Ok, here is the scenario. It's Sunday, NFL football games start at 1:00 pm. You want to watch your favorite match up and your wife wants to go shopping and would like you to spend time with her. I really believe that I give up those Sundays to do what she wants to do because she is such a giving person and would love to give back and spend the day with her shopping. No problem. I am not a big shopper when I just go to look, but I love to shop when I know I need something. Otherwise I just follow her around or sit on a couch in the shoe section at Nordstrom, Bloomingdales or Saks and Yelp, Facebook or answer emails. I would prefer being at a sports bar, drinking my favorite wines, having a great craft beer and bar food, but here I am on a couch at these places waiting for her to look around to see what the latest styles of shoes, or clothes that she may want to purchase.
Well, because of Bistro N, NO MORE, do I have to sit on these couches from one department store to another. Bistro N is a restaurant / bar situated on the 2nd floor of Nordstrom in the Town Center Mall in Boca Raton. I never knew this was there and thankfully my wife told me it was a great place to go for lunch. One Sunday afternoon, we had spent a couple hours looking around at the mall and my wife said she wanted to eventually have lunch at Bistro N, so I had a great idea. I would go up there and get a table or sit at the bar and wait for her to finish her shopping. Well, little did I know when I walked in to this place , I forgot I was at the mall as I looked into a beautiful dining area with a warm bar with 2 TV's, and really a great wine list. Such an assortment.
When I checked in,, what popped up? A free appetizer. This day was getting better by the moment. I ordered their Short Rib Lettuce Wrap. I love short ribs and never had seen a lettuce wrap that you can eat with short ribs. Really different, great combination of spices and sauce. Just taking my time , drinking my wine and having this nice lettuce wrap as I know "she" is doing what she loves to do too.
Alas,,,, my wife showed up to meet me and was done shopping and she ordered the Chicken Pillard. Pounded chicken cooked with a lemon marinade, and a very flavorful salad laid right over the chicken, as you can see in the picture.
Now this is Boca, so we look off to the left and we noticed that there was a couple and their dog, all 3 dining in a corner booth. I mean the dog was eating too!!!
The bartender was great, very friendly, and gave us great service. It really turned out to by a nice afternoon. The food was really EXCELLENT. The menu had a vast assortment of great dishes.
We really enjoyed sitting there with the bartender, all of us watching football.
Funny,, as we left and walked back into Nordstrom, it hit me. We were only feet from the shopping and I totally forgot!!! read more