Following months (and we do mean months) of anticipation, Inman Square’s Lord Hobo is readying to open in the old B-Side Lounge space. The menu has been released and it looks like a doozy: curry chips, gnocchi with oxtail, squash, and Parma cream, and what is, hilariously, referred to as a “tasting of deviled eggs” (quoth a Chowhound poster, “That’s a description of a belch, not something you put on a menu”). The cocktail menu is, helpfully, written in the form of recipes (“Hot For Teacher: 1oz white rum, 1oz st germain, 2-3 limes, 4-5 mint leaves, shake, top with prosecco”) and, as befits a bar from Daniel Lanigan, the man behind Western Mass beer meccas The Moan and Dove and The Dirty Truth, the opening draught list is over 30 beers strong.
FOOD
Appetizers
* Charcuterie tasting with pickled vegetables and mustards…
* Tasting of deviled eggs, white truffle, avocado & smoked chili…
* Fried sweet neck oysters, vinegar cabbage and remoulade…
* Mussels and fries, pilsner cream and a trio of aioli…
* Grilled cheese and tomato soup for 2 …
* Maine Lobster Mac & Cheese…
* Artisanal cheeses, daily chef’s selection of 3 cheeses… market
* Meat and cheese, a pairing of three charcuteries and cheeses… market
Chips
* Curry chips, hand cut fries, house made curry…
* Gravy chips, hand cut fries, red wine demi…
* Truffle chips, hand cut fries, parmesan, and truffled ketchup…
Salads
* Fraise, confit shallots, bacon, crispy mushrooms, sherry vin…
* Arugula, Humboldt fog goat cheese, duck confit, champagne vin…
Entrees
* hanger steak and fries, red wine demi, confit of shallot &garlic…;
* All natural 8oz hand packed burger, peppered brioche, aged Irish cheddar…
* House made gnocchi, oxtail, squash, Parma cream …
* Wild mushroom polenta with grilled fall vegetables…
* Saffron risotto paella, mahogany clams, mussels, calamari…
* True Shepherd’s pie, braised lamb, root veg, colcannon…
* Half roast chicken, carrots, celery, chippollini onions & roast potatoes…
* Seared Local Cod, mahogany clams, potato “risotto”, leek, trumpet mushrooms …
* Pan roasted skate, olive caper brown butter, asparagus …
* 12oz painted hill farms sirloin, marrow butter, gorgonzola whipped potatoes, watercress, vin cotto…
COCKTAILS
* Breshun 1oz Hendricks gin, 1oz Vodka, 1oz lillet blonde. Long lemon twist. Served up
* Hobo Club 2oz Plymouth gin,1/2oz Cointreau,1/2 oz fresh lime, peychaud bitters
* Wall St. 2oz Wheat whiskey, 1oz Lillet red, orange bitters. Served up
* 92 Siestas 2oz Tequilla,1/2oz Canton,1/2oz fresh lemon, agave syrup, angostura bitters
* Toronto 2oz Rye whiskey,3/4oz Fernet Branca, squirt fresh lemon, simple, dash bitters
* Angelina 2oz Plymouth gin, 1/2oz St germain,1/2oz yellow chartreuse, splash lemon, bitters
* Papa Doble 2oz white rum, 1/4oz maraschino, 1/4oz fresh lime, 1/2oz fresh grapefruit, splash simple, over crushed ice
* Veiux Carrey 1oz brandy, 1oz rye, 1oz sw.verm, 3 dashes angostura, 3 peychaud, spoonful benedictine
* Hot For Teacher 1oz white rum, 1oz st germain, 2-3 limes, 4-5 mint leaves, shake, top with proseco
* Cat Wagon Vodka, Chambord, lillet blonde, fresh lemon, shake, top with proseco
* Loo Loo 1 1/2oz citrus vodka, 1/2oz orange liquer, splash grapefruit, shake, top with proseco. Long grapefruit twist
* Soylent Green 2oz green Chartreuse. Muddle 2 lemons, 9 mint leaves, 2 cucumber slices, 1/2oz simple. And chartreuse, shake, pour over crushed ice
* Interloper 2oz Plymouth Gin, 1/2 oz barenjaeger, fresh lemon juice. Stir. Rinse martini glass w/ lagavulin. Flamed orange twist.
* Flores 1oz Cynar,1oz Aperol, 1oz Plymouth gin, orange bitters. Served rocks, orange twist
* Italiano Aperol, Punt e Mes, soda + proseco, severd in a highball
* Cachaca Lemonade 2oz Leblon cachaca, 1 oz Pimms, muddle lemons, cucumbers,1/2 oz simple. Add booze, shake, highball topped w/ soda
* Chipoltle Chocolate Martini 2oz Chipotle infused vodka, 1 oz chocolate liquer
* Lolita 2oz Cruzan black cherry rum, 1/2oz cola syrup, top w/ proseco
* Mickey Finn 1oz Bookers, 1oz Grand Marnier, 1/2oz fresh lime, 1/2oz simple
* Rambler 2oz Rye whiskey, 1/2oz dry vermouth,1/4oz Amaro nonino, 1/4oz marashino
* Carlina 1oz silver tequila, 1/2oz agave, 1/2oz fresh lime, 2-3 dashes tobasco, shake, highball, top with Dark Ale
* Black Bottle 2oz Vanilla vodka, poured into a short glass of Stout
* Monkey Business 2oz Brandy, 1/2 oz velvet falernum, topped with 3oz Wiesse Beer
* Shandygaff 1oz Canton, 1/2oz fresh lemon, 1/2oz simple, topped with Lager
WINES
Sparkling
* Canella Prosecco di Conegliano (Italy)
* Moet et Chandon Imperial NV (France)
White
* 2008 Legado del Conde Albarino (Spain)
* 2008 Huber Gruner Veltliner (Austria)
* 2008 Alois Lageder Pinot Grigio (Italy)
* 2008 Montinore Pinot Gris (Oregon)
* 2008 Seresin ‘MoMo’ Sauvignon Blanc (New Zealand)
* 2008 Domaine Girard Sancerre (Loire)
* 2007 Newton Red Label Chardonnay (California)
* 2007 Mer Soleil ‘Silver’ Unoaked Chardonnay (Monterey)
* 2008 Caymus Conundrum White Blend (California)
* 2008 Zaca Mesa Viognier (Paso Robles)
Red
* 2007 Michael Pozzan ‘Annabella’ Pinot Noir (Carneros)
* 2006 Joseph Drouhin “Vero” Pinot Noir (Burgundy)
* 2006 Eric Texier Cotes-du-Rhone (France)
* 2007 Ascheri ‘Fontanelle’ Barbera d’Alba (Piedmont)
* 2007 Telmo Rodriguez ‘LZ’ Tempranillo (Rioja)
* 2005 San Felice ‘Il Grigio’ Chianti Classico Riserva (Tuscany)
* 2006 Terrazas Reserve Malbec (Argentina)
* 2007 Liberty School Syrah (Central Coast)
* 2007 Mitolo Jester Shiraz (McLaren Vale)
* 2006 Artezin Zinfandel (Mendocino)
* 2006 Buehler Cabernet Sauvignon (Napa)
* 2005 Glen Carlou Meritage Red (South Africa)
Reserve
* Krug Grande Cuvee NV
* 2007 Jaqueson “La Pucelle” 1st cru Blanc (Burgundy)
* 2006 Oliver Leflaive Mersault (Burgundy)
* 2007 Far Niente Chardonnay (Napa)
* 2006 Tinto Pesquera Tempranillo (Spain)
* 2006 Domaine Maume Gevry Chambertin (Burgundy)
* 2007 Belle Glos ‘Alturas’ Pinot Noir (Monterey)
* 2006 Chateau de Beaucastel Chateauneuf-du-Pape (Rhone)
* 2005 Antinori Tignanello (Tuscany)
* 2004 Ch La-Fleur Petrus Pomerol (Bordeaux)
* 2005 Joseph Phelps Cabernet Sauvignon (Napa)
* 2006 Clos Apalta (Chile)
* 2005 Silver Oak Alexander Caberent Sauvignon (Napa)
* 2005 Opus One (Napa)
* 2003 Penfolds Grange (Australia)
OPENING DRAUGHT LIST
* cantillon geueze
* cantillon rose
* cantillon cuvee de champion
* de ranke xx bitter
* de ranke guldenberg
* de ranke cuvee rene
* brasserie de la senne taras bulba
* brasserie de la senne stouterik
* bluebird
* spezial rauchbier
* mahrs u
* mahrs pils
* monchshof swarzbier
* schlenkerla helles
* mayflower golden
* high n mighty b.o.g.
* pretty things we’ll see
* eku pils
* nogne porter
* nogne triple
* quintine blond
* hercule stout
* monchshof kellerbier
* greenflash ipa
* greenflash hophead red
* stone ris
* stone guardian
* dfh surprise
* breakfast stout
* victory special lagers
* various allagash
* port wipeout
* port special
* a couple other specialties
* 3-4 gravity bar top german lagers
* 3 casks (whichever are ready)
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