Man About Canton: Chateau de Bleu
By Joe DeFeliceDid you know …
The Chateau de Bleu Restaurant at Blue Hills Regional Technical School on Randolph Street in Canton serves delicious lunch meals for a modest low price you won’t believe; and its selection of scrumptious bakery goods and pastries, which it sells to the public, is equally outstanding. The desserts sell for between $.40 and $.80 each. There are usually four entrees, which are changed daily and are priced at $5.95, including soup or salad, vegetable, and choice of potato or rice. Soft drinks, coffee, and dessert are extra. The fine restaurant was developed by the vocational school to provide its culinary arts students hands-on training in food preparation, baking, and dining room services.
According to Blue Hills culinary arts instructor Richard Spada, “Over the past year, we have many improvements and changes in our program. The restaurant received a new coat of paint, as well as brand-new bakery and prepared food cases. In addition, we now sell frozen dinners and prepared foods by the pound, such as chicken wings, steak tips, potato salad, and coleslaw. We also make custom-ordered cakes of all sizes. Last year, we made a cake for the town of Milton’s 350th anniversary that weighed over 140 pounds. Residents can join our mailing list and receive our daily menu, messages about special events, closings, and other important news by sending an email to rspada@bluehills.org or chateau@bluehills.org.
MAC gives the Chateau de Bleu restaurant one of his highest recommendation ratings, and if you’re interested in trying out this gourmet paradise, it’s open from 11 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. Monday through Friday and is closed whenever the school is closed. The Chateau de Bleu restaurant at Blue Hills Regional is one of Canton’s best-kept secrets.
The Canton Town Club will be celebrating its 75th anniversary with a party on Saturday, October 25, starting at 7 p.m. Cocktail hour will be followed by a dinner with a choice of roast pork or stuffed chicken. There will be a cash bar with club member prices and a live band playing tunes from the 1950s through the 1980s. Tickets are $45 per person and are available at the Members Lounge at the Town Club or by calling JR McCourt at 781-828-4165.
Ten years ago the Canton High School football team lost to Oliver Ames of Easton 45-33. It was the highest amount of points ever scored in a Canton High School football game with a total of 78.
Have you ever wondered how the practice of turning pumpkins into scary jack-o’-lanterns was conceived? The origin is quite fascinating. O’lantern sounds Irish, and it is. The flickering, carved pumpkin faces that animate the American Halloween derive from an old Irish custom of creating rustic lanterns from vegetables. The Irish child’s typical Halloween flashlight was a hollowed-out turnip or potato with a candle inside, and when the Irish landed in America in the 19th century, they were quick to spot the possibilities in the pumpkin … and now you know the rest of the story.
Todd Jacobus of Woodfield Investments and his company are interested in building a mixed-use development consisting of 321 apartments, commercial office space, and a parking garage at the former Cumberland Farms property at 777 Dedham Street. The property, which is currently zoned industrial, has been vacant since 2009. The Virginia-based developer said that the apartments would be upscale and built for young professionals and empty nesters.
If Canton residents would like to purchase a second trash cart, you can fill out a request form at the Town Hall and pay a fee of $65. It seems that one of the problems with the new trash carts is where to put them on the resident’s property. Another complaint is the weight of the carts; some people have a tough time moving them.
The Stoughton Police Department, led by Chief Paul Shastany and Deputy Chief Robert Devine, have turned the department around from federal probes and corrupt officers to become a leader in law enforcement circles. MAC listened to Chief Shastany at a Canton Lions Club function, and you could tell by listening to him that, like Canton’s excellent Police Chief Ken Berkowitz, it is his leadership and professionalism that has made the Stoughton Police Department into what it is today.
Now that the Red Sox have sadly failed to make the playoffs and finished in last place after winning the World Series last year, it is time to think about next year, and there is a lot of speculation about who is going to stay and who will be going by the time next season comes around. Red Sox General Manager Ben Cherington will once again be seeking to put together another team that can make the playoffs, and like most fans, MAC will be an interested observer. As one Red Sox official said, “It’s fair to say we need a deeper, more balanced offense in order to win,” and, MAC adds, better pitching.
MAC is pleased to see the price of gasoline continuing to drop. Can we assume that the cost of home heating oil will also go down?
Nothing is as burdensome as a secret.
This is all for now folks. See you next week.
Joe DeFelice can be reached at manaboutcanton@aol.com.
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on Oct 23 2014. Filed under Featured Content, Man About Canton, Opinion.
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