A Boston Food Diary: The Haven JP; Jamaica Plain

A Boston Food Diary: The Haven JP; Jamaica Plain

HOT SCOT: The Haven - Hot 100 - 2010

HOT SCOT: The Haven - Hot 100 - 2010

The Haven Eighties Brunch!!!!!

We are going New Wave crazy at the Scottish Brunch each Saturday for the next month!

Come down and wake up to the sounds of the UK in the eighties....New Order, D Mode, Joy Division (the good ones), Thompson twins, Eurythmics and all sorts of other goodies....

And please don't take our word for it!~!!!!

http://twitter.com/thomdunn/status/18203950838

Monochrome New Wave Mix by Monochrome on Mixcloud

Boston's Scotch egg boomlet - Dishing - Boston.com

Boston's Scotch egg boomlet - Dishing - Boston.com

Getting some love from The Globe in the above article.

Only one place where you can get your Scotch Egg served by the real MacCoy though....

HAGGIS

Better than Linguica, more elusive than Morcilla, tastier than the generic Irish banger.....We just LOVE HAGGIS at THE HAVEN.

We serve ours with Kohlrabi, which is a more interesting Turnip.

Ok, so it's not quite the traditional dish Rabbie Burns waxed lyrical about we reckoned it was about time for a change anyway.

We add a little Drambuie to the butter and drizzle it over the Haggis. Delicious.

The Haven Selkirk Grace

THE WORLD CUP THIS WEEKEND

We are showing all four second round games at 10am and 2.30 on Saturday and Sunday. Come and get the Scottish Breakfast, Haggis Omelette, Salmon and Finnan Haddie. Reserve a space.

Space limited. Taking reservations for BOTH games now.

Contact us at the bar.

The best looking couple at our opening!

The Food

This is our New England famous Haggis. Chef Wax took some Sue Lawrence, a bit of Nick Nairn, then a bit of the Broon's cook book and mixed it all together with his La Morra flair, Ten Tables know how and put together the newest take on the most fabulous sausage in the world. 

The Chieftain O' the Puddin Race is our signature dish.

And remember, if it's not Scottish. 

DINNER MENU

           The Haven Dinner Menu

   

  Starters

Ragged Jack and Cherry Salad        8

Baby Arugula, Mount Rainier cherries, spiced candied walnuts, Stilton blue cheese, 

sherry vinaigrette

Cullen Skink 8

Vidalia onion and yukon potato soup, Finnan Haddie and snap peas

Haggis and Neeps 8

House made lamb haggis, roasted kohlrabi, Drambuie butter

Spring Vegetable Bridie 8

Flaky pastry filled with caramelized spring onions, baby carrots and English peas.

Smoked Salmon        10

House fennel smoked Loch Duart salmon, lemon creme fraiche, asparagus salad

    Mains

Fish Supper 14

Stout battered haddock, thick cut chips, minted mushy peas, pickling vinegar, 

house ketchup

Tikka Masala 17

Crispy smoked chicken breast, tomato red curry, swiss chard, white rice

Beef and Ale Pie 17

Caramelized onions, cabbage, mustard, yukon gold potatoes, and caraway crust

Gardener’s Pie 14

Hen of the woods local mushroom, asparagus, kohlrabi greens, Yukon potato mash

The Haven Burger 13

Grilled 8oz beef chuck, Cotswold cheese, Haven bacon and onion marmalade, house pickled sauce, green leef lettuce, chips

June  2010

            CASH ONLY - FOR A WEE BIT!

The game is on at The Haven!

Fire Inspection Passed!!!

Multimedia message

Full ON. Chandeliers

The Haven Build-out!

Now keep in mind, these flicks are a couple weeks old, and by now we're looking even sharper. But we figured we'd share with you some of the hard work we've been putting in to building the place out and getting it shaped up for our opening. We're still aiming for our opening to coincide with the phenomonal/massive World Cup event ( think of the Stanley Cup meets "World" series, meets Olympics) and even if we don't hit that date, you can be sure we'll be watching the game with our doors open while yelling at the projector screen ( no HD in Scotland). You might even end up with a paintbrush in hand!

More on that soon!

Check out the photos, check us out on twitter @thehavenjp, or search "The Haven JP" to find us on Facebook.

The Secret's out.

Hidden Boston got wind of us! There we were in our little corner of the web pretending to open a Scottish bar for a while....but now the secret's out we may as well give it a go!

We are trying to open in time for the World Cup....time will tell.

Another thing....a lot of people have been asking if we are going to have Haggis.

The answer is YES.

We love it, you will ALL love it and a nation will rise again!

The Very First Post

So here we are at the beginning.

Things are crashing in and moving on. A chef has been hired, front of house staff scanned and trained, menus previewed after years of pondering, colors chosen, antlers bought. What else is there to do apart from get some inspections passed and bands booked?

Let's see if we can get this mother off the ground and up in the air.

We'll need your help!

Here's to us and noone's like us!