Hey 'buds! We've reached over 1,000 hits on Boston Revue, which is very exciting. But even more so, we've got our 2nd guest blogger!!! Joe Fish's Revue blog is being brought to you by someone you may have read about on Boston Revue before: Dreama. I'm very excited to share this with you all. So without further ado, enjoy!!!
I have to start by saying that I am so excited and honored to be a guest blogger. I have never blogged before so we'll see how it goes.
I am submitting a revue of Joe Fish in Andover MA. It is not Boston, but maybe some of your readers live in that area and will want to check it out. If you like seafood or fish- as the name says- this is a great place.
We started out the night at the bar as we had a 30-40 minute wait. It was cool though because we were waiting for our 3rd diner to arrive from work. Also, we anticipated this wait because it was a Friday night (and during Lent season where some people only eat fish on Friday). So we got some sweet seats at the bar when a nice couple left and gave us their seats (they were nice). We had ordered a drink, boring Bud and Vodka Tonic, and then our 3rd party member arrived. It was soon after she ordered her drink, Fin Juice(vodka, Malibu and pineapple martini), that our little lobster shaped buzzer went off and our table was ready.
Once we sat in a nice booth, our waitress came over. I don't think she even introduced herself and she was not very memorable...kinda boring, didn't laugh or smile really. Not mean or a bad waitress, just not memorable. Anyway, we quickly glanced at the menu and knew what we would get right away, we really like this place and go there a lot. But I decided to change it up and order something different. We opted to skip the app. portion as it was late and we were all hungry and just wanted a meal.
Jojo-not to be confused with Joe Fish, his name is really Joe-decided on a pound of steamers and clam chowda...but he spiced it up a little bit (literally) by getting the Portuguese Clam Chowda. For those of you that have not had Portuguese style clam chowda, it is served in a red broth, not the thick white broth, and there are vegetables and sausage-I think linguisa in it. It was a little brothy and a little more spicy than I like, but Jojo gave it a ten. The pound of streamers was pretty standard, not really much to say about them....but I did notice that the clams looked pretty big, so that's always nice.
Jojo did not get anything exciting in the drink department, just Bud.
Joe Fish, in addition to having a raw bar and nice fish selection, has delicious drinks! Homemade drinks like the Fin Juice and the Cosmo Joe, which was my second drink.
My meal consisted of grilled swordfish steak and mixed vegetables. However, the swordfish steak was not quite a steak, it was pretty thin, but still tasty with a lemon-pepper dressing of some sort used to grill it. The mixed veggies, however should have been described as mixed carrots since that was pretty much the only veggie in there.
Our 3rd diner, Iesha, opted for her fave the Blue Cheese Haddock also with the mixed veggies, I mean the mixed carrots. The Blue Cheese Haddock never disappoints, it is haddock topped blue cheese and sliced tomatoes. Iesha is also a fan of Sangria, that was her 2nd drink. There was no room for dessert at our table, plus our boring waitress was ready for us to leave since most of the dining room had emptied out. One of us also started getting a real bad case of the hiccups so we made our exit.
I do have to recommend Joe Fish. It is reasonably priced for seafood these days, which can be expensive. The decor is also very warm. There is a nice big fire place in main dining room and lobster traps hanging from the ceilings. There is a downstairs with a bar as well, which I have been told you can spot a certain Patriots coach down there often. So all in all it is a good fish place to check out if you are ever in the area...peace out Boston Revue, thanks for letting me guest blog!!
Thank you Dreama for writing a very entertaining, detailed and informative Revue of Joe Fish! Pointing out that this is a great place for Lent-friendly meals is very important right now. I can't wait to get up to the North Shore to dine here w/ you in the future!
Hope you enjoyed this one, 'buds! And please, take after Dreama and send your revues in!
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