Tuesday, March 2, 2010

More utopia!

After 2 weeks of Jamie and I going back and forth on what else makes up this ideal dining utopia we came up with a few more ideas...
How about great, healthy and affordable food at any hour; you know like a big city?!
Who wants sushi at midnight or later? We do! You may too and there are just a handful of spots that have started leading the way.

Soul gastrolounge being the first, offers a wide range of tapas and sushi, but I believe they only serve til midnight. The sushi is usually very pristine and moderately priced and the tapas tend to be a bit inconsistent in portion and flavor. I repeat we are not reviewing restaurants just giving our opinions :)!
Cyros sushi and sake bar was a great find and get this, you can get sushi up until 2am! The rolls we tried were fresh, presented well and creative. Unfortunately the sushi also carries a south park price tag which I believe to be a late night convenience fee. But hey, it's worth it to get food you want when you want it.
Amelie's is a great cafe type restaurant that is open 24/7 offering European influenced sandwich's, pastries, soups, coffee, tea, etc. It always feels like a buzzy coffee shop, the kind college kids main line their caffeine so they can finish papers and studying. Having said that, we haven't been too many times and have yet to find out where they get their ingredients.
Now, I have heard that there is a little restaurant called the Mad Greek on South blvd that also stays open late that we have yet to try.
I also should not leave out the one and only Landmark diner which we consider to be a decent breakfast place with an in house bakery; here comes the but, they to my knowledge still don't offer any locally raised/grown food.
So this is what we are asking of you, our people! If you know of any rumored or definite late night food spots, let us know!
It's a damn shame that the people who are preparing and serving delicious food in the high end restaurants rarely ever get to experience it for themselves and I refuse to believe that the only options for you are chicken wings! Let's be real though, who doesn't enjoy a proper chicken wing?
Dine well,
Cozy and Jamie

3 comments:

  1. hearting this blog!! so needed, and refreshing. back to the sushi post real quick like - mizuho in pineville - out of the way, yes, worth it? YES! amazing. fresh. family run, hole in the wall, best sushi in town. buuut, i haven't had new zealand yet, so, we'll see :)

    as far as late night eats, agreed. the only thing we ever manage to eat late night is fuel. haven't been to the mad greek yet, but i wanna go. we should go sometime!

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  2. Yes to all of the above! I'd be honored to introduce to New Zealand also! xo

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