If you want to send a signal to yourself that it’s time for a bit of carefree fun, order a drink in a kitschy mug shaped like a skull or a coconut, loaded with fruit juice and rum and orchids and paper umbrellas. That will do the trick. For a drink and some sushi (and a roster of Pride events this month), Shore Leave in the South End is your destination. Others to try: pupu platter palace Wusong Road in Harvard Square and, when you find yourself on the Cape, Aplaya Kitchen + Tiki Bar, serving Filipino food in a lush garden in Chatham.
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Aplaya Kitchen + Tiki Bar, 483 Main St., Chatham,508-348-5132, www.aplayacapecod.com. Shore Leave, 11 William E. Mullins Way, South End, Boston, 617-530-1775, www.shoreleaveboston.com. Wusong Road, 112 Mt. Auburn St., Harvard Square, Cambridge, 617-528-9125, www.wusongroad.com.
Moules marinières at Bernadette in Salem. Jessica Rinaldi/Globe Staff
Continental mental vacation
A trip to Europe would be lovely, but if it’s not in the budget (or you’ve been posting things on social media that might make customs agents vewy vewy angwy), skip the jetlag and do dinner instead. Try Salem bistro Bernadette, for well-dressed salads, mussels, roast chicken, and Frenchy desserts like Paris-Brest and vacherin. For a bit of Barcelona, Beacon Hill’s Zurito specializes in Basque-style tapas: You can have all the jamon your heart desires. Or visit Italy at Osteria Vivo in Pembroke, where you can eat wagyu carpaccio, miso arancini, cacio e pepe, and lobster and oxtail bolognese. (It’s right near Poopsie’s, famous for its South Shore-style bar pizza, if you want to take some pies home for later.)
Bernadette, 65 Washington St., Salem, 978-224-2976, www.bernadettesalem.com. Osteria Vivo, 254 Church St., Pembroke, 781-924-1315, www.osteriavivo.com. Zurito, 26 Charles St., Beacon Hill, Boston, 857-305-3177, www.zuritoboston.com.
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Tempura oyster tacos at Nautilus, the Seaport offshoot of the Nantucket favorite. You’ll find them on the dinner menu; weekend lunch brings oysters, poke, smash burgers, and more.
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Lunch by the water
If you didn’t have a lobster roll, did you even summer? At Little Harbor Lobster Company, a waterfront seafood market in Marblehead, order up their excellent version (⅓ pound of meat, with mayo or drawn butter) and eat it overlooking the harbor. The tiny-and-mighty Mae’s Sandwich Shop serves up excellent baked goods and sandwiches to write home about, right across the street from the ocean. Try the Mae Day (roasted veggies, feta, and romesco) or the Uncle Stevie (roast beef with roasted shallots, cheddar, lettuce, tomato, and black pepper mayo), both on fresh house-made focaccia. If you’re looking to sit down in style, the Nautilus is a little taste of Nantucket in the Seaport; lunch is served on Saturday and Sunday. A little midday poke and rosé? How civilized could you be?
Brown butter okra with masala-spiced yogurt at Comfort Kitchen in Dorchester.Lane Turner/Globe Staff
Date night
Bring your loved one to Comfort Kitchen for a tasting tour of the spice routes — via brown butter okra with masala-spiced yogurt, jerk roast duck, goat ragu and cassava gnudi, and excellent drinks to match. Field & Vine makes the most of New England ingredients in dishes such as tautog ceviche with smoked sweet potato, crispy potato cakes with melted leeks, and Wellfleet clams with green crab curry and house-made focaccia. The latest restaurant from Xenia Greek Hospitality, Kaia focuses on the Aegean coast: Try sea urchin terrine, tuna crudo, mushroom souvlaki, or grilled whole fish. Each spot has a great — and different — date-night vibe.
Comfort Kitchen, 611 Columbia Road, Dorchester, 617-329-6910, www.comfortkitchenbos.com. Field & Vine, 9 Sanborn Court, Somerville, 617-718-2333, www.fieldandvinesomerville.com. Kaia, 370 Harrison Ave., South End, Boston, 617-514-0700, www.kaiasouthend.com.
A spread at El Tacuba in Medford.Brian Samuels
Out with friends
It’s roof deck season at Cunard Tavern by the East Boston waterfront, and James Beard award-winning chef Tony Messina is serving up scallion pancake pizza with spicy vodka sauce and burrata, lobster poutine, crispy chicken sandwiches with kimchi pimento cheese, and more. El Tacuba keeps you and your pals in margaritas and Mexican fare (queso fundido and guac, ceviche, all manner of tacos) all summer long. Lulu Green makes plant-based brunching an art (dinnering too): Come for huevos rojos and pancakes, seitan shawarma bowls and house burgers on pretzel buns, Korean-style lettuce wraps and mushroom “short ribs,” plus chocolate chip cookies, apple pie, and all the fun drinks you want to drink. (In addition to the South Boston flagship, there’s now a branch at Time Out Market in the Fenway.)
Cunard Tavern, 24 Orleans St., East Boston, 617-567-7609, www.cunardtavern.com. El Tacuba, 35 Salem St., Medford, 617-390-0600, www.eltacuba.com. Lulu Green, 246 W. Broadway, South Boston, 617-420-4070, www.lulugreen.com.
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Oysters at Winsor House in Duxbury.Jonathan Wiggs/Globe Staff
Day trip, brought to you by dinner
Sometimes the whole day comes together around what you want to eat later. Take a Thursday off of work, book a tasting menu at Lune in Dennis Port, and head out early to enjoy the day on a gorgeous beach; after dinner, shoot back home to Boston. You visited the Cape during peak season and skipped the traffic. Nicely done. (Lune’s tasting menus are available Thursday-Saturday with 5:30 and 8 p.m. seatings; an a la carte menu is offered Wednesday and Sunday.) Or head to Duxbury and spend the afternoon at Island Creek’s delightful raw bar by the water. Play lawn games, enjoy the scene, and suck down fresh oysters, caviar, and more. You can also book a farm tour. For dinner, head to sister restaurant the Winsor House for stylish fare, and more oysters, of course. (If you want to skip the day trip, there’s now a temporary Island Creek Raw Bar in the Seaport.) Gloucester sushi chef Sang Hyun Lee recently became a champion on cooking show “Chopped.” Visit his Sushi Sang Lee for beautiful omakase menus created with seafood from nearby waters. Or, earlier in the day, get a bento box to go and eat on the beach.
Lune, 587 Main St., Dennis Port, 508-237-6597, www.lunecapecod.com. Island Creek Raw Bar, 403 Washington St., Duxbury, and 99 Autumn Lane, Seaport, Boston, 781-934-2028; the Winsor House, 390 Washington St., Duxbury, 781-934-0991; shop.islandcreekoysters.com. Sushi Sang Lee, 76 Prospect St., Rear Suite, Gloucester, 978-381-3818, www.sushisanglee.com.
Devra First can be reached at devra.first@globe.com. Follow her on Instagram @devrafirst.
BOSTON –– Despite a fiery start, the Boston Bruins lost their footing in the third period and ultimately fell 6-2 to the Montreal Canadiens on Tuesday at TD Garden.
“Even after the first period, guys came ready to play today. They were very excited, so it was good,” head coach Marco Sturm said. “But the goals we gave up – for me, it’s a lot of individual mistakes, fatigue. Guys were just mentally not sharp.”
Sammy Blais put the Canadiens ahead 1-0 at 11:08 of the first period, but the Bruins soon earned the lead.
Mason Lohrei kept the puck in the zone and carried it down the left side before hitting Marat Khusnutdinov with a cross-crease pass, which he one-timed past Montreal netminder Jacob Fowler at 12:25. Khusnutdinov’s fifth goal of the year made it 1-1 and extended his point streak to three games.
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Alex Steeves potted a last-minute tally for the 2-1 lift while on the power play. David Pastrnak dished the puck over to Steeves in the right circle, where he sniped it home at 19:42. It was Steeves’ eighth goal of the season, and first PPG of his NHL career. The loss overshadowed that for the forward, though.
“It’s terrible, it stinks. Really, this whole homestand, going into break, it’s unfortunate,” Steeves said. “But I think it’s moments like these where you find out how tight the group is. I know we have a tight group, and I know we’ll bounce back from this and we’ll be stronger because of it. Stings for now.”
Viktor Arvidsson – who played in his first game since Dec. 11 after working through a lower-body injury – picked up the secondary assist on the scoring play. The forward was back on the second line with Casey Mittelstadt and Pavel Zacha.
“It was nice to be back and skating again and battling and stuff and be on the bench,” Arvidsson said. “Be with the guys. It felt good.”
The club, in a statement posted on Instagram on Tuesday, said it was “deeply saddened” by Colon’s death and that employees at the nightclub rushed to her aid.
“Our staff responded immediately and called emergency services while an off-duty EMT rendered first aid,” it said. “We are cooperating fully with all inquiries from law enforcement and city officials who are reviewing this medical episode.”
When police arrived at theWarrenton Street venue, they found a personlying on the dance floor, unresponsive and without a pulse, according to an incident report. They began performing chest compressions with the help of a cashier at the club who said she worked as an EMT.
Police said in the report that the large crowd inside the club did not comply with orders to give space to emergency medical personnel. Eventually, officers ordered the club to shut down and told patrons to leave immediately.
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The woman, whose age was not disclosed, was then taken to Tufts Medical Center, police said.
Colon’s sister, Angelica Colon, wrote on social media Sunday that the club failed to immediately call 911 after being told about the medical emergency. She said only a few people at the club showed any “real concern,” while other patrons and staff “acted like nothing was happening.”
“My sister collapsed in the middle of the club,“ she wrote. ”I tried to lift her myself and couldn’t. I was screaming at the top of my lungs and was ignored. The music was only stopped for two minutes, then turned right back on — as if her life didn’t matter.”
Angelica Colon also couldn’t be reached for comment on Tuesday.
Anastaiya Colon, who was at the club to celebrate her sister Angelica’s birthday, had smoked before arriving and had “a few drinks” at the bar, according to the police report. Drug use was not suspected as a factor in the medical episode, according to the report.
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Angelica Colon said that, while her sister had a medical condition, “that does not excuse what happened.” She said in the post that she was considering legal action against the club’s owners.
“A business that refuses to act during a medical emergency does not deserve to operate,” she wrote. “If this could happen to my sister, it could happen to anyone.”
“She was the greatest mother to our son and her daughter,” Stackhouse wrote. “Wherever I fell, she compensated and gave me so much more grace than I deserve.”
Icon is operated by Pasha Entertainment, which also runs the nightclubs Venu and Hava, as well as prominent restaurants such as Ghost Light Tavern and Kava Neo-Taverna, according to the company’s website.
“Our thoughts and condolences are with the individual’s family and loved ones,” the club wrote.
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Last year, the city’ licensing board reviewed a 2023 incident at the club in which a woman was punched and thrown to the ground by another patron. Icon staff did not call police during the altercation, which the club’s director of security admitted was a “lapse in judgment.”
The woman who was punched later sued the club for overserving her attacker; Icon was ordered to pay $30,000 in damages, according to court records.
Camilo Fonseca can be reached at camilo.fonseca@globe.com. Follow him on X @fonseca_esq and on Instagram @camilo_fonseca.reports.
BOSTON (WHDH) – Getting around the city was made easier Tuesday after the Green Line reopened after a two-week shutdown affecting all branches.
The MBTA needed the closure to replace underground beams dating back to the 19th century.
Service returned Tuesday on the B branch between North Station and Babcock, on the C and D lines from North Station to Kenmore, and North Station to Heath Street on the E branch.
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