In case you have an urge to be a carni-vege-vore tomorrow and are in search of aromatic corned beef, cabbage, boiled potatoes and carrots, fear not! There are at least five sites in Newton that you can visit to satisfy your hunger without smelling up the whole house for a week or two! The Local on Washington Street, The Biltmore on Chestnut Street, Dunn-Gaherins on Eliot Street, Brewers Coalition on Walnut Street, and Terry O’Reilly’s on Union Street will all be serving the delectable and iconic St. Paddy’s Day dish! I wouldn’t be surprised if they also had pints of green drinks available, too.
The Social in Newton Corner and Cook’s in Newtonville will NOT be serving corned beef and cabbage this weekend; however, the Biltmore, Brewers Coalition and Terry O’Reilly’s will serve the dish on Sunday, too!
If all of the above restaurants run out of this Irish meal you seek, Barry’s Deli in Waban and Johnny’s Luncheonette in Newton Centre will serve corned beef…but no cabbage. But you might pair it with stuffed cabbage or cabbage soup.
Whole Foods always has corned beef and cabbage as one of its hot bar offerings on St. Patrick’s Day and during the week leading up to it.
Actually, I would be very surprised if any of those fine establishments served green pints…
Who say’s reporting on the important news of the day is dead in Newton? That’s some impressive investigative journalism on one of the important civic topics facing us this weekend. Well done Sallee.
Anna’s traditionally serves a cornbeef burrito only on St Paddy’s day.
Thanks, Jerry…I view myself as Irish by birth. That is, I gave birth to my only son on St. Patrick’s Day 45 years ago and I have been craving corned beef and cabbage on that date ever since!
@Sallee – that’s a lot better than having surgery on that day, which is what I did. My friends and colleagues kept saying “surgery on St. Patrick’s Day? I wouldn’t trust doing that in Boston!” and I’d point out that my surgeon was Ukrainian and I doubted she was particularly attached to the day. 🙂
I can confirm the info in Greg’s post,,,I was in Anna’s today and saw an intriguing flyer about their corn beef and cabbage burrito which will just be served on Saturday.
Pro tip: avoid meals that are only served once a year and basically out of nostalgia.
There’s a reason places like Whole Foods and Anna’s only serve corned beef and cabbage on St. Patrick’s Day.
Another reason restaurants don’t serve Irish styled corned beef as a regular menu is because a lot of people including me just barely tolerate the dish. I suffer in silence every Saint Patrick’s Day because my sister and relatives that come to our home for dinner claim they just love it and look forward to it every year. That’s the catch. They don’t go searching it out the rest of the year. Irish Americans and others have simply been brainwashed about all this. I don’t know anyone who was born and bred in Ireland that likes it, but they are too polite to mention it when some American starts plopping it onto their plate. No, I’d much rather be serving my really traditionally Irish “Saint Brendan’s Celtic Beef Stew” which I described earlier this year. It’s richer, heartier, more tasty and infinitely more Irish.
@Bob: You’re right about the corned beef not being Irish. When Irish immigrants came here and wished to create their Irish boiled dinner, they couldn’t find or afford the bacon to boil! Interesting that today the costs of brisket for corned beef and bacon have reversed! As to people who only eat corned beef and cabbage once a year…when Mick Morgan’s was here, they had it on their regular menu and I would indulge a couple of times a year but with double cabbage and no potatoes! I like the dish and don’t know why Sean is cautioning against it.
Last year I had corned beef and cabbage, which I like a lot, at Paddy’s in West Newton.