In August I had a Groupon for Cafe 28 that was going to expire soon so Dallas and I met up with Paul Baker and Kate for dinner. Cafe 28 is a Cuban-Mexican restaurant on Irving Park Road that Dallas used to live near. We used to go for brunch and dinner sometimes and it was always good. Since Dallas doesn’t live near there any more, we haven’t been to dinner at Cafe 28 for probably years. I was excited to go back!

I arrived a bit earlier than everyone else so I sat at the bar. I ordered a caipirinha and chatted with the bartender a little bit. When my drink came, I took a sip and was like “Whoah! That is strong!” and the bartender was all “Well, it should be. It’s all liquor!” Oh. Ok. The bartender reminded me that the caipirinha is made from cachaca (like rum, but made from sugarcane) and a bit of lime and sugar. I love this drink though! It’s Brazil’s national cocktail. As far as I can remember, the first one I ever had was at Esperanto in New York 5 years ago. Love at first sip. I will always remember that as being the best one I had…. tons of muddles limes. Delicious.

As for Cafe 28. It was great, as always. And we hadn’t been out with Paul and Kate for ages, so it was good to catch up with them. Fun night!