Canary Square, 435 S Huntington Ave, Jamaica Plain, MA

So, I finally made it to this place and I am a bit underwhelmed.  The dishes sound marvelous on paper (with a few misspellings which were more annoying than the absent-minded server), but our choices left me less than stimulated.

We decided to dine a la family style but didn't order very much.
I started with a glass of Prosecco (not proseco as the menu suggests) and we waited on our server to return to take our appetizer order for quite some time.
Since I had a feeling she was a bit slow, we simply placed our appetizer and entree orders together.
I had the Thai crispy pork belly which was tasty, though I would have preferred it served more savory than sweet (with pineapple salsa atop).  The presentation was lovely. My dinner guest had the wood-grilled beef skewers.  The beef was tender but could have used a bit more marinade (according to my guest)...the accompanying peanut dip left much to be desired.

Entrees:
I ordered the wood-roasted half chicken (I almost never order chicken dishes for my entree) with buttered summer beans and mashed potatoes.  The chicken was cooked to perfection...moist meat with a nicely roasted brown skin.  The beans however were SO buttered that the mash became 'watery' similar to instant mashed  potatoes.
My guest had the baked macaroni and cheese with ham...this is usually a mistake in my book when dining out.  Mac & cheese is a hit or miss and there are very few places where I actually recommend trying theirs (Marliave and Oceanaire are two I can think of).  The mac was soupy, lacked flavor, and the ham was diced and "tasted more like canned cubed ham" according to my guest.  I thought it was simply gross.  The food overall was a bit amateur.

By the way, the floor manager had to bring my second glass of ProsecCo because Miss Flighty server was missing in action again.

Overall, the ambiance was pretty terrific here. The drink menu was impressive (this may be my new occasional drinking well), the patrons were very JP-esque in that they were diverse in age, style, etc.

I'd go back just to hang at the bar and try some of their Rye cocktails!