Best Seat in the House and it's Goat

Many profound apologies...again, for not writing more frequently.  I have a bank of amazing restaurant stories and photographs saved up on my laptop that are just itching to be shared.  Since I'm roughly 2 months behind in my writing I thought I'd at least start with one of the most amazing evenings in a long while.  Let me set the evening up for you.

My friend George, knowing of my desire to eat at Girl and the Goat, pulled some strings and was able to offer me my choice of reservation times at prime dining hours (next to impossible to get for mere mortals like myself).  All I had to do was pick the date and find three friends to join me. 

I was able to round up my three friends, Lynn, Jen & Tina G.  It wasn't too challenging after I dangled dinner at Girl & the Goat in front of them.  What great bait!

We started the evening waiting in G&TG's very cool lounge area.

Then came dinner.  Oh did we ever eat.  We had the warm olives, bread and butter (it sounds simple and silly to note...but let me tell you I wanted to take the warm loaf of bread and little pot of heavenly butter home with me), we tried the skate and beef spare ribs.  Trust me when I say this...you MUST try the chick pea fritters.  Delicious!

Sadly we ate our apps and main courses far too fast for pictures.  I was able to stave off my hungry dinner companions long enough to snap some pictures of our desserts and the last glass of red wine that evening.  We ordered ALL four desserts.  How decadent!

Mid way through dinner our server came over to the table.  She asked which one of us knew George.  When she found out it was me, she said happy belated (6 months!) birthday to me and dropped the doozy on us that George was taking care of our evening and hoped that we were enjoying ourselves!  I am fairly certain not a one of us knew what to say at that point except for "Oh my god.  Holy cow.  That is the nicest thing anyone could have done!" 

Needless to say we all thanked George profusely as we inhaled the end of our meal with glee.  I learned later that the server originally gave that same speech to another table in her area...only to learn it wasn't the correct table, however the guests happened to actually know George!  I'm sure they were quite amused.  I certainly got a laugh out of that foible.

Since this blog focuses on restaurant restrooms I would be remiss if I omitted the very cool individual restrooms in G&TG's lower level.  Enjoy!