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Temptations
Tempted by the food of another
BY TAMARA WIEDER
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You know you’ve found a good spot when you visit once, have a sandwich, and return the next day to have the sandwich again. And again. And again. Before you know it, you’ve been to the place on a near-daily basis for weeks and you haven’t even managed to try anything else on the menu. But then you do, and you like that stuff, too.

So it went with Temptations, a little sandwich joint that makes up for its small number of tables — only four of them — with a big menu of salads, burritos, sandwiches, wraps, smoothies, and frozen yogurt. For starters, there’s that aforementioned sandwich, the Fresh Mozzarella ($4.95), with, of course, fresh mozzarella, along with baked-artichoke spread, romaine lettuce, tomato, balsamic vinegar, and olive oil, rolled up in a pita or tortilla wrap, or piled on a baguette or multigrain whole-wheat bread. The black-bean-and-rice burrito ($4.95), spicy with salsa, comes stuffed with melted provolone, avocado, tomato, and lettuce.

Salads, like the Greek ($4.76) — a garden salad topped with vegetarian stuffed grape leaves, kalamata olives, feta, and pepperoncini — and the goat cheese ($4.95) — goat cheese, apple slices, walnuts, romaine, and onion — are made to order and served with fresh-baked pita bread. And meat-eaters swear by the carnivore-friendly sandwich options, like prosciutto and fresh mozzarella ($5.48), with basil pesto, romaine, tomato, and vinaigrette, and pesto chicken ($5.48) with fresh basil pesto, romaine, tomato, steamed rice, and olive oil.

Of course, those looking to satisfy a sweet tooth will be sated here, too: Temptations has fat-free frozen yogurt ($2.38–$3.24) that can be blended with a variety of candy and fruit.

Now, if only we could stop eating that Fresh Mozzarella ...

Temptations, located at 1038 Beacon Street, in Brookline, is open Monday through Thursday, from 11:30 a.m. to 9 p.m., on Friday and Saturday, from 11 a.m. to 7 p.m., and on Sunday, from 12:30 to 7 p.m. Call (617) 739-2030.


Issue Date: November 7 - 13, 2003
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