Birmingham Restaurant Week Date Night: Little Savannah.

Chris and I have passed by Little Savannah Restaurant and Bar dozens of times on our way to their next-door neighbor, Silvertron Café.  Every time we walk by, we tell each other, “We have GOT to go there sometime!”


As always, Birmingham Restaurant Week is the perfect opportunity to try new places, so we decided to enjoy our date night there.

And it was fabulous.

Little Savannah is committed to local sourcing of their foods, some even coming from the Propreitress Maureen’s garden out back.  Their menu changes daily to ensure that they can offer the freshest local produce available.

They have a small, cozy, café/bar feel, offering quiet spots for chatting and catching up.


I ordered the restaurant week menu, and Chris ordered a couple of small plates.   I quickly realized that I was totally unqualified and unworthy to review their food – it was far too phenomenal for my minimal culinary knowledge.

My first course was Roasted Corn Chowder with Basil Pistou.


Being that I’m not a true foodie but simple someone who really, really likes good food, I have to admit: I had no idea what Pistou was.  In case you don’t either, it’s a cold sauce made with garlic cloves, basil, and olive oil.  And, when stirred into an extremely beautifully made corn chowder, adds a perfect touch of seasoning.

I finished my Corn Chowder and scraped the bottom with my spoon, determined to get every last bit.
For his first course, Chris ordered the Slow-Roasted Pork Belly.  His description can be translated as delightfully rich, ever-so-slightly crunchy on top, and meltingly tender underneath. In practice, his description was a series of primordial moans, facial expressions of surprise, and random words of exclamation.


My next course was the Fried Alabama Catfish, Stewed Tomato and Okra, and McEwen and Sons Grits.

The catfish is fried southern-style – It is a crispy, cornmeal batter that lends an awesome salty flavor to the fish.  The stewed okra had a kick to it that was sharp enough for my husband to appreciate and mild enough for me to still enjoy.


Chris followed up with the wild caught Gulf Shrimp and Grits. He did not share this dish with me. He did not even offer, although he cleaned the plate completely. Per him, the grits were wonderfully thick and creamy, the shrimp perfectly firm, and he even ate the mushrooms – and he hates mushrooms. And of course, he wasn’t opposed to the fact that half of the lovely little pieces were not mushrooms, but thick chunks of bacon.


We ended with the Southern-Banana Pudding, which was fabulous.  It was creamy and rich without being too sweet, and was a perfect way to end the evening. Please note that this pudding is apparently prepared separately from and served over fresh, crunchy vanilla wafers. This innovation, according to my husband, is on a scale of societal change somewhere between the invention of the wheel and the Internet.


Little Savannah is a wonderful example of  high cuisine paired with local sourcing, together creating a fabulous setting for casual southern romance.

Disclosure: I was compensated my entrée in exchange for participating as a Birmingham Restaurant Week blogger. We paid full price for the rest of our meal, and my opinions are always my own.

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Rachel is a Birmingham-Based Blogger who writes at Grasping for Objectivity and runs this networking site for all Alabama Bloggers. She and her family love eating out, especially at local establishments where the food is divine and kids are welcomed with open arms.

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Birmingham Restaurant Week: Slice Pizza

Located in Avondale, Slice Pizza and Brew is a fresh, exciting take on dining.  You might drive by their location three times before locating it (not that I would do something like that), so look closely at their quaint, bungalow home before heading in that direction:


You’re welcome.

They offer deck dining,


quiet patio dining,


and a bustling, open indoor dining room.


I’ve only had the pleasure of visiting Slice once before this week, and for that visit, I did not have the company of the rest of my family.  So I was eager to snatch the opportunity to take my family along for Birmingham Restaurant Week.

For their Birmingham Restaurant Week menu, Slice offers the option of a $10 lunch selection and a $20 dinner selection.  The lunch menu includes a side salad and two slices of pizza, which is enough to feed me for two meals.  The dinner menu includes a full sized salad, a 12 inch Pizza, and a slice of cheesecake – I’m assuming this could feed three of me for a week.

Obviously, I opted for the lunch menu.

I have to say, I was most excited about the salad.  The caliber of Slice’s salad selections makes me wonder if perhaps they misnamed their restaurant – clearly they need something in the title about having the most fabulous, fresh, locally sourced, gourmet salads in Birmingham.

We ended up ordering three Restaurant Week meals – one for my husband, one for me, and one for the kids to split.

Which meant that we got to order three of these unforgettable salads.

For the kids, I ordered the house salad, substituting the Dijon Vinaigrette for their favorite, Ranch.


It was so good that I almost hated wasting it on the kids.

(Okay, that was mean.  Kids deserve to eat well, too.)

Topped with candied pecans and Alabama goat cheese and accompanied with cherry tomatoes, it was divine.  The cheese was so creamy and smooth in texture – so much so that it made me question my Greek heritage.  Alabama totally has Greece beat on the goat cheese – at least at Slice.

Chris ordered the Spinach Salad, and I’m pretty sure that his choice was based solely on the accompanying dressing – Warm Bacon Vinaigrette.

 
After inhaling it dreamily, he even made me smell his dressing.  It was quite bacony.

I didn’t taste his, but he said that the bacon dressing gave the salad a very satisfying smoked taste.  I have a feeling that every salad dressing hereafter will pale in comparison for my bacon-loving husband.

I chose the Dale Salad with Lemon Thyme Vinaigrette.  


Of the three, it was the simplest – offering almonds, avocado, and bacon.  It was cool, refreshing, and exactly what I had hoped it would be.

After our salads, they brought out our pizza – two slices per order, one slice per plate.  Which meant that we had a line of waiters bringing SIX plates of pizza to our table.

Chris got a slice of Cheese and Pepperoni (and combined his plating to make room for all of the food):


When I first saw the pizza, I was worried that it was the type I don’t like.  I’m not a huge pizza person, and I’m fairly sensitive to thin, crunchy crusts.

But I tried mine and was delightfully surprised.  The crust wasn’t at all overcooked and crunchy – it had the right balance of tenderness and chewiness.  And the cheese was decadently flavorful and thick, making me realize that their use of fresh, local ingredients is clearly evidenced in their pizzas as well as their salads.

I ate quite a bit more than I expected, all while finishing off the kid’s salad as well.

Oops.

Speaking of the kids, they are now complete fans of Slice.

Ali ate more than I would have thought her tiny stomach could hold, and told me, “I REALLY like this place, Mommy!!”


And Noah, who usually refuses any and all pizza, made his first Pizza Exception for Slice.


Our take on Slice Pizza? Gourmet food, good prices, and completely kid-approved.


We will definitely be back soon!

Disclosure: I was compensated my entrée in exchange for participating as a Birmingham Restaurant Week blogger. We paid full price for the rest of our meal, and my opinions are always my own.

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Rachel is a Birmingham-Based Blogger who writes at Grasping for Objectivity and runs this networking site for all Alabama Bloggers. She and her family love eating out, especially at local establishments where the food is divine and kids are welcomed with open arms.

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Homewood's Little Donkey Serves Both Fresh Food and Ideas.

We’re the type of family that likes to wait until the hype dies down to visit a new restaurant.  We don’t like waiting for a table, and we’re also okay with being the last to try something new.

However, I’ve been desperately wanting to try Little Donkey since learning about their local pork sourcing and their use of only fresh, made-from-scratch ingredients while at the Atlanta Food and Wine Festival.

We finally had the opportunity to visit last Saturday for lunch.  We were a bit nervous about having to wait since we arrived at noon.  But much to our delight, they seated us immediately.

Five seconds later, we were gifted with a basket of chips and a large bowl of salsa.


(Forgive the photo quality of this post.  I came unprepared and only had my iPhone camera.)

I adored the salsa.  I’m in a committed and loving relationship with cilantro, and they are quite generous with it.  It wasn’t too spicy, which I also appreciated.

(For those that prefer it more scorching, they had their homemade hot sauce on the table.)

We tried their Queso Fundido, which was still bubbling when it came to the table.  It had a thick layer of cheese over chorizo, and was served with their handmade tortillas.


I loved their tortillas and the rich flavors of this dish, and my husband and I easily finished it off.
We also tried the Chilaquiles at the recommendation of Jason at The Messy Epicure.


This dish was very unique, as the tortilla chips were coated then fried in salsa.  And just in case that wasn’t weird enough, there were soft poached eggs to drizzle over the creation.

This wasn’t my favorite dish, but my husband loved it, and was glad to take over my portion.

After the appetizers, I wasn’t nearly as hungry as I wanted to be, so I only ordered a Fish Taco.


Served again with another generous portion of cilantro, pickled cabbage, and chipotle cream, this was by far the best fish taco I’ve ever had.  Everything was fresh and crisp and so flavorful, all set off beautifully by the divine handmade tortillas.

Our service was excellent and the food was fabulous.

So naturally, we were back the very next week, this time with the kids in tow.


Little Donkey’s kid’s menu was also great, offering quesadillas, grilled cheese, and chicken drumsticks, among a few other options.  I opted for quesadillas and grilled cheese, since I didn’t want to go to the trouble of cutting chicken off the bone.  They were both hits, and the fruit was plentiful and fresh.

The kid’s portions were so generous that I regretted getting each of them their own plate –they could have easily shared and still had food left over, despite their impressive appetites that day.



Little Donkey has definitely earned it’s place in our meal rotation – both with and without the kids.

Birmingham Restaurant Week: Rojo

Rojo is a delightfully eccentric Mexican restaurant on Highland Avenue.  We have taken our kids there several times, so in my quest to show how Birmingham Restaurant Week is kid-friendly, we eagerly signed up for Rojo.

We enjoyed our food quite a bit, but in kid-friendly terms, I would recommend Rojo at lunch instead of dinner.  We arrived at our normal dining time of 6pm, which at other restaurants is usually just us and older couples.  But Rojo, being hip and urban, has quite the bustling after-work crowd, so it felt more like happy hour than our usual quiet early-dinner experience. 

Which is perfectly fine, but it was too loud for my four year old, and we felt a little more out of place than usual with our young brood in tow.  However, we’ve had many wonderfully pleasant lunches there, so we’ll stick to that from now on.

Rojo's Birmingham Restaurant Week Menu (which, by the way, is available for lunch or dinner) has the option of a Salsa Trio or Queso.  I am a sucker for variety, especially in dips, so I opted for the trio.


The regular salsa was spicy, flavorful and thin – the consistency that salsa should be, in my opinion.  The black bean salsa contained fresh (non-mushy) beans, corn, onions and cilantro, giving it the Tex-Mex sweet and hearty taste that was very pleasing.  The Pineapple Salsa was something I’d never had before, but loved from the first bite.  Almost completely sweet with just a hint of red onion, it was a delightful surprise.

Their entree choices include a Chipotle Pork and Mushroom Burrito, Chicken Tomatillo Tacos, or Shrimp Tomatillo Tacos.

Already being a fan of fish tacos, I opted to try the shrimp tomatillo tacos for my entree.



The tacos came ready to customize with only shrimp and onions already in the tortillas.  I added the black beans and tomatillo salsa, giving it a wonderfully varied flavor.

The shrimp were fairly spicy, but the tomatillo salsa was cool and mild, helping bring the temperature back down.  I enjoyed my tacos, and there was plenty provided – I chose to forego my tortilla on the second one and just eat the shrimp/tomatillo/black bean mixture.

Dessert options included Chango (cheesecake in a fried tortilla) or Peanut Butter Pie.  I chose the Peanut Butter Pie…




…which had an added benefit: unlike my last two Birmingham Restaurant Week desserts where the kids ate WAY too much of it, I only had to share my pie with Ali, as Noah is too young for Peanuts.  Score!

The pie was a perfect completion to the meal, bringing it back full-circle to sweet.  It had chunks of peanuts in the rich and creamy pie filling, and a delightfully subtle layer of chocolate fudge between the peanut butter and the crust that left me licking my spoon clean. 

Rojo 
2921 Highland Avenue, 35205
Hours: Tuesday-Sunday 11 AM – 10 PM

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Rachel is a Birmingham-Based Blogger who writes at Grasping for Objectivity and runs this networking site for all Alabama Bloggers. She and her family love eating out, especially at local establishments where the food is divine and kids are welcomed with open arms.

Birmingham Restaurant Week: The Silvertron Cafe.

by Rachel
The Silvertron Cafe sits inconspicuously in the Forest Park neighborhood of Birmingham, along Clairmont Road.




My family and I have come to adore Silvertron over the past couple of years, and when we rave about it to others, we get one of two responses: either excited agreement, or “I’ve never heard of Silvertron, where is it?”

…which would have been our own reaction five years ago.

However, it’s been a favorite of those in the know for the past twenty-five years, and with good reason.

Their expansive and widely-varied menu offers up something (or, in my case, a dozen somethings) for everyone, and the fabulously generous portion sizes are sure to feed you tonight AND tomorrow night.

But they don’t skimp on quality for quantity – they offer both. The owner, Marco Morosini, adds his seasoned and highly-acclaimed touch to each menu item.

Another great perk that Silvertron offers is their constantly varying menu. They display their specials on the wall as you come in,


As well as offering fun event nights like Monday Night Pasta and Tex-Mex Tuesdays.

We always bring our kids along, and I’ve never felt uncomfortable doing so, despite the high-end tastes that Silvertron offers. Their dining room is open and airy, leaving plenty of room between tables. The atmosphere is casual and inviting, with a wide array of diner demographics.


The wait staff is always friendly and overly helpful to our burdened-with-kids state. Last time we visited, our waiter chased for a block to bring us our leftovers that we’d accidentally left on the table. This visit, the staff only had good humor in Ali’s efforts at making herself at home, depositing her shoes underneath my chair.



The kid’s meals are more than enough to feed two (or more) children off of one plate – they use the same platter-sized plates that they use for entrees, and fill them to the brim with kid goodness.

And then, because every kid needs help filling in the cracks after dinner, you can let them finish the meal off with a Kid’s Ice Cream Sunday, made to order:



This week’s Birmingham Restaurant Week Menu offers some fabulous choices to let diners sample what Silvertron is all about.

For the appetizer course, you have the choice between Tomato and Mozzarella Salad or Roasted Eggplant and Goat Cheese Bruschetta.

I had the opportunity to taste the bruschetta at the Preview Party Thursday night, and it was fabulous. The Eggplant and Goat Cheese were warm and rich, and the toast was perfectly done, not hard and dry like many bruschettas tend to be.

Since I had already tried the bruschetta, I chose the Tomato and Mozzarella Salad when we visited Silvertron the next night.


It is amazing. The balsamic reduction is the perfect flavor to highlight the softness of the Mozzarella and bring the whole salad together.

For the entree course, there are three choices: Chicken Tacos with Caribbean Sauce, Tagliata with lemon-mustard mayo, or Mango-chipotle Tilapia.

When given the choice, I always opt for fish. However, since the Tilapia is fried and served over Mashed Potatoes (which sounded fabulous, but was probably a few more calories than I wanted to consume that night), I decided to step out of my comfort zone and try something completely new for me: the Tagliata.


Besides being gorgeous, it was wonderful. The roasted vegetables had a great spiced flavor without losing their natural tastes, and the beef medallions (which I ordered rare) were tender and juicy. The mustard sauce was a surprising combination, but fit perfectly with the meal. I found myself sopping up every last bit of it.

The dessert options include a Bailey’s Parfait, Homemade Roasted Sweet Potato Pie, or Chocolate Chip and Espresso Bread Pudding.

Always a sucker for the chocolate, my choice was easy. I was a little hesitant because sometimes bread pudding isn’t sweet enough for my needy taste buds, but this one is perfect.


The bread pudding is moist and flavorful, and the powdered sugar and chocolate syrup only helped guarantee that it would be sweet enough, causing me to, once again, scrape my plate clean.


The Silvertron Cafe
3813 Clairmont Avenue, 35222
Open Monday – Friday 11:00 AM – 9:45 PM, Saturday 8:00 AM – 9:45 PM, Sunday 11:00 AM – 8:45 PM.

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Rachel is a Birmingham-Based Blogger who writes at Grasping for Objectivity and runs this networking site for all Alabama Bloggers. She and her family love eating out, especially at local establishments where the food is divine and kids are welcomed with open arms.

Birmingham Restaurant Week: Nabeel’s Cafe.

by Rachel
Growing up in an intensely Greek family (think “My Big Fat Greek Wedding” collides with “Sweet Home Alabama”), Nabeel’s Market was a regular stop for us.

The tiny storefront in Homewood with gigantic glass cases full of authentic Mediterranean olives and cheeses was an integral part of the preparation for every family get-together. They would slice and scoop giant portions of feta cheese and Kalamata Olives, then package them simply in doubled-plastic bags sealed with a twist tie.

They had three tables in the deli where they served one type of sandwich, but I suspect that the tables and chairs were more of an excuse for the socially-centric Mediterranean population of Birmingham to congregate and solve the world’s problems than to sell a lot of sandwiches.

In 1994, the original owner of the market sold it to John and Ottavia Krontiras, John from Greece and Ottavia from Italy. Their desire was to keep the market, but also expand it into a family-oriented restaurant.

Coming from an international executive job, John told me that he didn’t even know how to fry an egg when he bought Nabeel’s, but he had vision and determination.

As the adjoining salon became available, they expanded their restaurant into it. Then the florist on the other side of the salon closed, and they expanded again, enabling them to bring their dream to fruition.

John and Ottavia’s goal to create an atmosphere for families to slow down, enjoy each other, and eat home-cooked, authentic Mediterranean food was most definitely achieved in my life. My childhood trips to Nabeel’s Market quickly morphed into teenage trips to Nabeel’s Cafe. I remember eating there on a special night, just my Mom and I, for my fourteenth birthday. Then five years later, she and I had another special Nabeel’s meal together, only this time the occasion was that it was the week before I got married. On that trip, my Mom gave me my wedding present – a laboriously documented collection of our family recipes, many of which were Greek, and some requiring ingredients from Nabeel’s Market. There couldn’t have been a more fitting and sentimental place to receive that priceless gift that I still use constantly.

Ten years later, Chris and I regularly take our two kids to Nabeel’s Cafe, enjoying the family atmosphere from the other side of the equation. Although we love everything we’ve ever eaten there, we both agree that they have the absolute best hamburger in town (and we’ve tasted them all!!) – the Bifteki. The Bifteki is an juicy, gigantic Greek Hamburger that is mixed with a blend of Greek spices, stuffed with a generous portion of Kefalograviera Cheese, and topped with Tzatziki Sauce.
They also serve it with their fabulous dressing on the side, which we pour over our burgers to add even more Greek flavor.


(Nabeel’s also helps make our homemade burgers Greek masterpieces – we mix their dressing into the beef, giving it wonderfully tart, sumptuous Greek flavor.)

We jumped at the opportunity to visit Nabeel’s during Birmingham Restaurant Week. Of all of the BRW menus I’ve looked at, Nabeel’s is one of the most thorough, offering four courses and including a beverage of your choice.

For only $20, you will receive pita bread with your choice of Tzatziki, Hummous, or Taramosalata Dip (I went with the Tzatziki, a wonderful blend of Greek Yogurt, Cucumbers, and a generous amount of Dill), along with an unbeatable Greek Salad, Spinach Lasagne, Tiramisu, and soda, Mint Tea, or wine.

The Spinach Lasagne was divine, with layers of ricotta, mozzarella, parmesan, spinach, pasta, and fresh tomato sauce.


It was both creamy and hearty, full of a richness of flavors that totally masked the fact that it is quite low calorie and healthy!

Chris ordered the Gyro Salad with extra meat, which was just how he likes it: so much meat that you could hardly even see the salad:



Ali opted for the PB & J.


My favorite part of the kid’s menu is that it is so affordable - $1.95 for a Grilled Cheese or Peanut Butter & Jelly - with Nabeel’s gourmet fries, no less - is the best kid’s deal in town. I couldn’t be happier, and neither could she.

Then the Tiramisu came.


This was the only part of the meal that I wished we hadn’t brought the kids along, because I really, REALLY wanted the Tiramisu all for myself.

…but instead, it made for several happy customers.



So happy, in fact, that once I let Noah have one bite, every bite I attempted to get for myself thereafter got this reaction:


(Mental Note: Go back and get more Tiramisu on date night when the kids are at the Grandparent’s.)
Besides the family atmosphere and the inexpensive yet quality kid’s menu, the fact that Nabeel’s is located directly across from Homewood Park makes it an even better family destination – after all, you need somewhere to let the kids run off their energy after allowing them to indulge in coffee-soaked, chocolate-covered Tiramisu.

Nabeel’s Cafe and Market
1700 Oxmoor Road, Homewood Alabama 35209
Open Monday – Saturday, 10:30 AM – 9:30 PM

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Rachel is a Birmingham-Based Blogger who writes at Grasping for Objectivity and runs this networking site for all Alabama Bloggers. She and her family love eating out, especially at local establishments where the food is divine and kids are welcomed with open arms.

Birmingham Restaurant Week Kicks Off This Weekend!!

Last year, a new and wonderful development hit the streets of the Birmingham food scene: Birmingham Restaurant Week. Being in love with our city's amazing local dining, my husband and I were in heaven. We attended the preview party and delighted over the samplings from all of our favorite restaurants. Then we proceeded to plan our entire week's dining around eating at the participating restaurants.

And this year - well, it promises to be even better.

Offering amazing prices on three course dinners, almost thirty local restaurants are participating in this epic ten day eating extravaganza.

Beginning this Friday night, BRW lasts through August 28. Designed to fit into any budget and eating experience, there are three price options offered by the various restaurants: $10, $20, and $30. I recommend that you start to scour the menus now to plan your week around visiting your favorites!

But don't miss out on the event before the event: the preview party is, in my opinion, one of the best features of the entire week. At the amazing price of only $20 per person (or $30 per couple), you will be served a full meal's worth of samplings from a dozen of the participating restaurants.

The preview party is this Thursday night at the Hill Event Center from 5:30 - 8:30. You can order your tickets through Eventbrite by clicking here.

Pure Magic: The Bright Star

Originally Published at Grasping for Objectivity on November 22, 2010

With a nickname like The Magic City, you would expect there to be many magical places in the Birmingham area. And there definitely are – the top of Vulcan, The Patio at The Club, Argyle Road overlooking the city at night, and Sloss Furnaces, to name a few.

But my pick for the most magical place in the metro area can be found right outside of Birmingham in the city of Bessemer – The Bright Star.

Owner Jimmy Koikos and niece Stacey Craig

There’s no other way to describe the experience of The Bright Star other than magical, because something transporting happens to me when I walk through the door – I literally feel like I stepped back into time – into a much more glamorous, romantic, and formal era.

The Bright Star has been in the same location since 1915 (and has been open since 1907, making it the oldest restaurant in Alabama), and still has the same murals on the walls that were painted that year by transient European Artists. The many dining rooms are all beautifully antique in gorgeous hardwood paneling, mirrors, and stained glass.

The amazing setting, plus the music playing softly as I walk into the restaurant immediately takes me somewhere else in my mind – an elegant, cultured, and sophisticated world that only exists in novels and movies.

But, despite the fact that it is a Greek-owned restaurant and I have family ties to it (My great-grandfather worked at The Bright Star after immigrating from Greece), I almost missed it.

I had always thought of it as too far out of town and “just another old Birmingham restaurant”. It wasn’t until our precious former neighbors, Darrel and Julie, gave us a gift certificate for The Bright Star for Christmas several years ago that we experienced it for ourselves, and learned about the magical place that it was.

And there’s definitely more to it than just the atmosphere – the food can literally be called the best in the state, as it is the only restaurant in Alabama to have won a Prestigious James Beard Award. Their Beef Tenderloin and Greek Style Fresh Snapper (Both of which they cut and prepare themselves) are dreamlike – I almost always get one of the combination platters so that I can have them both. But everything I’ve ever had there has been absolutely shockingly delicious!

I talked to co-owner Jimmy Koikos about his experiences at the restaurant. His Great-Great Uncle opened it in 1907, and then sold it to Jimmy’s Dad in the 1920’s. Jimmy started working at the restaurant when he was 13 years old, because his Father went on a three month trip to Greece and left Jimmy and his brother Nicky in charge. And, except for his time at The University, Jimmy has been working here ever since.

Jimmy and his brother and co-owner, Nicky, can always be seen in the restaurant, and make an amazing effort to know their customers. I asked Jimmy what percentage of their clientele were regulars, and he said that of the 4,000 people they serve a week, he knew 35-40% of them by name.

And besides the amazing way they treat their customers, their employees are just as happy. They have employees that have been working for them for 27, 32, and 45 years!

Many celebrities have frequented the restaurant over the years, including one that got his favorite private booth named after him, Bear Bryant:


(And yes, if you really want a magical night, you can reserve any of their private booths for your dinner.)

Although our trips to The Bright Star are usually reserved for dates, I went for lunch last week and took my Mom and Ali along. It was Ali’s first visit – and I swear she felt the magic, too.

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Disclosure: I was not compensated nor asked to write this post. I simply wanted to share the most magical place in our city with all of you, and hope that if you live nearby, you will experience the magic for yourself.

p.s. – When you go to The Bright Star, ask to be seated in Darla’s section. She’s the best waitress in town – you won’t regret it!!

Where do you find to be the most magical place in your city, restaurant or not?