The Freshman has opened! Our friend, Nick Freshman, who was about to open his restaurant last spring when the pandemic hit, finally had his opening day today. Their primary focus is on cocktails and coffee, but the food is delicious, as well.
Our family, collectively, has visited in waves today. Edwin has a job there, so he’s put in a good number of hours over the past week, and since he gets 50% off food for himself, and 25% off when he brings others, he went down this afternoon for coffee and pastries with a friend. His first shift is Friday evening, so he also wanted to see what it looks like live.
Maxine headed down next, with Nick’s daughter. They were still there, masked and chatting, when Chris and I arrived for dinner with friends at 6:00. She talked to us long enough to arrange to have an order of mac and cheese delivered to her across the restaurant.
We had an amazing meal. For my cocktail, I ordered La Jefa: “Mezcal house-infused with the Chiltepin pepper from Sinaloa, Mexico…with fresh squeezed lime juice, sugar, orange liqueur, and a blanco tequila floater.” The floater was in half of a hollowed-out lime – very nice touch. It was a perfect drink: smoky, spicy, and fresh.
For an app, Chris and I shared the chicken fried oysters in a roasted red pepper coulis, bacon jam, and grilled lemon. We then shared the pan roasted ruby red trout and the herb papradelle with roasted mushroom ragout. Oh. My. God. Everything was perfect.
The wait was worth it. We have a real gem here in our neighborhood.
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