Tonight, I met my friend, Jen, for appetizers, wine, and girl talk at Abby Park in East Milton Square. When I lived in Southie, I saw Jen practically every week, but now that I live outside of the city, I rarely see her. It’s actually very sad. 🙁 Jen and I have been playing phone tag for a couple of weeks now, so we finally talked yesterday and made plans to get together this evening.
Abby Park was a great place to catch up with a good friend. It has a really chill atmosphere, great service, and a special $5 Happy Hour menu from 3:00 – 6:00 pm everyday at the bar. Jen and I arrived at Abby Park a good 10 minutes after 6 o’clock, but the manager still gave us the Happy Hour deal. Sweet! 😀
The Happy Hour menu includes a bunch of delicious-sounded appetizers and they seem to change every few weeks. Tonight, there were a bunch of different items on the menu.
To eat, Jen and I shared a few of the appetizers from the Happy Hour menu. After seeing the Marinated Steak Tips the last time I went to Abby Park, I just had to order them tonight. They were marinated in Guinness steak sauce and they were absolutely fabulous! In fact, after just a few bites, I texted Mal to tell him that we need to order them the next time we go to Abby Park for Happy Hour.
Jen and I also ordered the Dip Trio, which came with white bean & rosemary and olive & sun-dried tomato tapenade and served with crispy flatbread. Sadly, it didn’t have the chickpea & lemon hummus. It was so good last time!
The third appetizer that we ordered was the Fried Artichokes with roasted red reppers, capers, and some other stuff. I’m not too such what was in it, but it was really yummy. Jen loved it!
I also ordered a glass of Chardonnay with our appetizers. I couldn’t decided between the “cheap” and “expensive” options, so the bartender offered to give me a sample of each.
Not surprisingly, I picked the more “expensive” wine. Life is too short to drink bad wine! 😉
Jen and I considered having another glass of wine at the bar, but we figured we’d get more for our money by purchasing a bottle from the liquor store down the street instead of paying $12 per glass.
What do you think of my wine stopper? Hey, Mickey! I got it when I was in ! 😀
Apparently, the Bruins on are on TV right now?!?
(Just kidding! My husband and Jen are freaking out right now! I guess I should pay attention to the game?)
Mmm Cavit is my favorite wine for weeknights. 🙂 I have a good stock of Riesling and Pinot Grigio. 🙂
I love little tapas plates! Can’t beat the price either! How fun 🙂
Haha, I need to work on my caring level about the Bruins too…
oh and by the way, I absolutely love Cavit!
WOW, all of those appetizers look amazing! I wish I had that restaurant near me! 🙂
Dinner looks delish ~ And love the wine stopper, Tina!! 🙂
Fried artichokes sound amazing!
cute wine stopper!
Oh my gosh– those artichokes look amazing!! And so does the beef…even to a vegetarian! 🙂
Happy hour with girlfriends is the best, have a wonderful evening!
What a fun time catching up with a friend. Life can really get in the way of time with friends.
i love the wine stopper! yay disneyworld.
Is the dip trio only supposed to have two dips?
Its great to finally catch up with friends you haven’t seen in awhile. I need to do that too.
Fried artichokes? I didn’t know such yummyness existed!!!
I feel the exact same (re:the bruins game). I just had fried artichokes when i was in Boulder at happy hour! I didnt know such goodness existed, LOVE THEM. What a lovely evening for you and Jen!
Wow, that food sounds amazing!!! I’ve GOT to try fried artichokes.
Yay for 5 dollar apps that look AMAZING! That’s no Applebees ish right there!!
It all sounds good but those steak tips?? Drooling! I’m going to have to remember this “life is too short to drink cheap wine” quote. 🙂
haha great post!! amen for happy hour!!! <3 xoxo
Happy Hour is the bomb.
Ahhhhh….I swear I could eat appetizers for meals every day….probably because I’m so indecisive…if I can have bites of lots of things I’m happy!
GOTTA LOVE a girls night 🙂
The only way I’ll drink Cavit P.Grigo is in Sangria…I think it’s not so good, to each their own butttt…My absolute fave grigo is Barefoot, by ar the best!! and inepensive too! I have a hard time just drinking one glass!
Sounds like a perfect evening, I love catching up with friends. Plus those apps look delicious!
I have a wine stopper that looks like one of the wizard hats from Fantasia!
those fried artichokes look like my cup of tea…holy yum! also, i’m so sorry there were such mean comments on here from others earlier. i think what you’re doing with your life list is amazing, and i’m thankful that you’re pursuing your goals any way you know how. keep up the good work 🙂
Happy hour is my favorite. Wine, appetizers and I always order desert. My favorite meal.
Wow! I need to try that place next time I go to Boston!
A dip trio with only two dips? That’s just not right! haha All of that food looks delicious though.
I love artichokes, but I’ve never had them fried. Oowah! Yum!
The food looks amazing! 🙂
I don’t know much about wine – but I do know that food sounds delicious!! Especially the fried artichokes…yum 🙂
i LOVE abby park! it was so amazing when i went and I have been dreaming about it ever since! I can’t wait to go back! a trio with only 2 hummus’s?!?! whats up with that!
great idea with the wine…and you got to watch the bruins! (ha, I didn’t even know they were in either!!)
@Kim @ LEO the lion says GER: I think so! As I wrote, we only had 2 out of the 3.
Those appetizers look amazing! Fried artichoke? Holy. Moses.
Yum! I’ve gotta get myself down to Milton! Haha even I was into the game last night and I’ve never been a big hockey fan! Go B’s!!
Those steak tips look amaaaazing! Will have to check this place out on our trip to Boston in June.
wow! those steak tips look amazinggg!
love mickey so I love the wine stopper!
I love trying new wines. And often times, a $10 bottle is just as tasty as the more expensive wines!