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Very, very good late lunch/early dinner meal for me, and it all started with a classic mojito. Not the Garden mojito on the specialty cocktails menu that has cucumber in it (allergy). Just a mojito made from a well rum, in this case Bacardi. http://www.yelp.com/biz_photos/k1QpHAkzKTrFYfk6u--VgQ?select=9-cZ-SOtiX2ihwdrCs2FrQ $6 during happy hour. And it's a good one! Fresh, muddled mint, a bit of lime juice, a spritz of ginger ale, sugar, and rum. Initially I thought it a bit too sweet (from the ginger ale, instead of carbonated soda) but perhaps the alcohol content had something to do with my change of mind... :)
I was considering a bruschetta plate with two cheeses, but decided against it when I had a look at the dessert menu. Nope, I'm just going to have a small plate of Pesto chitarra ($10) and perhaps the cherry zeppole later. I have to tell you, I've been dreaming about this pasta dish for years, since the first time I saw another Yelper post a picture of it somewhere. Years!! And today's dish did not disappoint. No, not at all. You'd think after a few years' buildup on how spectacular this plate looks, I might not enjoy it so much, but I was happy with it. Yep, I'm just going to come out and say it-- I ate the whole thing! Every "guitar" string, all the grape tomato halves (which, honestly, wasn't hard to do, since there were only two whole pieces to speak of), each and every grated parmesan-coated pine nut, and all of the pesto sauce. I may have left some charred bits of the toasted focaccia bread on the plate, but what wasn't charred I used to sop up all of that pesto-infused EVOO. The entire entree was off the hook! http://www.yelp.com/biz_photos/k1QpHAkzKTrFYfk6u--VgQ?select=wYz23WxyjrTKUXsSUwnKSw
Now, this is where any practical and health-conscious person would say, "Ok, I've had enough. I can't eat another bite." But, I can't be practical. Not when I'm half-way through my mojito! So, I went ahead and ordered the zeppole ($6.50), and it took more than a few minutes to arrive, but I wasn't in a hurry. When the six little Italian puffs of sugar-coated fresh-fried dough arrived, accompanied by two small pots of almond crema and Maker's Mark bourbon mascarpone, I knew I was in for a treat! http://www.yelp.com/biz_photos/k1QpHAkzKTrFYfk6u--VgQ?select=0-sLOjmoMEBkWAcTZyHskQ Even before I took a bite, I could detect the scent of cherries that were inside the fried moulds of dough, some of which you could see peeking through the sparkling sugar crystals. And yes, I ate all six of them, and all of the almond crema. There was no doubt that the mascarpone contained bourbon- it's pretty strong, and I didn't mind it, not at all, especially when you combine it with the almond, but had I known just how much i'd enjoy the almond crema, I'd have them give me two pots of it, instead of the mascarpone. Now I know.
4.25 stars.
Can't wait to go back!
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