The Playwright

I have been here about 10 times..each time southie is getting to be a post college kiddie crowd. yawn.  The sports screens are very good hereand the layout of the place is good too....but booze is over priced..and the bartenders are varied..from mediocre to decent. There was a bartender here who seriously might be the worst bartender ever and couldnt get a drink correct..he acts as if he is doing you a favor..and quite frankly his hair and beard is a weak effort to overcompensate for his non masculine frame..he was inattentive and kept trying to talk to the girls next to us..the hostess was really polite and friendly as was the door guy who held the door for us and greeted us warmly.  The good thing was the drinks were stronger depending who made it. I would say the food is typical bar food.  By no means was anything amazing in some of these reviews whatsoever. I do like seaport sister restaurants much better and would recommend the post college kiddies go back to brighton. If you want more mature stick to local 149 or the franklin in southie..lincoln was quite cheesy.

Standard higher-end bar, a la Tavern in the Square, Boston Beer Garden, etc. Drinks were moderately priced and the music was good on a Saturday night. Some people got up to dance, that was pretty cool.

Crowd is mixed between younger people new to Southie, younger people from Southie, and older people from Southie. Still, it is a good time.

I'd actually give it 3.5 stars if I could, but the laws of rounding bring it up to 4.

Didn't have the food, so this is purely based on a Saturday night drinking session.

DELICIOUS. As per usual, I was that person at the restaurant and asked them to alter another sandwich to fit with my whole vegetarian thing I've got going on. So instead of a chicken and pear panini, my sandwich consisted of the following:

-Melted Brie Cheese
-Tiny slivers of pear
-Sautéed spinach
-Herb aioli    

All toasted on rosemary ciabiatta bread, which was a pretty tasty carbohydrate in itself.

Much to my chagrin many restaurants that serve sandwiches with Brie tend to go easy on the amount that they include in the sandwich due to the naturally strong flavor of the cheese, but this establishment did not commit such a horrible atrocity. Unfortunately, this wasn't the most powerful tasting Brie cheese I've had, but it definitely satisfied my cheese fix for the day. That's right, the day.  People underestimate how much I love cheese- just last weekend half my grocery bill went to a wide variety of cheeses. Expensive cheeses. I'm in graduate school, I should be more responsible with my finances.

Anyway the herb aioli added a nice flavor, and of course condiments are almost always necessary on sandwiches to keep them from being dry and scratching the back of your throat.  Even though I love me some mayonnaise, too much of a condiment can really detract from a sandwich, but thankfully the Playwright didn't go overboard with the aioli and the flavoring of the herbs was soft enough to compliment the rest of the sandwich rather than overpower the other ingredients.

The tiny slivers of raw pear added a nice, sweet flavor contrast to the rest of the savory sandwich, and additionally added a nice change in consistency from the softness of the brie/cooked spinach.  

Bottom Line: Even though the bar/restaurant was a wee bit loud for the likes of this old lady, the food was actually a lot better than I expected and I would recommend stopping by for a bite if you're in Southie. Plus their coleslaw is pretty bitchin'

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