Best Seat in Bistro Margot

The best nights are often the nights you least expect.  Not complicated.  Not necessarily a reason to dress to impress.  Spur of the moment moments, perhaps?  Absolutely filled with laughter.

After a long day at work Tina had the brilliant thought that we might need a warm meal and some entertaining conversation.  Off we went, driving in after work traffic, hunting for the perfect meal.  What we found was Bistro Margot.

Recipe For a Fun Night

Good friend

Scrumptious French food

Half price red wine

Laughter

Stir and let simmer for at least an hour. 

Bon appetite!

French onion soup!!!

Herbed butter on my Steak Frites.  Oo la la!

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!

Mon Ami...Henri!

It is with great sadness in my key strokes that I say this post will be quite restroom centric, as I did not manage to photograph the rest of the interiors or the mouthwatering food!  I know.  You're probably thinking, "how could a food blogger worth her fork do something like that?" I honestly have no idea.  On that note, let's begin...

Many weeks ago I was invited to dinner and the symphony with my friend George.  And to my great excitement, we went to Henri for dinner.  For those of you who aren't aware of this great restaurant, let me attempt to describe.  From the outside, it's a very nondescript exterior.  Simple, classic facade covering for the elegant, sophisticated interior.  Intimate tables below chic crystal chandeliers, and dark upholstered walls.  The contrast of chocolaty fabric covered walls and the crisp white painted molding details is at the same time modern and fresh and also timeless.  The tables were filled with a fun range of people from the downtown crowd to the symphony goers, like George and myself. 

After sitting at our table for a bit, catching up with George, I let him know about my little project here.  And had to get up to photograph the restrooms.  What a treat that was!  Check out the luxurious embossed wallpaper and stylish wall sconces.  Not your typical restroom at all...



I just love the alligator!



Of course after I spent time enjoying the restrooms I did come back to the table and ordered the Dover Sole and sat back to enjoy the company, a great glass of wine and wait for my food.

I highly recommend you go to Henri if you haven't.  It was a feast for the eyes and the taste buds. 

Bon Appetite!