Boston’s Fairmont Copley Plaza’s culinary program is your best friend’s new favorite thing.
Canine bliss comes in the form of a new menu with dishes like the Georges Bank Cod and Caviar.
In my next life, I want to be Cori (@coricopley), the 6-year-old Labrador retriever ambassador at the Fairmont Copley Plaza (fairmont.com/copley-plaza-boston).
She’s a mashup of your Aunt Betty from Boston, a furry blanket and a happy Buddha. Guests will find Cori on her bed in the lobby (complete with soft chew toys like a Red Sox bat), atop a luggage cart or in front of the historic property in a red dog house emblazoned with her name. “She’s a sweetie, and guests instantly love her,” says concierge Joe Fallon, her caretaker. Fallon and the Fairmont adopted Cori from the Guide Dog Foundation (guidedog.org), the third pup in a line of Labradors the team has adopted and cared for since 2004.
Cori and chef Zaid Khan
While canine ambassadors are nothing new to the dog-friendly Fairmont and other hospitality brands, the property’s year-old canine culinary program barks a little louder than most.
Guests now have their eyes on a new gourmet room service menu for dogs. It features freshly cooked, madeto- order dishes with requisite finery from the kitchen team led by executive chef Zaid Khan. Make no mistake: It’s an Instagram moment. The Cod and Caviar is a standout item, offering pups a taste of Boston’s renowned seafood. This dish includes local Georges Bank cod topped with crushed Polkadog (@polkadog) cod skins, hand-rolled at a bakery on Boston Fish Pier. Go ahead and request a bump of caviar to finish the presentation.
OAK Long Bar Kitchen
Once the canine drooling subsides, dog owners can slip away to experience Fairmont’s OAK Long Bar + Kitchen. Through November, Khan and his kitchen crew offer a weekly dinner special highlighting ingredients from the Copley Square Farmers Market (@copleysqfarmersmarket). Look for the mixology team’s Marketail, a new monthly drink inspired by the farmer’s market (summer’s smash hit was a strawberryinfused Aperol). It’s no bark and all bite.
Photography by: COURTESY OF FAIRMONT COPLEY PLAZA
