Zebra's Bistro & Wine Bar

My wife and I popped in for dinner this weekend for the first time and I must say we had a delightful experience.

Great bar scene, with a great wine list and local beer menu. The restaurant was very warm and inviting.

Tried a few items off their cheese and charcuterie menu, which included the a pork pate, local goat cheese, and fried head cheese. All were amazing, but the fried head cheese was like having the best pulled pork you have ever had in a croquette. Please don't take that off the menu!

The pork belly wontons were so good! Crispy, succulent and balanced with a great dipping sauce.

We had both the seared scallop and shrimp scampi dishes which were fresh, light, sweet, and cooked to perfection.

The cookie sandwich dessert with rice crispies, marshmallow and bourbon caramel sauce was off the charts delicious!! Such a fun and playful twist on a great summer dessert!

Service was just fabulous. Can't wait to go back!

We were looking for a new restaurant at which to celebrate our anniversary. Thought that we would look for something out of the Boston area. Boy did we find a gem! The food was fresh, beautifully presented and deeeeeelisssshhhh! We spent 2 1/2 hours slowly eating, drinking and enjoying. We started out with drinks and a complimentary bouche amuse of tuna tartare served on cucumber slices. The waitress, Jessica,(who was terrific) then brought us a basket of homemade fresh piping hot sliced bread. It was well worth the wait. My husband and I split an appetizer of Hawaiian Poke and we then shared a delicious salad of bibb lettuce, goat cheese, locally grown strawberries with a pistachio dusting on top. Because the chef felt that the kitchen was slow he sent us an appetizer of grave lox with creme fraiche. For our entree I enjoyed the salmon while my husband ordered the tuna. The waitress knew that it was our anniversary and brought us a chocolate cake with chocolate ganache accompanied by a raspberry puree.OMG the whole experience was superb from start to finish!!

The Picket Fence Chard is very good.

We happened to stop in here on National Chardonnay Day (who knew) to find a number of Chardonnay specials.  After chatting with the bartender (who was *very* helpful) and sampling quite a few (not a problem) we chose the Picket Fence California Chardonnay.  It was very good.

On to some eats...

I'm a flexitarian -- a vegan who'll eat vegetarian, or anything else for that matter when I'm in the mood. Usually, when eating out, I *try* -- sometimes, not very hard -- to eat vegan.

It wouldn't have been hard to eat vegan at Zebra's.  They have a vegetarian menu separate from their regular dinner menu and when asked they were more than willing to prepare a vegan version of a number of their vegetarian and/or non-vegetarian menu choices.  That's what people like me really like to see when they eat out -- a flexible kitchen / chef :-)

On this visit I decided to "flex" a little:  We had the Marinated Olives from the Snack Menu to start (vegan) followed by a roasted pear salad special that included a mix of greens and nuts and veggies *plus* a fried egg -- "flex #1".  We followed the salad with the Grilled Ramp Pizza from the Starters menu.  A small white pizza with Gouda Cream, Mozzarella, Fiddleheads, Oyster Mushrooms, and another Fried Egg.

Basically, we did "tapas" for dinner this night.

This was our first visit to Zebra's, but it's on the way home from work and we'll definitely be back!