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| - I arrived early-ish (for me) to meet my distinguished guest for a Lenten Friday lunch at Light Bistro. Before I had reached my table, the manager took my coat and umbrella, gave me the nickle tour and answered any questions I might have about the place. The waiter approached to take my drink order and continued the trend of solicitous service. The service was fantastic throughout the meal, although the waiter had to be asked to bring the check-- he thought we wanted to gab more. Which we did, but we also had jobs calling.
After asking a few questions about the menu, including which items might be Papally approved for lenten Fridays, I chose the boxed lunch. After having my first two choices of sandwich nixed ( only panninis count, but nowhere does the menu distinguish paninis from other sammiches.) I settled upon the brie and apple sammich, with the bread and tomato salad and a ceasar salad (the soup of the day had meat, so they subsituted another salad). The bread and tomato salad was fantastically vibrant. Amazing considering it was February. The ceasar salad was inoffensive. The brie sammich was a lactose coma inducing, crunchy slab of bliss-- it could have used many more apple slices, however, to offset the richness.
The standout was the bread they brought to the table in little bags. It is warm, homemade, dense, rich and perfect. It's served with some lovely organic whipped unsalted butter. Joy. Joy Joy.
And Papally acceptable.
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