Looks like Davis continues to improve food-wise, if a beer and an appetizer are any test. Based on the review below, my wife and I decided to grab an after-dinner beer at Tallulah's on Holland Ave in/near Davis Sq last night. We sat at the bar, watched the baseball playoffs and chatted with an (over)eager barkeep named Xavier. This place has not "officially" opened and is not heavily populated, my guess is they are ironing out the kinks before announcing their presence. All the food being consumed around us smelled and looked excellent and we finally broke down and split an order of the Porter-batter shrimp with ginger and soy dipping sauce. Both the shrimp and the sauce were excellent, the latter having a nice mix of green onions, ginger, soy and a touch of sesame oil. We definitely plan on a return visit to try a complete meal. The beers were fresh, as mentioned below business will have to pick up for them to support 30+ varieties, but they serve my current favorite draft, Modern Brewer Fat Cat ESB (also served at Redbones) and brewed in Davis Square - doesn't get much fresher than that. Xavier provided a courtesy cocktail of his own invention when we indicated they had gotten a postive review in ne.food, the drink has yet to be named [gen-X and terminator-X were his choices :( ] but quite delicious and lethal. Our guess was mostly alcohol and some fresh oj. All in all this looks like another potential winner for the area, less pricey than Gargoyles (entrees were $12-18) but less noisy than Redbones. They will have to advertise to survive however. William H. wrote: > > I went into this restaurant just to patronize a new area restaurant. > What a pleasant surprise I got when the food was not only good but > exceptional. > > I began the meal with steamed PEI muscles and yam fritter appetisers. As > you know the PEI muscles were grit-free and the boil was tremendous. The > fritters were served with a scotch bonnet jelly which was hot enough to > give the flaors of the pepper but not overpower (or kill your tastebuds). > > The main courses were 1) a Pumpkin and smoked mozerella stuffed ravioli > with a three cheese sauce and a pesto garnish, 2) a Jumbalya Risoto with > shrimp, PEI muscles, andulli (if I spelled this correctly) sausage, and > scallops. > > I was blown away. I did not expect this at all. I am going to have to go > back to see that because my expectations were so low that the food did > not just seem tremendous. > > The downfalls are that the waitstaff(which I am not sure wsa because it has > only been open for a week) seems a little behind the power curve, and the > beer list is over 32 different beers all on tap! (this cannot last > because no place can support this many draft beers and keep them fresh) > > Bill > -- > W.C. Hargis > Corp. Pilot/Pratt & Whitney Engines > [email removed]
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