![]() ![]() In the past we’ve also gotten the fried dill pickle appetizer which was very unique and tasty…dill pickle slices lightly battered and fried and served with a dipping sauce.Īt last our table was ready and we moved into the dining room side of the space. It was served with a slightly spicy remoulade. The calamari came in a paper cone and lightly fried and tossed with lightly fried cherry peppers and black olive slices. We ordered some calamari at the bar while we waited for our table. I got the Pink Panther which was one of their house special cocktails. We ordered a couple of drinks…All of Fat Cat’s specialty cocktails have cat-themed names. The bar itself is stylin’ with an off-white mock-crocodile bar top. My husband was happy as a clam with the sitting at the bar situation since they were playing the Sox game on the flat screens hanging over the bar. We waited in the bar area which takes up the entire length of one side of the restaurant. Fat Cat feels like it would be right at home in Cambridge or the South End. The decor is casual and industrial-chic, with visible heating ducts, wooden beams, and exposed brick walls. The interior of Fat Cat is kind of small with the room divided down the middle by a half-height wall to split the room into a bar side and a dining room side. We showed up at 8 PM on a Saturday night with our party of 2 and the wait for a table was 30-45 minutes. Fat Cat doesn’t take reservations and they won’t seat you until your entire party has arrived. The Fat Cat is located just off of Quincy Center. The service was good and the downstairs dining room felt like a South End restaurant…bring a bit of a Boston vibe to Quincy Center. I would definitely go back and try other dishes. It was not the best Fra Diablo sauce I’ve every had, I would’ve like it to have a bit more of a punch to it. Overall, the pasta was a satisfying meal and the half serving was enough to fill me up. The seafood was perfectly cooked (no super dried out lobster and shrimp here). The linguine was lightly coated in a mildly spicy tomato sauce and topped with mussels, shrimp, and chunks of lobster. They split the Seafood Fra Diablo ($22.50) into 2 separate servings for us in the kitchen, so we didn’t have to fight over one big bowl of pasta. Both of us like the hummus with roasted peppers the best. This was the perfect appetizer to split between 2 people since there were 2 pieces of each of the 3 types of bruschetta. They were served with a ramekin of assorted olives, and a piece of fried mozzarella on a bed of spring greens. There were 2 servings each of bruschetta topped with hummus and roasted red peppers, marinated tomatoes and balsamic mushrooms. The Assorted Bruschetta ($11.50) was six pieces of toasted bread topped with 3 different toppings. After his craving for steak, my husband decided he wanted pasta instead. We decided to split an appetizer and a pasta dish and ended up ordering the bruschetta and the seafood fra diablo. ![]() We found a couple of stools at the end of the bar and ordered some drinks from the bartender to sip while we perused the menu.Īlba serves up a variety of Italian and Mediterranean options including appetizers, salads, pasta, entrees, and desserts. The decor upstairs is not quite as snazzy as the first floor but it was still nice. On the night we went, we were told the wait for a table on the first floor was 45 minutes to an hour but that if we didn’t mind eating upstairs we could head up there and find a spot at the bar. ![]() The first floor is the main dining area and bar and the decor is modern traditional with dark wood and large globe lamps. Their new space has 2 floors with a bar and dining area on each floor. Alba does offer free valet parking in case the parking gods are not with you when you go.Īlba was previously located pretty much directly across Hancock from their current location. He ended up picking Alba, because it was the first one we drove by and he found parking almost immediately right on Hancock Street. So I popped on the Internet and did my thing and came up with two suggestions in Quincy Center that I let him pick from: Alba and The Jury Room. My husband told me he was craving a steak and to take him someplace where he could get a good one. On a recent Saturday night, we decided we wanted a nice meal out. ![]()
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