The Bar Mezzana team will open FiDo Pizza in Allston; Revival Café opens in Fort Point
Foodie fashion
: If your experience with wearable food consists of spilling condiments on your shirt, here's exciting news: Beloved Brookline Village sandwich shop
Cutty's
(284 Washington St.) slices into the apparel game to mark their return to indoor service after five years of pickup-only transactions.
Tufts grad Tara Lewis creates cheeky pop art emblazoned on T-shirts or hoodies; Cutty's also rolls out a limited-edition Tara Lewis Collab (TLC) sandwich with turkey, lettuce, Calabrian chile mayo, pickled celery, and provolone on Iggy's focaccia.
Munch and get merch Wednesday through Friday from 10:30 a.m. until 3 p.m., and on Saturday from 9 a.m. until 3 p.m.
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Tastings
: The James Beard Foundation's
Taste America: Boston
comes to The State Room (60 State St.) on Thursday, Feb. 6, with the chance to sample dishes from Boston's upper-echelon chefs, many of whom are James Beard
Sarma
's Cassie Puma;
La Padrona
's Amarilys Colón (hot off a rave Globe
Talulla
's Conor Denehy;
The Black Cat
's Valentine Howell; and
Suya Joint
's Cecelia Lizotte. Other prominent New England chefs will appear, too, like Cara Tobin from
Honey Road
in Burlington, Vt., and David Vargas from
Vida Cantina
in Portsmouth, N.H. Get tickets at
Openings
:
Revival Café + Kitchen
, with locations throughout the Boston area, has a new branch in Fort Point (15 Necco St.). Nookie Postal (
Commonwealth
Kitchen
) and Liza Shirazi (
Crema
Café
) cofounded the mini-chain. It serves all-day breakfast; creative coffee drinks; and an array of vegan, gluten-free, and dairy-free dishes. They also run the low-key bar and kitchen
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