Buena Vista [Hell's Kitchen, Midtown West, NYC, NY]

Had dinner with my team. Jamie R, Pankaj M, me, Roger O, and Ben K. I had the Flank Steak. It was a little chewy, but very good. Roger and Pankaj had the Osso Bucco. Very tender! We also had some appetizers, can't remember the name but also delicious. This restaurant has a Latin flair, and takes it's menu from many South American countries.

4 out of 4 stars
★★★★
Buena Vista

Delmonico's Kitchen [Midtown West Manhattan, NYC, NY]

Had dinner with Rob A at Delmonico's Kitchen. We split the Delmonico Steak. Delicious!! And the jumbo Asparagus. Also very nice. I had the Uppercut Cabernet Sauvignon, it was good. A very nice evening indeed. We went across the street to the Pig and Whistle after and had another wine while we talked about work and life.

4 out of 4 stars
★★★★
Delmonico's Kitchen

Gogi 37 [Midtown West, NYC, NY]

Korean BBQ at it's best! Jean-Luc would have loved it! Maybe I'll take him this weekend. Anyway, the food was delicious. I've never had the waiters actually cook the meat, but they did and it was great. Jamie was very informative about the side dishes. We had the good meat and the Bulgogi. Also some sushi. We were both stuffed and satisfied.

4 out of 4 stars
★★★★
Gogi 37

Tavola [Hell's Kitchen, NYC, NY]

Our first night in NYC on a new project for NYCT. Great dinner at Tavola, it's an Italian restaurant just around the corner from the hotel. For some reason, the picture of my dish didn't turn out, but I got Jamie's and Ben's plates. Jamie had something meatballs in soup, he said it was great. And he really, really liked the restaurant. Ben had the salmon, also very good. I had the Chicken Alla Romana, which was also pretty good. Great marks for a restaurant on our very first night.

4 out of 4 stars
★★★★
Tavola

Mickey Mantle's Steakhouse [Oklahoma City, OK]

Had dinner with Derek W at Mickey Mantle's Steakhouse in Oklahoma City, OK. It was really nice, but they cut up my steak before I got it. We had calamari for an appetizer. I can't remember what Derek had, but I recall that he liked it.


3 out of 4 stars
★★★
Mickey Mantle's Steakhouse

Columbia Spanish Restaurant [Ybor City, Tampa, FL]

Had lunch with my husband Bill at Columbia Restaurant in Ybor City today. This restaurant is more than 100 years old! It was fabulous! I almost ate it all before getting any pictures.

I had the Atun Crudo tapas appetizer (yellowfin tuna, tomatoes, cucumbers on tostones) and Pollo con Manchego y Pasta as the main course. The appetizer was good, but the main course was great! The chicken was moist and delicious with the melted manchego pasta purse was divine.


Bill had the Cuban sandwich and Black Bean soup. He says it was very good!

It was a great lunch at a great place!

4 out of 4 stars
★★★★
Columbia

Spain Restaurant & Toma Bar [Downtown Tampa, FL]

Had a lovely dinner at the Spain Restaurant & Toma Bar. They had tons of tapas, several entrees, and live music! And our waitress gave us so many places to go tomorrow, she was great!

We had three tapas and an entree. For the tapas, we had the Scallops, the Rolled Pork, and the Beef Tips. All were excellent! I've only got a picture of the Rolled Pork because we ate the other two before I remembered to snap the photo!

For the entree, we had the Port Tenderloins. Very tender and delicious.

I'm only giving a three out of four stars because the glass for my wine was not the cleanest.

3 out of 4 stars
★★★
Spain Restaurant & Toma Bar