sha in LA

bow down to the bowery

Not having a job is fun. But waking up late and napping in the afternoon makes me feel like a slug. I'm so much more productive if I have somewhere that I have to be at 9am. Thank goodness this temporary unemployment thing isn't gonna last long. Tomorrow night I leave on a JetBlue plane for D.C. so this place will be crickets for a few days. Unless my hostess has DSL and a computer at her place. Then I may reconsider and give updates from the road. However in the event that that is not the case I wanted to leave you all with a new find that will hopefully hold you over until next week.

I'd heard about this new place in town call The Bowery. In fact, I've even been there briefly for a drink or 2 and concluded I liked the vibe and needed to test the food as everything that I saw pass by looked really tasty. So last Thursday night Eric and I decided that we'd go check it out. We arrived around 8:30 and nabbed two seats at the bar because sometimes we like to be close to our bartenders....in more ways than one. [yeah, I have no idea where that was going either] We ended up getting an absurd amount of food and ate all of it. I was seriously going to explode when we were done with our mac and cheese (oh. my. god.), sautéed spinach (in all it's garlicky butteryness), sweet potato fries (heaven) and chicken breast french dip sandwich (nice). Let's not forget homemade cheesecake for dessert (unbelievable).

The sweet potato fries are highly addictive and I've decided that I can no longer have them because I WILL eat an entire plate by myself. It's not a pretty sight, trust me. Eric wants to bring Phil back and try the hamburger, I want to go back and try a fish special....as well as any of their other homemade desserts.

This place is tiny and it seems the word is out on the streets because it had a steady flow of diners all night long. Don't be surprised if you have to wait for a table. Get a drink from one of the personable bartenders and enjoy!

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hola!

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How very accurate. I keep saying the next place I'd like to visit outside of the U.S. is Barthelona Barcelona.

Thanks to Hal for the tip.

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