PRRP installment 8: Santiago's

I put the remaining restaurant names into two containers, one for breakfast/lunch and one for dinner, and we drew Santiago's from the breakfast/lunch container, so we walked up at around lunchtime. Of course, they serve dinner, but we meant to try the breakfast. Next time! 

Of course we know Santiago's very well, but I have not been there for years (for no particular reason). G, however, goes often when I am not home for dinner. He usually gets the combo plate, so he tried something different this time. We hoped to order the breakfast burritos, but it turns out they stop serving them at 11 a.m., so we switched to the Indian tacos (pick two items off the burrito menu, and they pile them on crisp frybread and smother it with green chile). Mine had chicken and beans and half-and-half (mild/hot) green chile, which was just about right for someone who likes things medium-hot, and G's had carnitas and beans and hot green chile. They were delicious!

PRRP installment 7: Ras Kassa's Ethiopian Restaurant

I had been to Ras Kassa's once or twice before, both here and in its old Boulder location, but this was G's first visit. It was delicious! Nice to see the place jammed on a Saturday night. 

We had an appetizer of sambusas (pastry stuffed with spiced lentils) and entrees of lamb stew and spiced yams that came with sides of rice, lentils, salad, and the injera (spongy flatbread) that you use to eat everything with.

Sambusas: pastry stuffed with spiced lentils

Lamb stew, rice, spicy yam stew, lentils, and injera 

Discussing Ethiopian food

Busy weekend dinner rush

PRRP installment 6: Community

Today is our wedding anniversary. We celebrated with a late dinner at Community, which also counts as the fifth stop in our PRRP. The food was excellent, and at 8:30 pm on a weeknight, the place was almost empty and very quiet, which made me happy (my hearing loss makes restaurant noise very hard to tolerate). G had lamb shank, I had pork gnocchi, and we shared an apple pastry with butterscotch ice cream for dessert.

G didn’t want to be photographed but said he would be a hand model.

TThe gnocchi isn’t pretty but was delicious!

Apple pastry and butterscotch ice cream

Community on a Tuesday night

PRRP installment 5: La Familia Taco Truck

I can't find the original entry for this taco truck, which I included because it is always in the same location, in the parking lot just south of Auto Zone. I tried breakfast burritos in early November 2017 as part of the PRRP, and we liked them very much--they are larger and more solid than the breakfast burritos from some other places. Since then, I have frequently stopped there for breakfast burritos and once or twice for tacos. If I remember, I will update this entry with photos the next time I stop there.