The attraction was that the special New Year's Eve menu was to be served from 4-9 pm on NYE. I made reservations for 4--we were home by 6:30 avoiding all the madness and having a special evening anyway.
We started with individual splits of Martini and Rossi Moscato. For the remainder of the meal, I ordered a Nobel House Riesling--one of our favorites. For an appetizer TR had a creamy spicy shrimp and crab soup. I had the squab. He loved the soup and I very much enjoyed the squab--I'd had it once before in Mexico and it was overcooked and dry, but this was perfect.
For an entrée, we both ordered scallops with creamed leeks. It smelled good coming to the table. It tasted as good as it smelled. We used up an entire loaf of bread soaking up the sauce. Wonderful!
For dessert, TR had the chocolate crème brulee. I had the pumpkin cheesecake with a caramel drizzle. We tasted each other's--they were both superb. The brulee was very rich, more like a mousse than a brulee to my taste. The cheesecake, creamy and also rich.
Our waiter was a bit too enthusiastic and familiar, but I just gave it right back to him. We had a great time. They did add the tip to the bill, but they made the fact that they had done that obvious. I'd not known them to do that before, but I don't mind. Saves me having to figure it out.
In addition to pizza and wine, this location also has a great Tapas menu, a full Italian menu complete with everyone's favorite Italian desserts. The menu we chose from last night was a special menu only offered on special days of the year and varies then.
Then the menus offered for the wine dinners are one of a kind as are the appetizers that are a part of the wine tastings.
We hope we can find a place like this when we hit San Antonio.
