A Little Bit About a Lot of Things

Last week I was invited to check out Del Frisco’s Grille in Chestnut Hill.

Del Frisco’s Grille is the more casual counterpart to their other properties, the Double Eagle Steakhouses. The space is modern and the large windows let in a lot of natural light. They have a great room in the back for private parties and there is a huge parking lot out back, so you have none of the hassles the city.

Del Frisco’s Grille has introduced a new lunch menu, where you can “grab a pair” for just $12. You can have a personal size flatbread, half of a chicken avocado wrap, half of a Bahn Mi or 2 fish tacos served with your choice of a mixed greens salad, Caesar salad or cup of soup. If you can’t make it in for a sit down lunch, call in your order and you can pick it up! It’s only a few dollars more than that “other” place where you can “pick two” and the food is much better quality!

We start our lunch off right with Del Frisco’s signature drink, the VIP. It’s Hawaiian pineapple infused clementine vodka ($10.50) and it is dangerously delicious. It is delightfully sweet and you can barely tell there is alcohol in it!

First up, Eric, the General Manager brings us the guacamole ($10). I love tons of garlic in my guacamole, so I wished this had a little more kick to it, but it was great with the corn tortillas!

These lollipop chicken wings ($12) were one of my favorite things on the menu. They are served buffalo style and served with an avocado ranch dressing. They make the chicken easy to pick up- you’re a long way from those dark sports bar, sauce all over your fingers and face wings you get at other places!

The Asian street tacos ($10.50) were next – BBQ pork, picked daikon and carrot, cucumber (which was a really nice addition), cilantro and chiles. I love the flavors here, a little zippy!

The spicy pork meatball flatbread ($13.50) was another favorite of mine. It was topped with roasted tomato sauce, banana peppers, fresh mozzarella and house made ricotta. The banana peppers really added a little extra something something to the dish and I loved the creaminess

The chopped chicken and farm greens salad ($13) was next out of the kitchen. It came with chicken, tomato, carrot, roasted pine nuts, blue cheese and a dijon mustard vinaigrette. I usually avoid any salad with blue cheese – I feel like most of them just taste like a huge chunk of blue cheese. This salad however had a very subtle blue cheese flavor that didn’t over power the salad. That’s a compliment in my book!!

The burrata salad ($12.50) was probably the prettiest dish of the afternoon, just look at the presentation! The burrata was delicious, perfect consistency, not too firm and not too runny! And the tomatoes were also perfectly firm, theres nothing worse than a squishy tomato.

It’s hard to find good fish tacos in New England. That being said, these fish tacos ($13.50) were pretty darn tasty. The haddock was perfectly cooked and it was nice a light – the dish came with a side of roasted tomato salsa and topped with a corn – jicama slaw. Pictured above is the grab a pair lunch option – with a Caesar salad as the side.

Check out a close up of those delicious tacos!

At this point, I was so full, I was sure they were going to have to roll me out! The next dish was the chicken avocado wrap ($12.50) that came with smoked bacon, lettuce and a chipotle aioli. And let’s talk about those house made potato chips – I bet you can’t eat just one! They are light as air, crips and just the right amount of saltiness to make them dream-worthy.

The side salad that came with the chicken avocado wrap was topped with tomatoes, carrots and bacon!!

Now I know what you’re thinking, what, no chocolate dessert? They have one, but we went with something a little outside the box. The butterscotch caramel pudding is the perfect size for sharing, with each person getting two or three bites of this dessert! The whole thing is topped with sea salt flakes, when you get a spoonful of the sweet with the salty, it is amazing.

And we ended our meal the way we started it, with a delicious drink. The adult milkshake ($11) is the perfect dessert, made with Nocello walnut liquor, creme de cacao, chocolate liquor and vanilla ice cream with a cherry on top!!

Disclaimer: I was invited as a guest of Del Frisco’s Grille. Lunch was provided complimentary. All opinions are my own.

Del Frisco’s Grille

33 Boylston Street, Chestnut Hill, MA

http://delfriscosgrille.com/

Tags: casual dining, chestnut hill, private dining, restaurant