jambalaya

Roy had a hankering for jambalaya.  There’s no jambalya here in the burbs; actually there’s not much of anything here in the burbs if you like good food, so we decided to go to Darryl’s Corner Bar on Columbus Avenue.

Darryl’s used to be Bob the Chef’s.  We’d go there way back in the 70’s for some of their famous Glorifried Chicken.  There wasn’t really anything like it at the time. Bob the Chef’s sat at the far edge of the South End, on the “other side of the tracks”. Bob would greet you in his captain’s hat and say “God Bless” when you left. The waitresses had been there for a million years.  Bob was shot there one night and then one day the restaurant was no more. Darryl Settles bought it, yupified it and tried to keep the same recipes; it was good but not Bob’s and for whatever reason, he sold it. It’s been reincarnated a few times and then Darryl bought it back.  It  doesn’t look anything like it used to. It’s all exposed brick, nice ambient lighting and a great bar!

We started with a couple of ice-cold Dixie beers.  We shared jambalaya and an order of chicken wings, a combination of country fried and buffalo and some corn bread.  The chicken wings were big and meaty; the buffalo sauce spicy and the chicken fried just right.  The jambalaya was full of andouille sausage, chicken, shrimp and mussels and the rice had just the right bite to it.  It was enough for both of us to share and left room for dessert; a plate of four mini red velvet cupcakes.  They were rich and moist with a butter cream frosting – I highly recommend them if you’re a cupcake fanatic!

We listened to the live jazz.  I don’t know who was playing; they were a four piece group including a vocalist.  Even though we’re not into jazz we appreciate good music and they were good!

If you want some really good Louisiana/soul inspired food along with some jazz on the weekend Darryl’s is the place to go.  They still have Glorifried Chicken on the menu!  Check it out at www.darrylscornerbarboston.com.

That’s it for now; see you at the bar…