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| - Haven't been here in a while...probably because it was my usual late night "go to" when I was young enough to stay out all night and scarf down a plate of carbs and still wake up with a flat stomach. :) ...those days are long gone...!
Tonight my daughter wanted Italian after spending her tooth fairy money at the Disney store across the street. I recommended we go to Bootlegger since I hadn't been in so long! She was hesitant since she has never been...I asked her to just trust me...
We were sat right away on a Saturday night! Score! The dining room was packed, we literally had the last available table.
As we were just getting seated a man began singing and playing the keyboard on stage in the main dining room. My daughter was mesmerized by the atmosphere as an older couple stood up in the middle of their meal and began to slow dance. "Mom, can people just stand up and dance in here?" I giggled and said, "yeah! Isn't that cute?!" She threw me the thumbs up and clapped really excitedly for the couple when the song ended. Cute.
I ordered the Salmone, a grilled salmon (explained to me by our server as "flown in fresh daily") w/seafood ravioli and my daughter ordered the cheese raviolis from the kids menu. We also split the Caesar salad.
Honestly I thought the Caesar had too much dressing. But my daughter ate it all up! If my kid will eat a full size salad and ask for more, I'm thrilled!
Our main course took a while to come out, but like I said it was busy. When the food finally arrived it was hot, beautifully plated and I was very impressed with my meal. As my daughter started working on hers, she said, "mom, I know why the food took so long. It's because they were making sure it was JUST PERFECT! It's sooooo good!" As she was finishing up her meal I asked, "what's better, Bootlegger or Brio?" she said "Bootlegger! On a scale of 1 to 10, I give this place a 20 out of 10! The kids ravioli was JUST enough for her. No leftovers and I wasn't begging her to finish another bite to earn dessert. (Trust me, a real Mother's Day miracle!)
Being that it was the eve of Mother's Day, I allowed her to pick a dessert off of the menu for us to share. Despite the pressure from both myself and the waiter to select the Lava Cake, she went with the Cheesecake drizzled in raspberry sauce. It was very good.
Our check was $66 including tip, not bad. Service was great despite the time it took for our main course to come out. The complimentary garlic bread they have come out is just as delicious as I remember, and their marinara is AMAZING. I'm not sure why I haven't ventured to this place for a meal during normal dinner hours, but with rave reviews from my little one and no complaints from me, we will definitely be back!
P.s. The mannequin at the front used to freak me out! Totally didn't even see it this time when I walked in but in the middle of dinner Chloe goes, "mom, there was a really weird guy at the front when we walked in. He kept staring at me and I waved at him but he didn't wave back. Did you see him?" I chuckled and said, "that's just a mannequin, Chloe! Don't be scared. He's a statue and won't wave back to you." She laughed at herself and said "oh. I was really scared of that guy." lol
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