date night

John and I got a date night this weekend. His mom was in town so we took a much needed break together. Since we don’t get many of these anymore we wanted to try a new restaurant with great food and good ambiance. We decided on a restaurant down town (Z Fusion). We had reservations for 8:30 but arrived early for a drink at the bar. During our drink we decided the restaurant was not all we were looking for, the food looked great but the ambiance was very lacking. So after our drink we walked to another restaurant (Proof). The next restaurant had the opposite problem. Lots of charm but there was nothing on the menu that really jumped out at us. Neither of us is picky eaters and like a lot of different foods so it came as a surprise when there was nothing on the menu that sounded good. We had already ordered a bottle of wine so we took it to the bar. After our bottle of wine we decided to try one more time to eat. By this point we were pretty hungry. The 3rd restaurant was Jeff Ruby’s. The food ended up being very good but the restaurant was a little different then we pictured. It was like being in Vegas. It was dark but still had neon lights everywhere, crushed velvet booths, glittery mermaid tacky décor and a very loud band. We should have stayed at the first place. That’s what happens when you think the grass is greener elsewhere. We had lots of fun together though, just what we really needed!