Matt was back in town last week so on Wednesday he got a bunch of people together at Simone’s in Pilsen. Matt and I used to work together at FeedBurner and Google and has since moved to Seattle, so it was good to see him again. A few of my other coworkers from those places that I hadn’t seen for some time also came and it was fun to catch up.
Eric, Jessie, Alden, Rachelle, Joe, Jessica, Matt
I also got to see Blagica, who I still keep in touch with online, but don’t get to see in person much any more.
Simone’s has a great beer list, which we sampled heavily. Matt also ordered up an assortment of food like empanadas, pizzas, fries and mozzarella sticks. Later on after a lot of people had left, Sam, who was taking care of us that night, appeared like this: Flaming.
And Matt looked something like this: Day-am!
He blew the fire out and we drank the shots and they were delicious. Sam’s own creation, they tasted like black forest cake. I can’t remember all of the ingredients, but there was Bailey’s and Grand Marnier on the top (which is the part that was lit on fire). Sam would then sprinkle cinnamon over them. Can you see it?
It looks like the shots aren’t on fire because of the flash, but they are. Look again.
We had a couple round of these shots. They were so good. Alden wanted to drink a pint glass of them. But he didn’t.
After a few rounds Matt started to look like this. (He had just flown in that day on a 6 a.m. flight!)
And the bar started to look alien.
Fun night. Nice catching up with friends. And I liked Simone’s, too. It’s somewhat hard to get to, but if you live down by Pilsen or the neighboring hoods you should definitely check it out. The owners of Simone’s are the ones opening Nice Slice Pizza Bar at the end of my block, so I’m very hopeful now.