cafeteria

Today's not so exciting (aerobics, Target, shower, group meeting for a class project...) so I'll tell you about Saturday night instead.

Carol, Jen, Alison, Victoria, and I went to Cafeteria for dinner. Cafeteria has been around since the late 90's, and they have a location here in Chelsea and one in Miami. In an episode of Sex and the City, the girls visit cafeteria for brunch. Apparently it's a popular celebrity hang-out, though we didn't see anyone famous. Cafeteria's concept is home-style comfort food in a modern, stylish setting. I think they get a check-plus-plus in both areas! The decor was brown, baby blue, and white in leather, plastic, metal, and fabric. Jen and I sat on white foot stools that looked like big eggs. Quite fun and comfortable! And the food. Oh the food. Jen and I shared an appetizer of lightly breaded cornmeal calamari with roasted tomato sauce. Then we had the macaroni and cheese with cheddar and fontina. Mmm-mmm, good! A little bit of heaven baked and served in a casserole dish! Carol tried the grilled chicken, and Alison and Victoria had hamburgers and fries. After dinner we moved from our white leather banquet to a little table with the big white eggs, where I sipped coffee (trying to get warm - our only complaint was that the air conditioning was on) and where three of the girls shared a chocolate cake dessert. Others have posted online that they had difficulty getting a table, but it seems we had the appropriate image, and we were able to get in right away. The waiters were all very good looking, but definitely not interested in any of us - if you know what I mean.

After we finished at Cafeteria, we headed over to Union Square to find a lounge where Carol was supposed to meet up with some French guys she knows because of teaching English at Berlitz. The decor was cute, and you can't go wrong with a glass of wine. But the music was atrociously loud so we couldn't talk at all, and the couches were so deep that our knees ended up next to our chins. That makes it hard to sit like a lady! We ended up leaving fairly early, and we took a cab back home. In spite of our disappointment with the lounge, it was a fun night out on the town! Gotta take advantage of all New York has to offer before I leave here in eight weeks!