The end of a tasty, greasy era
Students, tourists, and “townpeople” have until Christmas Eve to meet at The Tavern before the 30-year-old mainstay (with servers that have been there since day one) will close its doors for good. Our recommendation? Go out high on the hog with the bacon pancakes or pigs-in-a-pancake.
Keswick’s decked its Hall
Put reservations on your wish list this year and enjoy a Christmas lunch or dinner out of the kitchen and at the spectacularly decorated Keswick Hall. An extensive holiday lunch buffet will be served from noon to 4pm for $65 per adult and $20 per child. Or, wait until 6pm and sit down for a five-course prix fixe dinner for $95 per person. Call 979-3440 for reservations.
You’re really cooking now
Pippin Hill Farm and Vineyards launches the Pippin Hill Kitchen in January with a monthly series of interactive cooking classes taught by Chef Amalia Scatena. From 5:30-8:30pm, you’ll get hands-on in the professional kitchen and then sit down to enjoy your hard work. Each class costs $40 per person and includes wine. The first class is January 18 and spotlights root vegetables —that cellar essential that keeps us going all winter long. Call 466-5540 to register.
The new corner
Daniel Heilberg and Joseph Young, the fellas behind the once-mobile food cart called The Lunchbox, opened The Lunchbox Express two weeks ago in a non-mobile building on the corner of Market Street and Meade Avenue. The foods are still highly mobile—cheesesteaks, hot dogs, kabobs, tacos, NoBull veggie burgers and the like —but there’s also wine, beer, TVs, and indoor seating for 25 and a patio that seats about the same for those not on-the-go. An adjoining convenience store called Market & Meade sells local produce and deli meats and cheeses. The joint hasn’t gotten rid of its wheels, though—they’ll start delivering next year.
