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Archive for March, 2009

Hella good

March brings our annual pilgrimage to Tampa to visit my Dad and his wife, Brenda.  After living in Tampa for ten years, these two know their way around the region’s culinary hotspots.  Past trips have taken us to Bern’s Steak House and less-well known, but delicious, restaurants, like Red Mesa. 
After taking a few years off to [...]

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Peasant – take one

My husband and I went to Peasant last month before a show (Blitzen Trapper) at Bowery Ballroom.  I’d heard universally good things about Peasant and was excited to try it out.  The trip to Soho was traumatic and included our subway train stalling underground for a full 15 minutes.  We arrived at Peasant late and [...]

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Sorry for the long delay between posts – it’s been one of those weeks!  Continuing my tale of two Mexican restaurants, my husband and I went to La Esquina last week with a last-minute reservation.
We entered the restaurant via the upstairs “diner” where two men who have the appearance of bouncers were guarding a door [...]

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