playing cards & eating jambalaya
so it's no longer my addiction to the card game spiderette that's keeping me away from the blog; this month, i'd like to blame it on, well, the month of december. and out of respect for those actually interested in what "madison date night" has to offer, i'll digress no further ...
date night began early a couple of weeks ago. whether that was intended or not is not certain, but since one coffee led to another which led to another which led to many, many games of the best card game i've played yet, we stayed for at least a couple of hours at meeting grounds on the west side.
meeting grounds is a cute little spot located in the mini-me version of greenway station. i love supporting locally owned things, i like the fireplace and furniture, and still have patience enough to wait the comparitively inordinate amount of time to get my latte (they obviously have no strict starbucks-esque practices of getting out 8 lattes per minute). i recommend it for those living on the west side (and will recommend it for those living on the east side once the speed of service picks up).
afterwards, jon and i went to gaston's on old sherman. OLD sherman. not new sherman, which is not OLD sherman (jon and i got lost). gaston's is a cajun and creole cafe situated in an old house on the near east side.
we walked through the front door and into the bar right away where patrons were watching the packers game (boring, of course, because the packers suck right now). the host took us through the bar and downstairs to a room that could seat about 20-25 people, but that night only sat us and one other table of two (until another table of 5 arrived later that evening). mardi gras beads wrapped the chairs in traditional lousianne style, and the walls were colored a bright antiquey yellow. the menu was smaller than normal (it being a monday night and all, they abbreviate the menu for the sake of the chef), but nearly every item came highly recommended.
i ordered jambalaya and jon ordered some kind of po' boy french dip sandwich (he can't quite remember but it was really delicious, as good as my jambalaya). we ordered some appetizer of shrimp, which our waiter wasn't sure they had, so he came out with baby shrimp instead. a minute later, he returned with four large jumbo shrimp after the chef informed that yes, indeed, they did have jumbo shrimp for appetizers that evening.
the food is spicy, colorful, well-priced, and delicious. for dessert, i had their creamy cheesecake with bourbon sauce. that was probably more than i should have eaten, but my food baby and i left very contented (jon doesn't eat cheesecake so when he dropped me off that night, he had to come in and grab a bowl of ice cream to satisfy his sweet tooth).
overall, gaston's is an ideal monday night dinner spot. i'm curious what it's like on the weekend and look forward to exploring their menu further one friday night with friends.
date night began early a couple of weeks ago. whether that was intended or not is not certain, but since one coffee led to another which led to another which led to many, many games of the best card game i've played yet, we stayed for at least a couple of hours at meeting grounds on the west side.
meeting grounds is a cute little spot located in the mini-me version of greenway station. i love supporting locally owned things, i like the fireplace and furniture, and still have patience enough to wait the comparitively inordinate amount of time to get my latte (they obviously have no strict starbucks-esque practices of getting out 8 lattes per minute). i recommend it for those living on the west side (and will recommend it for those living on the east side once the speed of service picks up).
afterwards, jon and i went to gaston's on old sherman. OLD sherman. not new sherman, which is not OLD sherman (jon and i got lost). gaston's is a cajun and creole cafe situated in an old house on the near east side.
we walked through the front door and into the bar right away where patrons were watching the packers game (boring, of course, because the packers suck right now). the host took us through the bar and downstairs to a room that could seat about 20-25 people, but that night only sat us and one other table of two (until another table of 5 arrived later that evening). mardi gras beads wrapped the chairs in traditional lousianne style, and the walls were colored a bright antiquey yellow. the menu was smaller than normal (it being a monday night and all, they abbreviate the menu for the sake of the chef), but nearly every item came highly recommended.
i ordered jambalaya and jon ordered some kind of po' boy french dip sandwich (he can't quite remember but it was really delicious, as good as my jambalaya). we ordered some appetizer of shrimp, which our waiter wasn't sure they had, so he came out with baby shrimp instead. a minute later, he returned with four large jumbo shrimp after the chef informed that yes, indeed, they did have jumbo shrimp for appetizers that evening.
the food is spicy, colorful, well-priced, and delicious. for dessert, i had their creamy cheesecake with bourbon sauce. that was probably more than i should have eaten, but my food baby and i left very contented (jon doesn't eat cheesecake so when he dropped me off that night, he had to come in and grab a bowl of ice cream to satisfy his sweet tooth).
overall, gaston's is an ideal monday night dinner spot. i'm curious what it's like on the weekend and look forward to exploring their menu further one friday night with friends.
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