ah, yesterday was our neighborhood's annual trek through the businesses and sample food, local wineries, and perhaps the tower experience. i managed to make it to 18 of 45 venues, although there were about 5 that i just looked @ and decided not to visit. btw, i had card #559. pretty cool.
highlights:
-the landmark - giving away potato salad and a full on basque style chicken leg. honestly, that gave a good impression of their food. not just some tiny little piece of something they serve.
-vini vidi vici - homemade honey & lavender ice cream with a blackberry sauce. so freakin good. that place is pretty expensive, but that ice cream might actually get me to go in and have dinner
-million elephant - i liked the variety of samples, and pretty generous portion
-panaderia bakery - nice sample variety
-la luna loca - i'm really impressed with the new space. way bigger, more comfortable feeling space. it feels a lot more professional.
lowlights:
-starline grill - umm, it was like your bartender didn't know you were on taste of the tower. and it wasn't cool that she gave us attitude for not ordering drinks.
-samba brazilian steakhouse - hey, the event started at 5:30. be ready. i don't care if you've got a band playing later, get started when the event starts.
-any place that didn't have the a.c. on inside. it wasn't that hot out, but it was warm, and your visitors are walking around. help us out a little, and don't have it warmer inside than outside.
overall we had a good time. as a tower resident it's not like i was being exposed to any of the venues for the first time, but i think it's still cool to get out and enjoy the event. i think most of the places did a good job showcasing who they are and hopefully some people changed a bit of their perception of the tower.
4 comments:
that was a good review, ed.
Well said Ed, I agree with your review.
That ice cream was a little strange at first because it tasted so strongly of lavender but it really grew on me. I enjoyed all the pizzas too, especially the garden veggie, oh man thats the greatest.I tasted some good Syrahs too, I think that is my wine variety of choice.
This is a great event. It is nice to see so many people out, particularly the ones that don't go to Tower very often. I think it does highlight what Tower has to offer and hopefully get some more returning customers to the area.
i would saw that syrahs are my fav wine right now as well, although zinfandels are moving up the list. i was surprised by how many of the locall wineries had a syrah now, or at least a syrah blend. milla vineyards, from whom i bought futures of last year, might have been my favorite winery. i think i liked all three of the wines i sampled from them, and the did have some of the wine i bought last year. they also told me about a limited reserve that they have a few cases left of, and it's got me thinking about giving them a call and making a purchase.
Did you skip International Furniture?
They had the two best wineries in the entire Valley, imho: Nonini in Fresno County and Ficklin in Madera.
Dammit, Ed!
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