Sterling's

Last week, I remembered that I had bought a Travelzoo voucher for a discounted dinner at Sterling's, so I called up GK and we made our way through the cold and down to Boston's financial district.  We had heard that the place had a Mad Men vibe, so we weren't quite sure what to expect, but the interior proved to be warm and inviting, but also refined and classy.  The space is quite small, but that adds to the intimate feel, and there are high ceilings and tufted highback booths the give it a swanky vibe.  There's also a great view of the Old State House visible behind the bar.

We both started the night by warming up with wintery cocktails made with apple cider and rum and the soup of the day, which was butternut squash. We both agreed on three things:  the drinks were festive but not spectacular, the soup tasted like all the best parts of fall and was delicious, and our inner Martha Stewarts coveted these adorable soup bowls.  We decided to have another go at the cocktail menu (we're not quitters) and went for "60 State Street" a crisp concoction of prosecco, St. Germain, and lime. Mmmmn....much better.  We stuck with a good thing when we found it and kept those coming but also decided that we should probably order more real food as well.  GK went for the Chicken Pesto Pasta with penne, pesto cream, sundried tomatoes, and mushrooms. I decided to be adventurous and went for the Wild Boar Carbonara with pappardelle, spring peas, pork belly (my new love:  see this post) and wild boar sausage.  How often can you say that you've had wild boar for dinner? I mean, I don't know your life, maybe it's every day for you.  But it's not for me, so I had to take the opportunity when presented with it.

Overall, the dish was delicious...creamy and interesting and the pasta was cooked to just the right level of firmness.  And the wild boar sausage was good.....but not so earth-shatteringly awesome that I'd take great effort to seek it out.  For now, pork belly is safe in its position as my current favorite part of the pig.  GK's pasta was great too...I'm always surprised to find a restaurant that isn't an authentic Italian ristorante that makes really good pasta, so Sterling's gets major points for this.  Sadly, they don't have a dessert menu, though.  So GK and I ended the evening with two more prosecco cocktails while grooving in our chairs to the awesome playlist of feel-good songs that we had been enjoying all night, which included the likes of Stevie Wonder and the Jackson 5.  Until we got one too many raised eyebrows from the bartenders, that is, at which point we said goodnight and boogied all the way back to the subway.

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