So, my lady had herself a birthday this past weekend - right on schedule.
To celebrate, we are taking a vacation soon (more on that in the coming weeks) - but we needed to do something in the here and now.
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So, seeing as how I have compiled a spreadsheet of restaurants we have visited and restaurants we have targeted for future visits (with ratings, etc... a personal Yelp, if you will) I thought we could target a few at the top of said list. This is where we chose to have our Saturday night/birthday weekend dinner:
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That's right - the famed restaurant of Stephanie Izard (who was basically standing right next to us all night!). You may know her as the winner of Top Chef, Season 4.
Needless to say, I had to reserve this 5 months in advance to guarantee seating at a prime time. A small price to pay for some of the best food I have ever eaten.
We don't pride ourselves on being gluttonous. In fact, we are far from being as such. Especially the birthday girl.
The two of us eat fairly healthy most of the time, and you will also come to find we tend to be quite frugal - borderline stingy, at times.
This past weekend, we were neither. However the bill was much cheaper than we estimated, so that was an added bonus!
That being said, here is a glance at some of these superb dishes. You might try to eat your screen - you've been warned.
To celebrate, we are taking a vacation soon (more on that in the coming weeks) - but we needed to do something in the here and now.
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[left to right] "the glutton", the girl - high quality photo
So, seeing as how I have compiled a spreadsheet of restaurants we have visited and restaurants we have targeted for future visits (with ratings, etc... a personal Yelp, if you will) I thought we could target a few at the top of said list. This is where we chose to have our Saturday night/birthday weekend dinner:
The gates of heaven, AKA Girl & The Goat
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what a cute menu!
That's right - the famed restaurant of Stephanie Izard (who was basically standing right next to us all night!). You may know her as the winner of Top Chef, Season 4.
Needless to say, I had to reserve this 5 months in advance to guarantee seating at a prime time. A small price to pay for some of the best food I have ever eaten.
We don't pride ourselves on being gluttonous. In fact, we are far from being as such. Especially the birthday girl.
The two of us eat fairly healthy most of the time, and you will also come to find we tend to be quite frugal - borderline stingy, at times.
This past weekend, we were neither. However the bill was much cheaper than we estimated, so that was an added bonus!
That being said, here is a glance at some of these superb dishes. You might try to eat your screen - you've been warned.
[top row,from left] 1cute cutting board! that focaccia comes with avocado yogurt & mole; 2scallops w/asparagus, bok choy goat xo, and "pizza poofs"; 3confit goat belly
[bottom row,from left] 4grilled broccoli with spiced rice krispies and "rogue smokey bleu" - on the house; 5roasted cauliflower with pickled peppers (pack was personally picked by Peter Piper), pine nuts, and mint; 6wood oven roasted pig face.... with a sunny side egg, cilantro, red-wine maple and potato stix.
To sum up: we left very full, albeit very happy!
Check back for a review on the amazing follow-up brunch we had the next morning*... definitely a nominee in several categories for the upcoming, first annual Brunchie Awards ("The Brunchies").
*followed by an intense week of workouts
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