PRRP installment 4: Taco Wagon (CLOSED)

Taco Wagon closed after a fire in late 2004. We miss it!

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Two days in a row of PRRP: today, G brought home breakfast burritos from the Taco Wagon. Delicious! And another check mark on the list.

I didn't write anything else at the time, but since this date, I have frequently gone to Taco Wagon for breakfast burritos. It's a little less than a mile from my house, so it makes a nice walk with the dog. I usually get four, and G and I eat them for breakfast two days in a row because they reheat very well.

PRRP installment 3: Pho Cafe

The PRRP continues with Pho Cafe, where we ate some delicious Vietnamese egg rolls; G had a big bowl of pho with steak, tendon, and tripe; and I had a rice noodle bowl with combo grilled meats. Good food, nice staff, reasonable prices.

PRRP installment 2: Black Diamond Restaurant & Taphouse (CLOSED)

Update January 2022: Permanently closed.

I can't post photos because my cell phone was out of commission, but tonight was G's and my second installment of our Public Road Restaurant Project. [2019 update: Black Diamond closed in 2019. Teocalli Cocina is now in this location.]

 We thought the food was very good (G had a pocket pie; I had a wedge salad with grilled chicken and drank an Upslope beer), the prices are reasonable, and the ambience was pleasant. The place was very busy--including the large patio with fire pit. There are lots of local craft brews on tap. The name is a reference to a coal mine that used to be located nearby, and some menu items, such as the pocket pies, are intended to be a tribute to the cookery of the miners' wives. 

After dinner, we had gelato at Chocolaterie Stam next door. We also liked the ambience there except that G was distracted by how badly the player piano was performing a Mozart piece that he has been playing since he was in high school.

PRRP installment 1: Fortune Cookie Chinese Cafe (CLOSED)

Update January 2022: Permanently closed.

We are beginning our Public Road Restaurant Project with the Fortune Cookie, which we've never been to before even though it has been here since before we moved to Lafayette in 1989. They seem to do mostly a takeout business, but we are dining in. Very polite 11-year-old waiter and decent food.

We learned later that many people are leery of Fortune Cookie because of its unappealing frontage, while for others, it is a favorite go-to spot for takeout or dine-in Chinese food. I say don't worry about the outside and give it a try. I liked the food, and it is a family business.