My hus­band and I recently went to our favorite local restau­rant and once again had a fab­u­lous time. We have been going there since it opened in 2007.  Maybe you have heard of it? Bistro Basque.

We love this restau­rant, when you walk through the front door you are trans­ported to the Basque region, the food is sim­ply won­der­ful and the ambiance is just charming.

The staff is very atten­tive to your every need and they are always happy! Noth­ing is worse than going to a restau­rant and hav­ing a per­son serve you food that, you can tell, doesn’t want to be there. The owner is also there on a reg­u­lar basis, walk­ing through the restau­rant greet­ing guests. He is very nice and gen­uinely con­cerns him­self with your expe­ri­ence at his estab­lish­ment being a pos­i­tive one. Also the chefs’ con­sis­tency is impec­ca­ble, he uses very sim­ple, very fresh ingre­di­ents and he deliv­ers every time. By the time din­ner is through you feel like you have been on a mini hol­i­day to the Basque region. For these rea­sons I have listed we fre­quent this estab­lish­ment often and we have intro­duced many of our friends to this pre­cious gem. Quite a few of our friends that we intro­duced to Bistro Basque are from out of state. When my hus­band and I go to din­ner here we usu­ally will take pic­tures on our iPhones of us hav­ing Moji­tos or eat­ing our desserts and send them to our friends to tease them a lit­tle (don’t you wish you lived closer, LOL?). It’s all in good fun.

Every­thing on the menu is yummy but these are our favorites.

Picodon — Baked goat cheese toasts, grilled toma­toes, Proven­cal herbs

Arti­chokes

Artichaux sautés– Arti­chokes sautéed in capers and white wine sauce

Flank Steak

Steak au poivre — Flank steak, pep­per sauce served with gratin and ratatouille

And don’t for­get to order a Mojito!

Basque Mojito

So next time you can’t decide where to go out to eat check out Bistro Basque…

Bistro Basque

–Me

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