East Coast Grill's Canned Beer Dinner

If you have read my previous blog posts about East Coast Grill (which can be found here or here), you know that I'm a huge fan of this restaurant.  I love it so much that I even brought B to this restaurant on Valentine's Day for brunch!  So when B and I heard that East Coast Grill was having a special menu on Monday night to celebrate 75 years of canned beer, we quickly made reservations.  You see, my close friends tease me about my strange love for Pabst Blue Ribbon tall boys.  I was drinking PBR way before it became the hipster drink that it is today, which is something I'm not sure if I should brag about or be very embarrassed about.  Either way, after participating in Monday night's tweet-up, we headed over to Inman Square for what turned out to be another fabulous dinner.

To start, we ordered some drinks.  B ordered Dale's Pale Ale.

And I ordered a beer cocktail called the Amstel Cure with Amstel Light, Domain Canton (a delicious ginger liquor) and limeade.  I was skeptical about a beer cocktail but our server talked me into it and I was glad I made this choice.  I love anything ginger and the ginger flavor went well with the tart limeade.

We snacked on their addictive spicy house pickled vegetables and perused the menu.

Since we wanted to try a few different things and there were only two entrees on the special canned beer menu (which consisted of food cooked with canned beers and food that goes well with canned beers), we decided to order a bunch of different appetizers to share.

First up was the Huge Texas Beef Bone with tangy mustard sauce, hot pepper jelly and crispy slaw.  With my aversion to eating meat on bone, this was definitely one of B's selections and he cut me off some of the rib to try.  The meat was tender but the highlight for me was the tangy mustard sauce.

At our host's suggestion, we also ordered the Grilled Homemade Andouille Sausage with Banana Pepper Relish and Grilled Cornbread.  This was definitely one of my favorite dishes and even though the photo doesn't show it well (it is hiding behind the lemon wedge), that banana pepper relish was out of this world!

Since B ordered the beef bone dish for himself, I of course ordered the Fried Wellfleet Oyster Po'boy with Tabasco Remoulade and more of the house pickles.  Although the remoulade didn't really have the kick I wanted, the oysters were fried perfectly crispy and came on the most delicious buttery roll.  Even though B isn't the biggest fan of shellfish, he couldn't resist sampling these delightful fried oysters!

And finally, off of the regular menu, we ordered the Chipotle Glazed Chicken Livers with Sweet and Sour Bacon Greens and Fried Onions.  I was infatuated with this dish because the rich chicken livers had a surprising sweet and spicy flavor from the chipotle glaze.  The richness was cut by the bacon greens and the crispy fried onions.  I am so glad that this is a regular menu item because I definitely will order this again!

Every dish was so wonderful and we were both so glad that we made a point to check out this canned beer menu.  I have never had a bad meal at East Coast Grill and Monday night was no except.  I love the casual and relaxed dining environment along with the friendly and attentive service.  Oh, and even though I didn't get a PBR that night, I did manage to snap a shot of their PBR pinata.  Maybe I need to find one of these for my next party?

East Coast Grill is located at 1271 Cambridge Street, Cambridge, MA in Inman Square.