Restaurant Roulette with Suzanne! April Issue!

Tonight was our monthly dinner adventure and it was Rachael’s choice of restaurants. We started at Barcelona on Penn Avenue, Downtown. They did a great renovation on the space with a nice bar area and dining room but we heard several comments that the music was a bit loud.

Rachael ordered a red wine flight and asked the bartender to choose the wines. Their wine list is extensive with over 400 varieties.

They serve tapas style, small plates, so we had dates wrapped in bacon ($8.5), focaccia ($3),

asparagus ($8),

marinated beet salad with pistachios ($7.5)

and paella salvaje with chicken, short ribs, house made sausage and chickpeas ($28).

Everything was served quickly and was plentiful and fresh. We both anticipated the paella to be more flavorful with fresh herbs.

We walked up Strawberry Way to Sullivan’s Steakhouse in the Steel Building. I had not heard rave reviews and it lived up to its unfortunate reputation. We ordered chocolate cake with raspberry sauce ($15) and a peanut butter pie ($14) that sounded fabulous in the description. We waited over 30 minutes and the place was empty. The server said the peanut butter pie would be made to order so it would be a while.

First, she delivered the mediocre chocolate cake.

After another 10 minutes, a waiter delivered the peanut butter pie saying the first one had been dumped and a new one had to be made, sorry for the delay.

It was hard, looked like some frozen peanut butter ice cream topped with whipped cream. This is a definite ‘no need to go back’.

As always we enjoyed our evening out. Until next time, happy eating!