Tuesday, August 15, 2017

Fiesta de la casa/ Festa in casa

Forgive me Father for I have.......   

I am so sorry for this, but..just hearing "Guido's on The Hill" 

....I have a certain image in mind.



 There are so many stereotypes about Italians...especially in in America...that when I pictured a restaurant called Guidos.....


Well, I won't say what I thought ....but it is probably not fair. 

However, to my defense....the soundtrack playing softly underneath the sounds of the restaurant was mainly Frank Sinatra and Dean Martin.

Anyway, Guido's Pizzaria and Tapas blew those sterotypes out of the water.  It was a Spanish/Italian house party!




They bill themselves as  "the best of Mediterranean Cuisine...with a menu full of Classic Italian Fare and Traditional Spanish Entrées and Tapas, delivering a Taste of Spain in the Middle of Italy."




And they delivered.


They had both the Spanish and Italian national football jerserys placed prominently on the walls. And they offered a variety of other geegaws, t-shirts and food products from both countries.



Located at the corner of Hereford and Shaw...catty-corner from Adriana's, Guido's has plenty of outdoor seating, bar seating and dining room seating.  They even had a special events room (with a bar) that was open on the Saturday night that we went for general seating.






We went early, but the place started hopping by 6:30 or 7:00 pm.  Beer was bottle only, but they had a nice selection of domestics, Italian and local microbrews.  Mel, however chose the Sangria...


and we steered clear of the Italian food offerings and went for the Spanish cuisine.  This was a nice change from our regular "Hill of a Year" fare.

We decided to have some fun and order several Tapas.  Good choice!  All of them were fantastic.

First we ordered Homemade Empanadillas.  These were puff pastries filled with chicken and other goodness.   



We also ordered the Queso de Cabra....some sort of  goat cheese maravilloso plato that my phone did not save a picture of......but they were delicious.

Since the wait staff was soooooo good....our waiter suggested that we casually order what we wanted as we went along.  This was a great strategy for us.  We could casually assess what we had eaten and how hungry we were before ordering the next dish.

What was nice is that we knew that they had 50 reservations for that evening...but we were never, ever rushed.  As far as we could tell, it was all about the experience.

Next up, we ordered some Croquetas Caseras. Yummy!  These are Croquettes made with Chicken and Tomato Alioli.


Next up, we went for the Albondigas Caseras con Patatas.....and holy moly.....these are Spanish Meatballs with onions, garlic and white wine, topped with fried potatoes.



They were a meal!  This did us in....unfortunately.


No desert.  No Italian fare.  ...and the Pizzas that I saw going by looked fantastic.

And on a final and maybe most important note...check this out!


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