6 Interesting things that have happened since the last Blog Post:
1) The company I work for, ProfitFuel, was purchased by Yodle
2) A 17-year-old well-disguised homosexual won American Idol
3) All of my playoff predictions went straight to Hell
4) I finally acquired a "Lovely Day for a Guinness" poster *
5) After being shut down as a result of being breached by hackers, Sony announced plans to relaunch its PlayStation Network in Asia
6) I turned 27. Shit.
* - the generous donor - Natalie
Here is a list of cool CD's I've listened to recently:
At Dawn - My Morning Jacket
Sigh No More - Mumford and Sons
Gish - Smashing Pumpkins (old school)
First Impressions of Earth - The Strokes
Finally, a new segment on the Rant: Rating the Restaurants of the Domain!
In this new portion of the blog, each week (roughly), we will.. uh... rate the restaurants of the Domain. The eateries will be evaluated on a scale of 1 to 10 in the following categories: Food; Drink; Service; Ambience; Specials
Today we begin with North. Let's see how they did.
RESTAURANT #1: NORTH
Food: 9 - excellent Chicken Parmigiana - not too heavily breaded and served in generous portions with a side of spaghetti; the Chopped Chicken Salad had just the right flavor, even if you hate normal salads like I do.
Drink: 8 - solid beer selections and some interesting cocktails, including the fruity and bizarre Blackberry Crush (beware chunks of blackberries).
Service: 7 - have had issues in the past with slow bartenders and the inability to be seated in a desired location outside, but overall not bad.
Ambience: 9 - this place is cool without trying to be cool. A wide-open feel makes it the place to be in warm weather, whether you are inside or outside. Who cares if there are almost no hot waitresses?
Specials: 9 - gets a near-perfect score based solely on the fact that Sierra Nevada goes for $2.50 per bottle from 4 to 6 pm on weekdays. If they'd stretch the duration of Happy Hour I'd be inclined to go higher. Also has some solid $5 appetizers, including a meatball and provolone dish served with toasted bread. Yeah man.
OVERALL SCORE FOR NORTH: 42/50
Probably shouldn't have started with this one. This will be a tough act to follow.
Next week: Kona Grill!
...or Sushi Zushi. I don't know yet.
The end.
