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Sep
7
Thu
Live in the Library at the Boston Park Plaza
Sep 7 @ 5:30 pm – 10:30 pm

On Thursday nights this fall, The Library at Boston Park Plaza will offer live music, featuring some of the area’s top local talent from 5:30 p.m. to 10:30 p.m. To complement the live entertainment, a special small plates menu will be offered as well as a cocktail and wine menu.

September 7 – The Desmond Scaife Duo

September 14 – The Desmond Scaife Duo

September 21 – The Desmond Scaife Duo

September 28 – Nacim Ortiz

There is no cover charge.

Sep
14
Thu
Live in the Library at the Boston Park Plaza
Sep 14 @ 5:30 pm – 10:30 pm

On Thursday nights this fall, The Library at Boston Park Plaza will offer live music, featuring some of the area’s top local talent from 5:30 p.m. to 10:30 p.m. To complement the live entertainment, a special small plates menu will be offered as well as a cocktail and wine menu.

September 7 – The Desmond Scaife Duo

September 14 – The Desmond Scaife Duo

September 21 – The Desmond Scaife Duo

September 28 – Nacim Ortiz

There is no cover charge.

Sep
21
Thu
Live in the Library at the Boston Park Plaza
Sep 21 @ 5:30 pm – 10:30 pm

On Thursday nights this fall, The Library at Boston Park Plaza will offer live music, featuring some of the area’s top local talent from 5:30 p.m. to 10:30 p.m. To complement the live entertainment, a special small plates menu will be offered as well as a cocktail and wine menu.

September 7 – The Desmond Scaife Duo

September 14 – The Desmond Scaife Duo

September 21 – The Desmond Scaife Duo

September 28 – Nacim Ortiz

There is no cover charge.

Sep
28
Thu
Live in the Library at the Boston Park Plaza
Sep 28 @ 5:30 pm – 10:30 pm

On Thursday nights this fall, The Library at Boston Park Plaza will offer live music, featuring some of the area’s top local talent from 5:30 p.m. to 10:30 p.m. To complement the live entertainment, a special small plates menu will be offered as well as a cocktail and wine menu.

September 7 – The Desmond Scaife Duo

September 14 – The Desmond Scaife Duo

September 21 – The Desmond Scaife Duo

September 28 – Nacim Ortiz

There is no cover charge.

Oct
4
Wed
Italian Garden Party
Oct 4 @ 6:30 pm – 9:30 pm

Join the Boston Park Plaza as the Garden Suite Terrace is transformed into a lush Tuscan patio for a family style dinner featuring variety of Italian wines from Banville Wine Merchants.

Lia Tolaini Banville will guide guests through the tasting which will include a number of varietals, including Brunello and Borolo, as well as the blend from her family’s vineyard in Tuscany, Tolaini Valdisanti.

As a complement to the wines, the culinary team at Boston Park Plaza will present a family style five course dinner served al fresco on the Terrace.

Availability is extremely limited.

 

Oct
11
Wed
Tastes of Mexico with Don Julio Tequila
Oct 11 @ 6:00 pm – 9:00 pm
Tastes of Mexico with Don Julio Tequila @ Boston Park Plaza Hotel | Boston | Massachusetts | United States

Join the experts from Don Julio for an intimate tequila tasting in Boston’s Park Plaza’s Library.

Learn about the history of this storied brand and Don Julio, the man behind the tequila industry we know today. Sip and sample cocktails and taste each tequila neat, including the most exclusive Don Julio 1942 blend.

Chef Peter Eco has created a menu – featuring flavors from across Mexico – that complements the cocktails and tequila.

Price is inclusive of tax and gratuity.

Feb
7
Fri
Pink Bubbles & Make Your Own Truffles at Rochambeau Café
Feb 7 @ 6:00 pm – 7:30 pm

Kick off your Valentine’s celebrations early with chocolate and wine!

Enjoy a glass of bubbles or a cafe beverage while Rochambeau’s  Executive Pastry Chef Michele Fadden and her team lead you through a truffle making class!  Use the toppings bar to create six unique truffles and take them home in a heart shaped box for your sweetheart — or for yourself!

For more on Rochambeau, please click here.

 

Feb
13
Thu
15 Shades of Red: Wine Tasting Event at Eataly Boston
Feb 13 @ 5:30 pm – 9:00 pm

Just in time for the most romantic day of the year and returning by popular demand, “15 Shades of Red” is back!

On February 13, step up your Galentine’s Day festivities (guys welcome, too!) with your best amici or main squeeze as you stroll through the store and explore a full range of vini rossi. Throughout the evening, you will discover over 15 shades of red wine—from blush pink colors of light rosés to the robust hues of full-bodied vino.

And because no wine tasting experience at Eataly is complete without food, Eataly is bringing you an array of Valentine’s Day-themed bites – from local oysters to artisanal cheeses to decadent Italian chocolate.

…we know. Is it February 13 yet? Get your tickets now!

For more about Eataly Boston, please click here.

Galentine’s Day Party at Oak Long Bar + Kitchen
Feb 13 @ 6:00 pm – 9:00 pm

Galentine’s Day = a celebration of female friendships. Galentine’s Day Party at OAK = a fun night out to celebrate with food, drink & more!

Back for year two! OAK Long Bar + Kitchen and The Food Lens are joining forces again to throw a party for ladies to celebrate the ladies in their lives the day before Valentine’s Day, popularly known as Galentine’s Day. On Thursday, February 13, from 6:00–9:00 PM, join their soirée for a night of sipping, snacking, and sweets—all while supporting a local charity that serves homeless women.

Here’s how they’ll be honoring the ladies:

  • With a tasting of standout rosés produced by lady vintners
  • With signature Galentine’s themed cocktails
  • With a sweets station from OAK’s pastry chef, Lindsay Le Blanc
  • With cheese sourced from female purveyors, plus a charcuterie spread
  • With delicious passed hors d’oeuvres and a bountiful raw bar
  • With a chance to win a gift basket filled with tasty and pampering items from local women-owned businesses
  • With a playlist featuring the queens of pop

Tickets are $55 and include all food, two specialty cocktails, the wine tasting, and a charitable monetary donation. *They will donate $10 from your ticket* to Women’s Lunch Place, a daytime shelter on Newbury Street offering a safe sanctuary, nutritious meals and critical support services for Boston women experiencing poverty and homelessness.

“What’s Galentine’s Day? Oh, it’s only the best day of the year!” – Leslie Knope. The holiday was created by the show “Parks and Recreation” and has since transcended the TV screen to become a beloved tradition of celebrating female friendships annually on February 13, whether that be your friend, sister, co-worker, mom, partner, or other! 

For more about OAK Long Bar + Kitchen, please click here.

ABOUT THE FOOD LENS

The Food Lens is a curated website that enables the culinarily curious to discover or rediscover Boston’s dining scene. Eternally curious and always hungry, female founders Molly Ford and Sarah Jesup have eaten their way through the city, culling the most authentic dining experiences Boston has to offer.

Feb
14
Fri
The C3 Dinner at Hampshire House
Feb 14 @ 7:00 pm – 10:00 pm

Celebrate Valentine’s Day with the three C’s: champagne, cheese and chocolate.

Sample our innovative and classic menu which will evoke your senses while you dine on a menu inspired by the C3‘s:.

Arrive to a warm welcome with acomplimentary champagne cocktail. You are then guided through an extraordinary 5 course dinner created by Swiss Executive Chef Markus Ripperger. Savor the sensuous flavors, smells, and textures, and challenge your palate to discover. There will be some commentary on the compilation of the menu items and the making of them.

Menu

Champagne Soup Sampler
Trilogy of gingered organic Veuve Clicquot carrot soup, crémant cheese, caramelized beet and Moet soup, cream of French pea with a hint of Perrier-Jouët and parmesan crisp.
Vegetarian option: Same as above

Textures from the Oceans
Skillet seared lobster and gulf shrimp, baked in a filo crisp, green apple, organic arugula, white chocolate ribbons, rosé champagne vinaigrette.
Vegetarian option: Garden vegetables baked in a filo crust with green apples, lemon thyme and arugula lettuce.

Intermezzo
Champagne sorbet with cantaloupe melon pearls and Madagascar coco dusting

The Big C³ entree
peppered beef tenderloin, coco crusted Lamb rib, cheese crusted veal tenderloin, Mousseline potatoes, haricot vert with miniature carrots.
Vegetarian option:Parmesan Polenta cakes with roasted red peppers, chargrilled portobella mushrooms, spinach, garden vegetables aged balsamic glaze, olive tapenade.

Heavenly Sweets
bittersweet crackle, double chocolate & champagne crème brûlée and Swiss chocolate cheesecake.
Vegetarian option: Same as above

For more about Hampshire House, please click here.


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