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| - This afternoon, I begged my husband to get me out of Scottsdale. I, based on there website, checked out The Clarendon Hotel in D-Town (be patient Boa is below) - It was so horrible - that is all I will say. I felt like I was in a bad John Waters flick - if Sid and Nancy were alive (and traveling) here is the place they would be! Yikes! I will say that the front desk guy was very nice and the decor was cool (although they need to repair whatever is going on with there front entrance). Perhaps, I am just too mainstream. Sorry Clarendon. Now on to Boa....
So after our d-town debacle, we headed to Tempe - where I had gone some time in the 90's - ok, I am not that OLD! Be nice! I told my hubby about this cute little spot called Cafe Boa - so we drove around until we could find it and boom! There it was - much bigger - and better than ever. The staff was amazing and I must say the LA girl in me came out and I caught myself thinking wow, what an attractive staff they have (it was also so refreshing to be away from the bleach blonde, fake boobed - Bentley driving people in Scottsdale. The service was wonderful (especially given that we walked in with a baby and no-one cringed) - in fact, that did the opposite! The decor was lovely, staff very knowlegable and food amazing!
I had the shrimp app - my hubby had the Kobe burger and our 7 month old had crushed sweet peas (opps! that wasn't on the menu!) but something tells me they would have made it for us if we had asked! Best part, I thought the pitcher of Sangria was over priced at 30.00 but when the waiter came over and poured the bottle of wine directly over the ice - I though, hmmmm, maybe this isn't such a bad price and then we got the check and the pitcher was 1/2 off due to Happy Hour and it was a Sunday! I loved this place and can't wait to go back.
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