ALLORA IS ALLURING

Eunice and I went to a new Italian restaurant called Allora located at the Bay Terrace Shopping Center in Bayside, Queens.  We gave Marilyn and Minerva the night off and took both children, Ethel Louise and Mildred.

First we toasted the evening with a drink made by the mixologist call Galera Sappore.  Very tasty.  We met him later on at the table.

Yes, we ate. 

We also met Chef Steve

They pulled up a high chair just for the babies who had some Detroit Style Pizza

Great food and drinks here!

DINNER AT BICE

Eunice and I went to this delicious and fabulous Italian restaurant in Manhatttan called Bice.  The food was really good but we noticed that there were no female waitstaff.   Tara, Pamela, Rachel, Serene and Laura seemed to be having one of those "Girls Night Out" so we went over to the table hoping to join them.  All tey did was...wine....ha ha.   They were friendly but there didn't seem to be enough room.  We got our own table.

We started with a glass of Pinto Grigio...something about Abati...

Eunice munched on their signature salad

While I dove into the Burrata

Eunice and I shared this ravoili made with veal

I had a fresh pasta with seafood

Eunice said that she loved the carpaccio, especially the "shell" made from parmesan cheese

I was off to the bathroom wen the Osso Bucco came and found Eunice having devoured half of it already.

One of the managers came over to the table.  His name was Angelo Alban.  He has a thing for rubber chickens as well.  I'm sure we will hear from him.

We avoided having a menu item that featured chicken.  Instead we tried to share some fish dish called Branzino. We were a bit surprised to see the fish being served in a filet form as it is usually served whole and sometimes "fileted" at the table. Some restaurants even bring out the whole dead fish for you to look at before it's cooked.  The menu says that they are served with a side of vegetables.  We both hate brussel sprouts. We should have asked first.

Of course we saved room for dessert.  Gelato and Italian cheesecake.

JETBLUEING TO CHICKSTON

OMG. Eunice and I have been so busy planning out our next trip that we forgot to tell you about the one we took to Boston, which we renamed, "Chickston". We went on a Jet Blue flight and then took public transportation to the Charles Street Inn where we stayed for two nights.

They gave us the Louisa May Alcott room and included breakfast that was brought to us.

To get a tour of Chickston, we hopped aboard the Upper Deck Trolley taking us to areas of Chickston and Henbridge...which is what we renamed Cambridge.

We loved hanging around the area where the Charles Street Inn was, called Beacon Hill.

On the following day we went to another Italian Restaurant called Erbaluce in the theatre district. We were more interested in what the bar had to offer while our friend Merle ate in the dining room.

However, we did get to the Union Oyster House, the oldest restaurant in the US, had a few bites and met the waitress.

That night we dined at an Italian restaurant called Bin26. We were more interested in the wine than the food, although the food was great, too.