fine dining restaurant, has opened a new community market in their beloved “sin city.Sin City Superette’s mission is to make healthy foods and other everyday necessities available to the neighborhood, including grocery staples, pantry items, household essentials, hygienic supplies, grab-n-go hot and cold prepared foods, and so much more. Miller works with local farmers, produce vendors, fishermen/women, and chefs to bring in a variety of products to the market, while ensuring as much accessibility and affordability as possible, accepting EBT payments and soon offering delivery of groceries and all other available items.

It means a lot to me to provide everyday essentials, affordable raw, hot and cold prepared foods and offer more EBT to my neighborhood as we all continue to recover from the pandemic,” said Rachel Miller, Executive Chef/Owner, Nightshade Noodle Bar & Sin City Superette. “The idea for Sin City Superette stemmed from pandemic response, realizing that we could be so much more useful to the community, while creating more jobs in our growing neighborhood, if we rearranged our resources and extended our reach beyond what Nightshade Noodle Bar was built to offer.

Sin City Superette also offers the community a variety of fresh seafood, ranging from local staples like Mussels and Fresh Lobster Meat from Maine, to exotic finds like Gooseneck Barnacles and Carabinero Prawns from Portugal, and Live Dungeness Crab from Washington. In an effort to “normalize high-quality, low-priced caviar,” Sin City Superette also offers ramekins of creme fraiche, recommending patrons grab a bag of chips to pair. Grab-and-go items from “the hot box” include the Sin City Burger, made with Sin City Sauce, Cheddar, Pickles and Onion on a Potato Roll, and the Vegan Black Bean & Corn Burger, topped with Plant-Based Cheddar and Pickles, served on a Vegan Roll. Additionally, Sin City Sushi, a HACCP certified operation within Sin City Superette, will operate 5 days a week, stocking both grab-n-go sushi items and made-to-order items for lunch and dinner.

Located at 71 Exchange Street in Lynn, Sin City Superette is open Wednesday-Sunday, 8AM-8PM and is located on the commuter rail (Central Square Station), 3 stops from North Station, and on several bus lines going to the red, blue and orange lines. 

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