Mish and I had plans to meet up after I returned from Aspen, but snow got in the way (it followed me home!). So we postponed for lunch, and planned to go to the Promenade Shops. I suggested Pacifico - she hadn't been there before, and I was craving fish.
Mish surprised me by bringing along her boss, Ron - it was so great to see them both. They were sipping wine at the bar when I arrived. Our host told us about the Promenade's own Restaurant Week. I have to hand it to them, the folks at the Prom have some clever marketing ideas. But the wide variety of food choices along the sidewalks don't lend themselves to a natural restaurant week. In DC and many other cities, restaurant week is a fixed-price meal: $20.09 for lunch, $35.09 for dinner. Everywhere. But in Center Valley, there are four confusing price points, ranging from a $39 three-course dinner at Shula's to $3 Sweet Treats at Maggie Moo's.
I digress. We were seated in a pretty C-shaped booth and were served fresh focaccia and red pepper/olive oil dipping sauce. I ordered a tasty mango lemonade to drink, and selected the three-course lunch. The price-fix dealie includes soup or salad, a lunch-sized entree, and chef's choice of dessert. I had lobster bisque (which arrived in mere seconds, with lots of sweet pieces of lobster but at least one surprising bite of raw onion), perfectly breaded and sauteed salmon over shrimp enchiladas, and mango sorbet. A great deal for 20 bucks.
The only snag in our yummy, fun, get-out-of-the-nasty-weather lunch was that our server forgot Ron's soup - and then even worse, continued to apologize profusely throughout our meal. I'd definitely go back again; we weren't rushed and it wasn't crowded or noisy. Perfect for a sort-of business lunch!
Mish surprised me by bringing along her boss, Ron - it was so great to see them both. They were sipping wine at the bar when I arrived. Our host told us about the Promenade's own Restaurant Week. I have to hand it to them, the folks at the Prom have some clever marketing ideas. But the wide variety of food choices along the sidewalks don't lend themselves to a natural restaurant week. In DC and many other cities, restaurant week is a fixed-price meal: $20.09 for lunch, $35.09 for dinner. Everywhere. But in Center Valley, there are four confusing price points, ranging from a $39 three-course dinner at Shula's to $3 Sweet Treats at Maggie Moo's.
I digress. We were seated in a pretty C-shaped booth and were served fresh focaccia and red pepper/olive oil dipping sauce. I ordered a tasty mango lemonade to drink, and selected the three-course lunch. The price-fix dealie includes soup or salad, a lunch-sized entree, and chef's choice of dessert. I had lobster bisque (which arrived in mere seconds, with lots of sweet pieces of lobster but at least one surprising bite of raw onion), perfectly breaded and sauteed salmon over shrimp enchiladas, and mango sorbet. A great deal for 20 bucks.
The only snag in our yummy, fun, get-out-of-the-nasty-weather lunch was that our server forgot Ron's soup - and then even worse, continued to apologize profusely throughout our meal. I'd definitely go back again; we weren't rushed and it wasn't crowded or noisy. Perfect for a sort-of business lunch!
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