Penne for My Thoughts

My family decided to go to El Guapos because my mom and I were craving margaritas. El Guapos is a downtown favorite. It has a very popular rooftop bar that is open during nice weather. El Guapos has phenomenal margaritas and atmosphere but the service and food falls flat. Food- The Stringy Lettuce in the Guacamole. That small dish was $6. Our group started out with guacamole. We were very disappointed in the size. It looked like a side of guac. Not only that but at least a fourth of that size was lettuce. The lettuce added a good crunch but it was basically a bunch of stringy lettuce being used as filler. The guacamole itself was really really tasty but it was not worth the price at all for the small amount of actual guac we got. The chips and salsa were pretty good. There was nothing special about them but I sure did eat quite a bit of them. My tasty strawberry margarita. We also ordered both strawberry margaritas on the rocks and normal margaritas on the rocks. They b

I've always had a place in my heart for an amazing cookie. I'm a baker myself and it requires talent to knock my socks off with a pastry. Queenies delivers this and more. It has tasty breakfast and amazing pastries. I took my mom there for brunch and we were so happy that we went! Food- So, I ordered the tomato tart with a side of grits and my mom ordered the quiche of the day.  Her  quiche was a bacon and mushroom quiche and my tomato tart is a homemade crust filled with tomatoes, caramelized onions and cheddar cheese.  Her quiche is on the left and my tart is on the right. Both came with a small, undressed salad. I forgot to take a picture of the grits. I was so excited for them that I ate them right away. The quiche here is amazing. It is creamy and the crust is delectable. The bacon is not floppy at all and gives the quiche an amazing bacon flavor that doesn't overpower the quiche. The tomato tart's crust is the most amazing thing. It is like a not sw

My mother went to Napa Flats a while ago and absolutely loved it. She told me that I had to go and my family happily obliged. My sister eats gluten-free and Napa Flats has an extensive gluten-free menu, so, she was especially excited. Unfortunately, the experience did not live up to my mom's hype. The service was bad (at one point she rolled her eyes at us) and the food was not impressive at all. The waitress even served us our appetizer and she gave us normal bread but told us it was gluten-free! My poor sister got pretty sick because of that. Food- First, we ordered the Palo Alto Dip with gluten-free bread. The dip is a tart and creamy dip with sun dried tomatoes, artichokes and green onions blended with ricotta and cream cheese. Palo Alto Dip with the not gluten-free bread  We made sure to double check with the waitress that this was the gluten-free one and she said it was, so, we began feasting. The dip came out super hot, creamy and delicious. A super good