Comments on: East Coast Grill - Best Boston bars http://drinkboston.com/2007/03/20/east-coast-grill/ Bars, bartenders and imbibing in Beantown. Sat, 22 Nov 2008 10:45:41 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.3.3 By: ljclark http://drinkboston.com/2007/03/20/east-coast-grill/#comment-24597 ljclark Fri, 24 Oct 2008 15:58:06 +0000 http://drinkboston.com/2007/03/20/east-coast-grill/#comment-24597 Why thank you, Robert. I've never come across any celebs at the ECG bar. Why thank you, Robert. I’ve never come across any celebs at the ECG bar.

]]> By: Robert http://drinkboston.com/2007/03/20/east-coast-grill/#comment-24595 Robert Fri, 24 Oct 2008 15:48:51 +0000 http://drinkboston.com/2007/03/20/east-coast-grill/#comment-24595 This is a very well written review of the East Coast Grill bar experience. I don't know that I've ever had anything but fantastic margaritas at ECG, maybe once? But for like twenty years now they have had one of the coolest bars in Cambridge. Oysters shucked to order right in front of you... fresh purees and house made sour mix. Yes its always crowded but thats part of the charm. You never know who's going to be at the bar stool next to you. One time it was Peter Wolf sitting next to me! (For those of you who don't know, Peter Wolf is a famous musician from the J. Geils Band and has excellent solo albums...) This is a very well written review of the East Coast Grill bar experience. I don’t know that I’ve ever had anything but fantastic margaritas at ECG, maybe once? But for like twenty years now they have had one of the coolest bars in Cambridge. Oysters shucked to order right in front of you… fresh purees and house made sour mix. Yes its always crowded but thats part of the charm. You never know who’s going to be at the bar stool next to you. One time it was Peter Wolf sitting next to me! (For those of you who don’t know, Peter Wolf is a famous musician from the J. Geils Band and has excellent solo albums…)

]]> By: ljclark http://drinkboston.com/2007/03/20/east-coast-grill/#comment-941 ljclark Thu, 22 Mar 2007 00:34:24 +0000 http://drinkboston.com/2007/03/20/east-coast-grill/#comment-941 Wow, I am sorry to hear about your bad recent experiences with margaritas at the East Coast Grill. Wonder what's up with that. Thanks for the tip about the Biltmore -- will check it out. Wow, I am sorry to hear about your bad recent experiences with margaritas at the East Coast Grill. Wonder what’s up with that. Thanks for the tip about the Biltmore — will check it out.

]]> By: MC Slim JB http://drinkboston.com/2007/03/20/east-coast-grill/#comment-936 MC Slim JB Wed, 21 Mar 2007 20:31:36 +0000 http://drinkboston.com/2007/03/20/east-coast-grill/#comment-936 I've long been an admirer of the Margaritas at the East Coast Grill, calling them the best in town for years, but over a series of recent visits (three over the past six months), I've been served some really inferior ones. These were "Martin's Magnificent" and "Real Deal" Margaritas up, the two versions made with 100% blue Agave tequila, and they were pretty terrible, tasting mostly of lime juice and sugar. I was crushed. Once or twice, a fluke, perhaps, but three times, no. My current favorites are those made at Tremont 647 (whose addition of a small amount of fresh OJ is so good I've modified my home recipe to include it), and at a relative newcome, The Biltmore in Newton Upper Falls. This great little gastropub pours a specialty cocktail it calls the Potomac Wave, which as near as I can tell is a riff on the Margarita up, and it's just superb. Add this place to your list of places whose bartenders are trying to show a little craft and seriousness with the shaker. I’ve long been an admirer of the Margaritas at the East Coast Grill, calling them the best in town for years, but over a series of recent visits (three over the past six months), I’ve been served some really inferior ones. These were “Martin’s Magnificent” and “Real Deal” Margaritas up, the two versions made with 100% blue Agave tequila, and they were pretty terrible, tasting mostly of lime juice and sugar. I was crushed. Once or twice, a fluke, perhaps, but three times, no.

My current favorites are those made at Tremont 647 (whose addition of a small amount of fresh OJ is so good I’ve modified my home recipe to include it), and at a relative newcome, The Biltmore in Newton Upper Falls. This great little gastropub pours a specialty cocktail it calls the Potomac Wave, which as near as I can tell is a riff on the Margarita up, and it’s just superb. Add this place to your list of places whose bartenders are trying to show a little craft and seriousness with the shaker.

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