Tuesday, September 07, 2004
The Kiwi Grill in Newburyport is where we found ourselves the other evening. For three reasons. One: I'd been carrying around two coupons to two free glasses of wine for months and finally wanted to redeem them. Two: Loved the sampling of food I had tasted when this restaurant came to visit the State House on 'New Zealand Day.' I wanted to try more. Three: Hadn't been up to Newburyport in ages and wanted to make sure the place checked out given that I had just recommended to hubby's employee that she move there upon her relocation to Massachusetts. She is my age, Irish, divorced, auburn-hair beautiful, vivacious, and devoutly Catholic (but still fun). Interesting woman too. Lived in South Africa for a while. Worked for Jordan's King Hussein for a while. Yes really. We weighed the ups (charming downtown, beautiful seaport and boardwalk, a theater, lots of coffee shops and restaurants) and the downs (a 45-minute drive to work, touristy in the summer, too many candle shops, and the weekend sailing crowd that comes in on the weekends to drink at the Black Cow potentially a bit sketchy [salty?]). The pros beat out the cons and the town passed muster. Especially after dining at the Kiwi Grill which I can only describe as a sermon-boring steeple of yore turned restaurant of delectable cuisine and delicious wines. Two thumbs up.
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