Here's the thing about Yelp: everyone can be a critic! And you don't know who the folks posting are. So when Yelpers recommend a palce, it could be great.....could be not so great! This is yet another reason why I miss Naomi Wise.
We were going to the theater tonight (Rock of Ages - way better than we thought it would be - totally campy and over the top but completely entertaining); 6 pm curtain at the Civic Theater does not leave much time for dinner! I picked the Lincoln Room, using Yelp, thinking it would be fast, tasty and inexpensive. It was all of those things (ridiculously cheap and decent food) BUT the yelpers didn't mention that they were all young and don't mind ridiculously loud music. I'm not THAT old, but we couldn't even carry on a conversation in there. It was just too loud. So much for date night! The first glass of $5 happy hour wine I got I thought would be a big bargain (a Paso Robles zin that's normally $10) but it was N-a-s-t-y. Luckily they let me swap it out for a normally $12 glass of Au Bon Climat Pinot, that was a pleasure to drink for $5. I also enjoyed the portabello mushroom sandwich. But we won't return - just too loud for parents-on-a-date! But for people with no funds in the Gaslamp, it is apparently the place to go for Happy Hour. It was packed at 5 pm on a Sun. Must be crazy on F&S.
I would be bummed that we walked past Grant Grill and I missed out on a Jeff Josenhans cocktail to go there, but that would have been out of keeping with going to Rock of Ages - much too posh! We didn't get to talk on our date, but the Lincoln Room was a fun bar and made us think of being young in the 80s!
One small thing: must remember at Sher e Punjab that their dal is not my favorite thing there! Went this week and enjoyed the eggplant and veg. korma but could have done without the dal - it's pretty boring for there.
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