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Amesbury, MA. A genuine not-to-miss establishment, if ever in the 'hood. Birthday lass and I for her birthday. Lucked out and had the joint entirely to ourselves. The owner is pictured. Born, raised and taught to be a master of foods in Florence, Italy. Emigrated to our great country in '68. The man is a genius. It's the simple things sometimes, people.













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Lobster and blue crab stuffing, respectively, in the wee pasta pockets, a great Tuscan wine, local sea scallops perfectly seared and matched with a black truffle sauce, a Northern Italy style chowder with a twist, with littlenecks, leeks, butter and cream, fresh braised cod cheek in a sweet glaze with endives, tiramisu and chocolate raviolis with fresh whipped cream and berries in a cognac sauce, a bottle of Muscat on the house...Man, that old Italian Florence boy took care of us, and can really cook up a storm. So glad to have a place so close that is so good. George, when are you coming down?

I had a few of these for dinner.

How DO you manage to keep your girlish figure? Seems all you do is eat!

Please tell me that you are joking. Pre-made PB&J?

Call me what you will, but I prefer my PBJ baked goods served without crust.

I was thinking the same thing, but about his wife! Leighton needs a certain amount of insulation/flotation for his hobbies. The wife stays very slim, in spite of mounds of wonderful food!

Leighton, how come I never see any bologna or viennie sausages in the stuff you eat?

Leighton...If you haven't already,you and your hottie wife need to take about 3 weeks and tour Italy. I've been to some superb Italian eateries in my day but nothing compares to the real deal. Plus,it's a stunningly beautiful country and Italians generally love us Americans. They seem to love our tourist dollars anyway.

Well Sir that there all looks simi eatable. Tell me though, how is he with a chicken fried steak?

BCR

lol James

we may be cut from similar cloth


fancy dining about twice a year suits me to a tee

pot of beans & pan of cornbread make my heart sing

and sometimes causes other parts to hum a bit too

The Chef looks like Gary Busey.

Looks good, but if you were the only ones in the joint how long can they survive?

Looks like some great eats and good time there.

Good pics lhonda. The opportunity to go out to places like that is nice. For us it is at least a 50 mile one way drive.

I just got the old frying pan out last night and started with 3 small red potatos in a dab of olive oil, added a small coarse chopped red onion, sliced up a pkg of white muchrooms, a dismantled brocolli crown and added a sliced up Nathan's beef kielbasa. Simple but very good.

In fact left overs for lunch today!

Dude, I could almost smell the garlic from here! That food looks fabulous, hard to believe you 2 had the whole place to yourselves.

Leighton,
I would hate to be guilty of agreeing with isaac, but you should go to Italy. Go to the town of Sorrento on the bay of Naples and eat your way thru the little restaurants there. Heaven on earth for a gourmand like me!

Italians really didn't seem too friendly - but American dollars are still very popular.

Johnny $

Hilarious! I said to Airi, with those chompers, that dude's a lock as the Italian Gary Busey...Of course, as it often the case, she didn't get the reference. The destroyer of all things funny the lass can be.

It was the evening of the Monday holiday, so it was essentially late on a 'Sunday' night. They seem to be doing quite well.

Thanks for the suggestions on the Italy tour. My folks have urged us to do the same, as they have enjoyed 6 or 7 trips just to Italy the past decade or so, along with their other travels. It's definitely on the 'Greatest Hits Eating Tour' hit list, as are Spain and France.

Thanks for the comments, y'all. It really pleases me that we have the place here now, as frankly, outside of the numerous excellent seafood restaurants close by, in the little town we live in, it's mostly a mix of crappy pizza, sub joints and bar food...