Charlotte Really Messed Up This Time: A Supper Club Resturant Review

This week's Supper Club took a week off from cooking, girl talk, and pouring our own wine for a co-ed pig roast night. Citizen Public House & Oyster Bar in Fenway offers a whole suckling pig for groups of ten or more so we thought, we are ten or more so why not?





After a few amazing cocktails made by bartender Phoebe before the event,(I believe this is called pre-gaming, to all of you classy folk), we showed up hungry and ready for our dinner, which we named Wilbur, after the pig in Charlotte's Web. And Wilbur we got!

After a small appetizer of one oyster, one shrimp, and one littleneck per person the lights dimmed and he arrived.



It took two chefs and a large silver platter to present our meal and then three platters to serve him broken down. There was pig every which way! We had sausage stuffed loin, ribs, crispy ear and snout and brain...yes, brain.












We also had some amazing sides: potato gratin, brussel sprouts, and broccoli rabe,
all of which were fantastic...and of course, dessert!











We all had an incredible time watching each other dissect pig parts, try new things, and fawn over food we all had before, but not like this. While we all missed the coziness of our living rooms and the freedom to speak about our love (or just sex) lives openly, this was definitely quite an experience.


Pre Pig Roast Cocktails!

Onion Gimlet Cocktail
If your feeling adventures, and you want a drink that tastes like thanksgiving, this is for you! (BTW, only Phoebe likes this...heh.)
1 Bombay Gin (Balinoff Vodka works to if you hate gin, weirdo)
1/2 Italian vermouth and no bitters added
Lime
Use a large bar glass with cracked ice and stir well. Strain and serve with an onion.

White Russian
For the dairy enthusiast!
.75 oz. Kahlua .75 oz.
Balinoff Vodka (available at the wine gallery)
1.5 oz. Whole Milk (available at the store)

Frisky Whisky
Sexy!
1 oz. Old Overholt straight rye whisky
1 oz. Bärenjäger Honey Liqueur
slice Lemon
1/4 oz. simple syrup (didn’t use this time, meh, doesn’t need it)
2 dashes Angostura bitters (didn’t use this time, but you should)

Dry Black Current Sparkling Wine Spritzer
Solere Cava Brut, Sparking wine Dash
Wine Berry Black Current Wine

Ouzo and Coffee Beans
This one is tough, get ready...
Ouzo 3 coffee beans

Chateau Bovila Cahors
An awesome red wine from France!



Interested in checking out Citizen Public House & Oyster Bar for yourself?
Hit up their website or go there in person!

Citizen Public House & Oyster Bar
http://www.citizenpub.com
1310 Boylston St, Boston, MA
617.450.9000


Cheers!
Christa, Rachel, Phoebe & (what's left of) Wilbur