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March 10, 2007

the Very Crowded Bistro

i kind of have the use of my finger again. it's not healed but i started using one of those really teeny little bandaids instead of a big one, and somehow this translates into being able to type normally again.

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last weekend was the weekend of walkable bistros. friday night j and i walked to a place near his house, a small place but comfortable (except for the bar). the food was a little disappointing but the atmosphere was nice.

saturday night we had a late-ish reservation at a place that just opened in an old diner across the street from J's house. we walked in and the place was both incredibly tiny and incredibly jammed. every table, every seat at the bar was taken. a waiter took our names and we sat on a little bench to wait.

then in came the ass people. the large group of people who all tried to stand in the tiny available space in front of our little bench. it was like the reverse of a clown car. first two women came in. then two more people. no, three. no, here comes four. five. jesus. and they were all these well-dressed, shallow yuppie types.

the women with their asses closest to my face were talking about an exercise class. i remember one of them saying, i hear the downward dog is really good. heh.

so about thirty minutes after our reservation time, we finally get a chance to grab seats at the bar and they give us a beer on the house. as we're contemplating a second beer, they tell us our table is ready and proceed to show us to the worst table in the house.

yes, even in the world's tiniest fancy restaurant, there's a bad table, and it's a doozy. it's dead in the middle of the single row of tables, it's about five inches away from the table next to it, and that five inch space is occupied by a metal pole.

at the table on the other side of the pole was an oddly mis-matched couple. J later diagnosed them as being on an internet date, and i was inclined to agree. the man looked exactly like steven spielberg and was dressed quite badly. the woman was very fit, and tan, and was wearing a clingy tiger-print dress that revealed an amount of her impressive cleavage that some might consider excessive. for instance, the person sitting next to her might feel endlessley confronted by the excess of her bosoms.

i spotted a much nicer table being cleared and asked if we could sit there. as we sat happily at the better table J said good work, girlfriend.

then we saw them seat a big, big guy at the pole table. a guy J said he recognized. we looked him up later; he's on the local city council. i realized we'd displaced this man whom all the staff had recognized. i felt a little bad, but then he and his preppy companion struck up a conversation with the young women sitting between them and us (not the breast lady, who was quite enthralled with her conversation with steven spielberg), and they seemed to be quite content.

so the food was actually amazing. probably the best restaurant meal we've had together. we started with their version of shrimp and grits-- the grits were made with chorizo, and the shrimp were just really good. J had beef tenderloin with garlic mashed potatoes and asparagus (i think), which doesn't sound as special as it was. i had flank steak with risotto which also doesn't sound as special as it was. and then we shared a piece of macadamia cheesecake.

we stayed for a long time, and made snarky comments about everyone there, and left very happy.

Posted by lisa at March 10, 2007 11:38 PM

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