Botticelli's - January 29, 2013

Of all the 6 places we have been so far this was my favorite as far as food!  It was so delicious and I cannot wait to go back.
You need reservations but very easy to book online at "open table".  I called the day of our meal and added one more person.
Because we wanted to have the happy hour menu, we sat out in beer garden.  It was very pretty and was great except a rainstorm blew in on us about the time we were arriving.  They turned on the table heater and we got comfy and really enjoyed the storm.  Of course here they don't last long and the whole thing blew over in about 15 minutes.
The happy hour menu has food and drinks for a great price, it is from 5-7 daily.
We had a 7 people and again had such a good time catching up and visiting.
Here are the reviews:

Deb H. said the place was clean and fun, commented that a storm blew in and we stayed dry.  the wait staff was very friendly and helpful.  She had mussells and ravioli.  Both were excellent.  She is ready to go back again and said the parking was much easier than she thought!

Robyn N. liked the ambiance, even the light rain shower made the patio nice!  She notes our waitress wasn't overly friendly but she did her job well except for getting Paula her drink.  She had the ravioli stuffed with butternut squash and says "yummy"!  She is going back again and said "Company was the best"!

Debbie B. had the bread Italian sandwich and said it was good and there was lots for the price.

My review as I stated above is that I loved this place and especially the food!  We sat in the beer garden but very nice, the table still had white table cloths and candles.  The wait staff was very helpful in getting some plastic down and the table heater turned on to make us comfortable.  The happy hour menu has several drinks for $5 and beer for $2.  The Botticelli bread is the best and on the happy hour menu is just $7.  It is a full load of Italian bread stuffed with meats and cheese.  It is enough for two to share.  I also had shrimp with polenta off the HH menu which was just $5.  This was my first time to have polenta and it was great.  It is a mix between grits and cornbread.
I am definitely going back again!  This was the best food so far in my opinion.

Go see for yourself, I think you will really love Botticelli's if you like Italian food.

Grazing Congress Group-Opal Devine's

It has been awhile since my last post.  Due to summer vacations and then holidays, we had a slower end to 2012 but we are back at it for 2013 and will be "grazing" once a month.

That said, we did go to Opal Devine's 9/25/2012.  There were 5 of us and we had a wonderful time catching up and visiting.  We ate on their fabulous deck under the misters because it was still very hot in Austin, TX last September.
The food and service was great, I had the fish and chips which was very good and I highly recommend it.  Teresa enjoyed the food and atmosphere so much she took her family back so they could enjoy it again.  We had a few pictures but I do not have them to post here.

In January we went to Botticelli's.  I will review it in the next post!