The "Agnello Arrosto" or rotisserie leg of lamb with marinated eggplant sandwich at Artu in the North End and on Beacon Hill is one of those menu items that you really should try if you want to understand the range of Boston food options.
"Agnello Arrosto" or rotisserie leg of lamb with marinated eggplant sandwich at Artu
After some sandwich chatter on Chowhound, we stopped by the bar at Artu on Prince Street and ordered this Boston classic. It's one of those old favorites that slipped off our mental menu list.
This experience gave us the idea of changing our Food: Best Bites category to Food: Best Bites & Boston Essentials. We'll be covering more area classics, like this, in the months ahead. It will give us a perfect excuse to forgo the new and visit old favorites.
If you are new to Artu, you should know that they have a reputation for making customers happy by letting them customize their food when possible. The Chowhounds have added things like provolone, roasted pepper, and broccoli rabe to their Artu selections.
What you get if you go for the straight-off-the-menu version is a soft grinder-style roll, filled with a pile of thinly sliced lamb off the rotisserie, moistened with a bit of au jus, and covered with strips of slightly spicy, marinated eggplant.
Add a nice big pour of a Primitivo or Chianti and you have a great meal.
Related posts: More of our Food: Best Bites & Boston Essentials.
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Details:
Artu (North End)
6 Prince Street, Boston, MA 02113 (map & reviews)
(617) 742-4336
Artu (Beacon Hill)
89 Charles Street, Boston, MA 02114 (map & reviews)
(617) 227-9023
Words: Penny & Ed Cherubino
Photography: © 2012 Penny Cherubino
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