The Squealing Pig

The Squealing Pig is located at 134 Smith Street in Boston, MA.  Jim and I drove down to visit and meet our nephew’s beautiful son, Kason and Mom, Anyssa.  We also visited Bri and a super cute three year old, Bryson.  Both were at Boston’s Children’s Hospital at the same time and both doing fabulous! Jim and I thought it would be nice to take these two wonderful Mom’s out for a quick lunch and give them some time away from the hospital.  So that’s exactly what we did! I let my fingers do the walking and found this fabulous restaurant within walking distance from the hospital…so off we went! I should also mention when some of the nurses asked where we were going they all had the same reaction when we told them the Squealing Pig. “I love that place”!  I knew I found the perfect place!
We were quickly greeted, seated and had menus in hand. I love that kind of service so I was already pleased. This restaurant is very comfortable with a rustic decor. I also really liked the menu, not a big menu but very well thought out with flavors everyone will like. We all ordered something different so it was nice to see the variety and hear how everyone enjoyed their dish!

I’ll start with Anyssa.  She ordered the Mission Burger ($10.99) with applewood smoked bacon and cheddar cheese, lettuce and tomato.
Anyssa really enjoyed her burger.  It was certainly big and cooked as she asked, so far so good right?!

Next up was Bri.  She ordered the ham, pineapple and cheddar sandwich! ($10.99) Bri really liked her dish as well. Bri and I both felt the same way about our sandwich’s, lots of bread! Although the bread was delicious there was a lot of it. Both Bri and I loved our sandwiches so much so that when we started getting full we still wanted a couple more bites so we ate the inside of our sandwiches! Yup, that good!

Jim had one of his favorite sandwiches the Pig Cubano ($12.99).  This had roasted pork, ham, Swiss, jalapeño relish and a sweet garlic mayo…sounds good, right? Well, it’s a good thing I took the picture of his food as fast as I did because that sandwich was gone in no time! Excellent!

 Last, but not least, was my lunch.  I had the Pig’s BLT with bacon, arugula, roasted tomatoes and mayo. I love a good BLT and going to a place that loves pork enough to have the restaurant named the Squealing Pig, how could I not order this classic sandwich?! I already mentioned the bread was a bit much for my taste, but the bacon and roasted tomato, EXCELLENT! I also liked the twist with adding arugula that added a nice peppery flavor. All of our sandwiches came with golden, crispy French fries, those too were perfectly cooked!

One of the things we all noticed and mentioned was how warm their menus were. That says a lot in a city like Boston where so are so many fabulous places to eat! Let’s chat a little more about that menu! They have a number of great sounding starters. A couple of the ones that stuck out was the smoked salmon bruschetta, Tuscan fries with Parmesan, and white truffle oil or how about mussels steamed in Chardonnay. Those all sound great, but I also loved some of the soup choices. Smoked seafood chowder, roasted chicken soup and caramelized onion and potato with crispy bacon to just name a couple! Can’t have soup without thinking of salad, right? They have some tasty choices there too! Their pub salad has kale, shaved Parmesan, sun dried tomato and toasted pine nuts.  The salad that I would order the next time we are in the area is the grilled romaine salad with roasted tomatoes and Parmesan with a sweet garlic dressing! I live grilled romaine salads, so that’s the one for me. You can also add chicken and shrimp to your salad to make a full lunch. Yup, I’m in on that for sure!

They have lots of other choices and definitely something for everyone!  Visit their website http://squealingpigboston.com/ for more information and of course if you are in that area of Boston, this is a fabulous tasty choice!

Enjoy!