Friday night was an absolutely perfect night for dinner on a patio. We knew we were taking a risk heading to Harvard Square because we figured everyone else would be wanting to eat outside too. After striking out at a few places we ended up on the patio at The Red House, which, according to JO is the best patio in Harvard Square. (My personal favorite is the roof deck at Daedalus, but the Red House is a very close second.)
The Red House's patio is simply put, charming. It's surrounded by a white picket fence that's been weathered over the years and is connected to the restaurant via large glass doors with wooden frames. It's decorated with white Christmas lights that top of the space perfectly.
This place has the best oyster deal around. From noon to five and nine to twelve, oysters are 2 for $1. In between, oysters are just $1. Obviously, we took advantage of that!
The menu features small plates and a few larger plates. I wish they had a little bit more variety but what they do, they do very well. We enjoyed our drinks and food while people watching in the beer garden of Charlie's Kitchen, which the patio overlooks.
After The Red House, we decided to walk over to Colette in Porter Square for pink bubbles and Hugos (my new favorite cocktail from Switzerland.) Huge shoutout to the bartender who did a little research on his phone and concocted a pretty good take on it. Colette continues to impress and is definitely a restaurant you should check out.
Since it was so nice out, we decided to walk home past Bow Market. Since we couldn't resist we decided to poke around and stumbled on a free DJ dance party at the Canopy Room, an event space/cocktail bar with different happenings each night. We enjoyed dancing around before walking home.
It was really a perfect city night out!
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