The Diner on Clifton

Nothing like a cold day to have a nice warm bowl of macaroni and cheese!   We went out tonight to the Diner on Clifton to have dinner with some friends.  It's a cozy place, with traditional diner furniture.  It can be a little drafty because they only have the single door.   Pictured above is the artichoke dill bake.  It has feta and cream cheeses and baked into a casserole served with crunchy pita chips.   It's nicely tart and salty.

I had the fish and chips, except I had the macaroni and cheese instead because I'm not a big fan of french fries.   I really liked the caper tartar sauce.  Yummy!

The macaroni and cheese side dish was creamy with bread crumbs on top.  I added a little bit of salt and I really enjoyed it.  I wasn't able to finish it, so I'll have it for lunch tomorrow.

Steve had the macaroni and cheese with chicken for his entree.   As you can see, it's huge!   I think between his leftovers and mine, we have about 3 servings of pasta for lunch tomorrow.  

Michael Symon's Lolita Restaurant

We went out and had dinner at Lolita tonight.  It had been on our list for a while, and it was nice to finally get to it.   Pictured above is the Crispy Chicken Livers with soft polenta, mushrooms, and bacon that we got for an appetizer.  Yummy.

Bread and olive oil, kinda baguette like.

Steve got the Fusilli pasta with lamb, mushrooms, bread crumbs, and orange agrumato.  It was tasty, and a little crunchy.   It contained three of Steve's favorite foods (pasta, lamb, and mushrooms).

I had the Potato pizza.  It had green olive, white anchovie, mozzarella, and lemon agrumato.  I like anchovies, but I have never had them with a lemony flavor before.  I think I'll be having leftovers for a few days.

I decided that dessert was a good idea.   I really liked this Milk Chocolate and Toffee Pot de Creme.  It was a sort of fancy chocolate mousse with toffee chips, almond financier, and winter melon compote.

Bricco

Tonight my husband and I went for dinner and a show.  Bricco was located directly across from our theater.   It specializes in pizza and pastas.   Everything we ordered tonight seemed to have a spicy kick to it.  Even the butter served with the bread was orange tinted and mildly spicy!  The weather was quite warm today, and we wouldn't have access to our fridge for leftovers.  Splitting an entree and an appetizer was just the right amount of food for the two of us.

This was our appetizer, Parmesan crusted calamari tossed with chorizo, banana peppers, roasted red peppers, and creamy Parmesan dressing.   I enjoyed this, even though spicy food is not my usual pick.  It had a good mix of the squid rings and tentacle pieces.  Yummy!

Bricco's kitchen was kind enough divide our entree into two separate servings when we mentioned we were splitting it.  This is the shrimp and Andouille sausage ravioli with corn, Anaheim peppers, scallions, roasted potatoes, and Cajun cream sauce.   I was expecting the sauce to be more zesty.  However, it was really creamy and balanced out the spice of the ravioli and the peppers.

The next time I visit, I hope to have time to look over the dessert menu.