Where to Eat - Beast and the Hare

I took Andrew here last year for his birthday and we had an awesome meal. Great oysters and I could eat the avocado toast with boquerones everyday. I recently went back with my brother and had another solid meal.

Since I was with Chris we obviously started with a selection of the house charcuterie. Of the impressive 13 options we chose the coppa - pork shoulder with smoked pimenton and garlic, nduja - semi cured and smoked with paprika, cardamom and garlic, and rillette - whipped pork shoulder with chilies and fennel. It came with house made pickles and toasted bread. My favorite, as always, were the pickled veggies followed by the nduja. It was like a cross between chorizo and pepperoni - two of my loves in life. The copa was also great - super flavorful and not too fatty. I wasn't super into the rillette, but whipped meats and I have a complicated relationship.

Next we had the skewered quail with cranberry greens, gremolata and yogurt. This is one of those things I would never think to get unless my brother pointed it out and I was happy he did. The almonds and yogurt with the beans and quail were such an interesting combination of flavor and texture. The beans were a little under but not starchy so I didn't mind. The quail was cooked perfectly too.

My brother got the fried chicken and waffle with maple syrup and beastmo' hot sauce. It looked great and he said it was. I got the fresh ground burger with agrodolce onions, tomato aioli and Kennebec fries. I added the beechar's flagship cheddar. It was good but certainly not the best burger I've had around town. Perhaps this is because I didn't order it with foie gras option? For as just alright the burger was the fries made up for it. Crunchy and delicious, I easily ate them all. The tomato aioli just tasted like pretentious ketchup though.