Stephanie's pick... an effort to get us out into the hood we actually used to hang out in! We hadn't been to Polk Street in ages!!!
So we had dinner set for the early bird special because of limited availably at this popular spot. We started with nona's meatballs, which were divine. Then we had butter beans with greens -- also, very delicious.
We shared two wood-fired pizzas (pictured below, with a little extra burn) and two pastas. The pizzas were a bit oily, but the mushroom topping was delicious. The pastas were simple and creamy.
Dessert was a chocolate mousse-type thing and a lemon cake. We devoured both. And sure enough, by 6:30pm, the place was packed! We kept reminiscing that this spot must have been Polkers back in the day when we went to Cruch Gym (at the Alhambra theatre), walked over for brunch in our work out clothes, then sauntered somewhere else for cocktails....and then found ourselves still in our gym clothes at 5pm partying it up.
Our reminiscing took us -- for a change!!! -- to Buillet Bar across the street. A totally young scene but the music was blasting, the bar tenders were dancing in unison, and it was like step back into our 20s and 30s. We hung out, gawking at 20-somethings flirting with each other and dancing. The music was so good, we wondered why we didn't do this more often -- we are NOT too old! :)
So we had dinner set for the early bird special because of limited availably at this popular spot. We started with nona's meatballs, which were divine. Then we had butter beans with greens -- also, very delicious.
We shared two wood-fired pizzas (pictured below, with a little extra burn) and two pastas. The pizzas were a bit oily, but the mushroom topping was delicious. The pastas were simple and creamy.
Dessert was a chocolate mousse-type thing and a lemon cake. We devoured both. And sure enough, by 6:30pm, the place was packed! We kept reminiscing that this spot must have been Polkers back in the day when we went to Cruch Gym (at the Alhambra theatre), walked over for brunch in our work out clothes, then sauntered somewhere else for cocktails....and then found ourselves still in our gym clothes at 5pm partying it up.
Our reminiscing took us -- for a change!!! -- to Buillet Bar across the street. A totally young scene but the music was blasting, the bar tenders were dancing in unison, and it was like step back into our 20s and 30s. We hung out, gawking at 20-somethings flirting with each other and dancing. The music was so good, we wondered why we didn't do this more often -- we are NOT too old! :)
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