Dinner at Formento’s

Becky, Chris, Mark, Romi, Ujval and I met up for dinner at Formento’s. So great to see everyone. All of these people will always have a special place for me! The time we worked together was the best and worst and we all came through.

I’d never been to Formento’s. It’s an Italian restaurant and part of the group that opened Bristol, Swift and Son’s, Cold Storage, etc. Great food. The service was also very personable and attentive. Def recommend.

Visiting the only Olive Garden in Chicago

I probably have not been to Olive Garden for 15-20 years. Really looked forward to it after the commute I had! It took one hour for the train to move from one station to the next. We were stuck in between. When we got to the station I got out and walked to the Brown Line. Dallas picked me up near the Addison Brown line station and we drove straight across Addison to Olive Garden! This is the only Olive Garden in Chicago and is near our new house, so we decided to give it a try. I heard that it gets SUPER busy on the weekends with a long wait.  People love to come ironically and nostalgically. Bonus points to the waitress who didn’t know the difference between Pinot Gris and Pinot Noir. Her screw up scored me double wine!

Dinner at Mirabella

Adam and Christine used to live in Old Irving, near our new neighborhood, so they’ve done a great job of showing us the ropes in our first few days living here. They were having a family dinner with their parents and the other Oris brothers, who we know, so they invited us. Mirabella was a super delicious, old school Italian steakhouse. Makai had the salmon! And for dessert, we ordered something chocolate mint ice cream, thinking it would be like mint chocolate chip ice cream, but it was a chocolate dessert that was minty, like a thin mint. It was amazing.