Originally Posted by Herb687
A) It's Esparza's, not Esparanza's.
B) It's overrated in my opinion.
C) You're obviously just trying to boost your post count.
Gotta firmly disagree with you on count b... but I dine there at least once a week (sometimes several) so I might be biased!
La Calle Doce - asked about upthread - is fabulous. I should that the family has been struck by tragedy recently though with the gruesome kidnapping/murder of one of their sons who was a manager. Amazing seafood cocktails.
As far as
Patrizios, I've been known to resemble that. Mmmmm... peach bellinis and shopping!
While we are dishing on restaurants:
Had dinner at
Tom Tom last night. Quick service, reasonable menu. I still miss Annie @ Liberty Noodles, but this will do in a pinch and West Village is a great location. I had the sashimi dinner for a switch up - $20 for 16 generously cut pieces.
Heading to a fundraiser at
Arcadoro tomorrow night... will update on whether the food has gotten better or worse.
Fishbowl, mentioned upstream, is (and has been) closed.
My favorite sushi at the moment is
Blue Ocean in Coppell (not to be confused with the sushi chain,
Blue Fish). Peter & Kim (the owners) also own several other suburban Asian restaurants that are popular (
Empress of China, for one). Helps that I know the entire staff and have drank with them at the bar on a few occasions. When that occurs, it also helps that I live stumbling distance from there!
Had Christmas Eve dinner at
Daddy Jacks this year - it sucked. Bad service, bad food... not what I expect from what was my favorite restaurant several years ago.
Went to a function at
La Duni Latin Cafe last month. Was very pleased... the tres leches cake is to die for (they also have a stand-alone bakery counter).