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| - we're talking ridiculously delightful, here. we're talking about an adorableness that is surpassed only by the hugely adorable morning barista, Sam, who put up with the idiosyncracies of my extended family with ease.
this place is so f$%#ing cute I can't stand it. It has a smallish inside with free wireless, a coffee bar, and a small but well-appointed menu that is just full of delicious stuff. There's a huge outside patio which has some good tree-shade so that it's palatable even when it's a bit too hot to sit outside under other circumstances.
We had some of everything when we went. The panini are served with this thick (in size--it wasn't very dense at all) bread that is buttery and flaky and golden all at once, and really good ingredients. My mom got the melon and prosciutto panini. I got the veggie panini (tomatoes, red peppers, artichokes, etc) which was really great--my personal preference would be fewer red peppers but I just plucked them off. There's a chimichurri panini. All really good. There's a panini (I'm guessing the singular of panini is panino but how pretentious should I get in this forum?) with mozzarella and tomato and basil. Yesterday was vegetarian day, and there were plenty of options for that.
They also offer bruschetta, where you choose from a bunch of different options--mostly the same as would be available on the panini, so a lot of the above possibilities--and that received rave reviews as well.
The wine was half off. The cappuccinos were tasty (I hear). Sam was charming. What more can I say?
Ah--one more thing. They had a flourless chocolate dessert from Tammie Coe, which was my first experience with a Tammie Coe item, and it was reeeeeally good. It was called the Chocolate Sensational and it had a few berries around the rich chocolate thing. I would add more berries if I were god. But I'm not, I keep getting told.
One final note. There are a couple reviews that bash the place for slow-ish service. I would just remind everyone that this isn't ihop--this place has a south american (and in my opinion, european) feel and if I can tell you anything about service in south america, it's don't be in a hurry. I know, you rebut: we live here. in north america. But that isn't the point. The point is this: you go to this place to get a taste of what such a restaurant would be in south america. it's clean, it's cute, it's small. the food is excellent, and surprisingly well priced. It's like your own little foreign exchange coup!
Moral: Bomberos is the mad note. Go there and relax. You're too uptight, anyway.
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