I think there will be lots of links today in case you wanted to look at some good internet and also people of a certain age will feel a certain way when they find out Snoop Dog's Doggystyle was released closer to the first Moon Landing than to today and it doesn't make sense. Wu Tang's 36 Chambers, Nirvana's In Utero, Smashing Pumpkins' Siamese Dream, Tribe's Midnight Maruaders, Cypress Hill Black Sunday, Radio Head's Pablo Honey, as well. Really hilarious how time passes. You've seen Jorts, how about Jairs? As always, you can pre-order and pay for Gracie's in Union or Earnest Drinks in Kendall Square. You can order delivery from both locations just by clicking the links. I never knew I needed to see juggling from a birds-eye view of juggling, but I did. Ooooh, here's another longer one.
We're still hoping to hire a cook. Our next cook will be guaranteed at least $18 an hour, room to grow, and we demand you maintain a life outside of the shop because there are more important things than work. We're not open late, so you won't be working late. Additionally, our shop has a brand new HVAC so you won't be sweating your ass off in a poorly ventilated hot line with someone screaming at you. Washing laundry vs folding laundry as evidenced by Willem Dafoe. What happens when you run over a stick of butter?
Just ordered last week and arriving sometime in the next few weeks, we've got a new T-Shirt and a new Tank Top. Online orders will be shipped around the same time these shirts are available in the stores. In both shops and online, you can grab this other t-shirt and Ice Cream Weather zip hoodie. And Lauren, who designed it, asked me today why Morton's Salt had the umbrella girl as their brand imagery. It's because they came up with a salt that wouldn't clump when it was wet, and they wanted to reinforce the easy pour, even in the rain, of their salt.
What color is mint chip? What our new flavor Totally Normal Mint Chippresupposes is maybe it's pink and blue swirls. Last year sometime, I got in a little trouble on Twitter for saying mint chip should be white. Who am I kidding, this has been happening for seven years. In any case, we made pink and blue swirled mint chip and you can buy it now. Some other flavors we have at the moment we don't have all the time are mango, SPICY mango, lemon graham, and Earl Gray. Here's a list of the pints we have in Union Square right this second. Here's a cat in a place a cat shouldn't be.
Last week, I mentioned not having learned about the Tulsa Race Massacre in school and here's the Washington Post with other race massacres we didn't learn about in school in this country's history. There are a lot. The more people who know about these incidents, the harder it will be to deny our country's racist past (and present).
A list of some drinks you can drink at Earnest Drinks:
*If It's Here When We Get Back It's Ours: Dark rum, lime, cherry, and soda.
*Grapefruit slushie made with our grapefruit black pepper sorbet. You can get it as a greyhound (with vodka or gin) or as a Paloma (with tequila). Bright and fresh.
Two beers from White Lion Brewing, a passion fruit and peach sour and an orangey NEIPA.
*Young Sirens Wail: A sneaky and refreshing strawberry whiskey punch.
*The Sloest Drink At The Saddest Bar On The Snowiest Day In The Greatest City a Sloe Gin paper plane variation.
If you don't want to share your cake, get a Lion King themed cake with the scene where Mustafa dies.
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We have glasses of red, white, and rosé at Earnest Drinks and they were picked specifically by Chris to be easy patio sippers. You can drink them while eating and sitting on our fantastic patio that is warm, but has brilliant shade in the afternoon when it's one billion degrees outside like this weekend? Boston Magazine called our Mushroom Cheese "steak" one of the 17 best sandwiches in Boston.
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Why's the internet? It's so you can see Guy Pearce's agent pitching him on Mare of Easttown. It's so you can find this amazing bra store yelp interaction.
We'd appreciate you recommending us to the people in your office who buy lunch for the office. Click here to inquire. And also Earnest Drinks is kind of an art gallery now, hosting prints for sale from Super Precious Art Gallery. You can view and purchase the art here. This Ice Cream Social poster by Lauren May is one of my favorites.
In this list, all of our sandwiches early to mid 80s Red Sox players.
Marty Barrett = The Linden (turkey, pancetta, Swiss)
Bob Stanley = The mushroom "steak" and cheese (a veggie version of a good sub)
Wade Boggs = The Muffuletta (a NOLA classic with meats and olive tapenade)
Spike Owen = Meatball sub (this is my favorite supplanting the Linden and I have it a ton).
Dwight Evans = Egg and Chee (The Classic)
Mike Greenwell = Vegan Sloppy Joe (The New One)
This guy sold an invisible statue for $18K, which is good work if you can get it.
Speaking of pies (just pretend we were talking about pies): ice cream pies. We make ice cream pies to order in a few hours at Earnest Drinks from all the flavors we've got in stock, and we make ice cream pies in advance in Union Square , when we're making them. And our chicken and mushroom pot piesare good for dinner, and you can get them delivered to your house. If you're getting a pot pie, we make roman gnocchi shaped like dinosaurs you're really going to want to eat because it tastes good and is fun.
A thing you shouldn't do #1: Jump out of an airplane at 25K feet without a parachute. A thing you shouldn't do #2: Like 60 summersaults in a trampoline with 8 other dudes on the trampoline. Don't show this to your kids.
This is a paragraph describing our quinoa salad. 100% vegan, 100% gluten free, and 100% delicious. Warm quinoa with sautéed mushrooms, onions, and peppers, avocado, spicy pickled carrots, kale, sunflower seeds, and chipotle avocado ranch. Topped with the best spice ever; Tajin.
The meatball sub from Earnest Drinks is VERY good, but if you don't eat meatballs, you should try the vegan Sloppy Joe instead. It's made with Impossible Beef, Daiya cheese, herbs and spices, and a house-made vegan bun. Look at these cute and tiny animals you can buy in Union Square, there are six of them.
OK, an update on the Freezer Saga. There was trouble this week, but we didn't lose any ice cream, I just had to move lots and lots of the ice cream around because the fan motor died, which isn't ideal. And the week before I said there wasn't a freezer saga, but in fact there was, but with different freezers, when the CGI outlet they were on tripped and wouldn't reset. And then I called the freezer seller for an update on the new freezer I bought at the end of April and he yelled at me and said there was no update. You can see what we have by clicking here.
This paragraph was in last week's newsletter and the week before and the week before and the week before, but I'm pretty sure only a few of you read this far, and if you read this far, you find the repetition very charming, and if you read it already skip it. Koolickles are pickles cured in Kool-Aid and everyone who hears about them is like "ewwwwwww," but everyone who tries them is like, "OMG yum, that's so weird I didn't think I would like that, but I do." They come from Southern gas station culture where they make all different flavors. We've currently got grape and cherry.
We're getting close.
These two beers from White Lion go well with the hot dogs below and other food even in this newsletter. Roarange Juice & Haze NEIPA and Passion & Peach Bellini Sour are cold and ready for you. Want to see what kind of hot dogs we have? Fortune Favors the Hot Dog. The two special dogs are probably reaching the end of their lives.
Sloppy Dog, one of our hot dogs from the fall with a garlic griddled bun, chipotle sloppy joe mix, and crumbled Cool Ranch Doritos.
Hot Dog Parmesan, which is like a chicken parm, but with a hot dog. Garlic griddled bun topped with house-made red sauce, mozzarella, provolone, and garlic bread crumbs.
Ten Dollar Two Dog, which is two hot dogs and garlic griddled buns and you can make them into cheese dogs if you want. It's a good lunch for today. This link may or may not bring you to all our lunch and dinner options.
The Chocolate Frito Pie will confuse you and delight you (probably, no guarantees).
XL lava cake will delight you.
FAFO sundae will also delight you.
Pair Kelcey's vegan dumplings with Kelcey's chili crisp for a perfect meal.
A pandan whiskey frappe is for when you're fence, but the Ube Coconut Frappe? THAT'S FOR WHEN YOU'RE THE POST, NICK.
I will write you a custom haiku about anyone or anything just for you. Today someone ordered one to send to their friend for their birthday.
You can get ordergracies.com or orderearnest.com delivered if you're not ordering alcohol and getting food delivered to your house is fun.
Here is a list of stores you can get Gracie's Ice Cream pints besides either of our locations. Here's a helpful map if you're a visual person. This is brand new. Tell me you saw it.
Pemberton Market, Cambridge
Dave's Fresh Pasta, Davis Square
Formaggio, Huron Village AND Kendall Square
Broadway Marketplace, Harvard Square
Concord Market, Concord
Punch Bowl / Hilton Garden Inn, Brookline
Dovetail, Charlestown
Buckalew's, Melrose
Vidalia's Market, Beverly
If you shop at a local specialty grocery store that's not on this list, it's very helpful to us if you mention Gracie's to them the next time you're there.
Thank you so much for your continued support. I don't think there's any exclamations in the newsletter this week. Would you like a book recommendation? How about Real Life by Brandon Taylor. This is the kind of book where nothing happens over several days, but you feel all kinds of different ways about the writing. You should read it. Buy it at Porter Square Books or Amazon.
Gracie's + Earnest Drinks team