4 Chicks & A Restaurant

  well, the images speak for themselves about our "holiday" last Restaurant Club of 2021 dinner! The first two are the white russians we got prior to dinner! A holiday favorite :) Then we walked to Stephanie's choice in Fidi/SOMA -- Prospect. Very fancy, delicious.  Cheers and good riddance to another covid year! But things are getting better....

 I'm in love with this restaurant. Itria, featuring Italian fare, was Dionne's pick, and every single morsel was to die for. This tiny restaurant at 24th x Mission was not tiny on taste. The homemade pastas were so fresh and delicate (see photos below). The appetizers were divine, and the desserts were outstanding. Cannot wait to have another meal here!! We also got to sit indoors (yay, this is actually something to gloat over these days) and once again, enjoy our time together. Every outing post-covid feels so special, like we've been granted some kind of lockdown parole.  Covid is hanging out there, but as far as I'm concerned, life's too short to pause for covid. So we take our precautions (everyone vaxxed) and move on.... XOXO,  R Club Girl. (haha)

 Our first time doing R. Club in Lafayette and it couldn't have been a better pick! French restaurant Reve (Gail's pick) was about as authentically Parisian as Nor Cal can get. The food was outstanding, and sitting outside was cozy under a big tent. It almost felt like "normal" times, as the restaurant was completely crowded and we could relax and stuff ourselves with French cuisine. Don't we look cute?

 New Oakland spot that was Julia's pick! So......Sobre Mesa was supposedly the new hot spot in Oakland that is getting tons of great press. Unfortunately, despite our happy faces in this photo, it was kind of a  bust.  We were sitting outside and got to witness a full-blown fight between the bouncer and someone passing by. We wanted to hightail out of there stat after seeing that. So...it gets 2 out of 5 stars. 

 Stephanie's pick! I can't believe I didn't take any photos on this night! What I recall more than the food is the wind!!!  Still in covid-times, we had a seat outside. And go figure, in mid-May, San Francisco was freezing! So we sat on the sidewalk and tried to eat as our menus blew away. If I recall, the food was pretty good, but the ambience could use some work. Well, we were all able to get together, and that's what counts! This is over a year into COVID. God help us all.  xo.

NEWS FLASH:   HALLELUJAH!!!   RESTAURANT CLUB REVIVED AFTER ONE-YEAR COVID HIATUS. Praise the Lord! It had been over a year since the FOUR of us were able to dine together for Restaurant Club and coming together at Rich Table was like being awakened from the dead. Nothing like 12 months of sheltering at home to make you appreciate the beauty and thrill of our friendship. Everything was so delicious, that neither the SF police sirens, ambulances, or random passserbys could distract from this glorious meal.  From the cocktails, to the appetizers and mains, everything at Rich Table was so delicious (Dionne's pick!). Maybe it tasted extra great because we'd been so deprived of one another's company, or maybe this has always been a totally killer restaurant - either way, it made me hyper and so excited to be here! We'd all missed this sooooo much. We can only pray that it's all up from here for 2021! We had:T ONNARELLI pasta with sea urchin. Amazing! The fish was so ...