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| - I usually make a five star hard to get. But this place deserved it. Good food, good service, good atmosphere.
I came here with two associates on a Tuesday night. One of them was actually from Trinidad, and I wanted to treat her to a good meal that reminded her of home. I was kind of concerned because the facebook site had a prompt for reservations. I was thinking, "am I bringing my friends to a "fru fru" yuppie joint. No need to worry, this is a laid back Latin American place, informal, clean, friendly and featuring good food.
Not sure what to make of Callaloo, it's a bar with good food....it's a restaurant with a great bar...what the hell, you get the best of both worlds. Menu was pretty minimal but don't let that fool you, there is some good stuff in there. I can't remember the names of the Trinidad based dishes, but it involved jerk chicken, beans and, macaroni pie (Mac and Cheese) and a creamed spinach based dish. My dates ordered the immense meals involving jerk chicken, I pussied out and ordered two soft shell tacos with chicken.
Like your typical Hispanic mothers, the ladies insisted I eat a portion of their meals, it was good. Kind of on the sweet side with pineapple and cinnamon. Chicken was fall off the bone tender. Portions were huge and each plateful was 12 bucks. The Tacos were good, they had a Trinidadian spin to it, sweet and spicey but well worth the $8.50 price tag. The ladies also insisted I try Carib beer which was smooth and cold.
Service was great, Chef came out to talk to us and make his recommendations. The waitress was a real sweetheart. Too bad I was too old and married. This was one lady I would have loved to meet again. The waitress/bartender was very patient as my associates were kind of difficult about dividing the bill...but I digress.
Loved this place, atmosphere was laid back and comfortable. There is street parking available. I could spend a whole evening here listening to music and sipping Carib beer.
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