Artu in the North End is a very solid restaurant, but one of the best things they do is run a take-out kitchen right next door. It's reasonably priced for the area, and its quick - orders usually ready within 15 minutes. Plus, the portions are a good size. The other night I enjoyed this little feast:
The pasta, which I had ordered before, was very good (with broccoli rabe, grilled chicken, red pepper flakes, garlic, and extra virgin olive oil). But I also had the Bruschetta (left dish in the picture). Traditionally, Bruschetta is toasted bread topped with olive oil and garlic. In many restaurants, the bread is topped with diced tomatoes, onions, and basil (and sometimes mozzarella). But at Artu, they do it differently: broccoli rabe, cannellini beans, garlic, olive oil, and grana padano. The beans and cheese mixed together produced this creamy spread for the bread, that was then accentuated by the bitterness of the broccoli rabe. A great antipasti, and it held together on better than the tomato toppings, which usually soak through the bread.
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