Some Favorite Restaurant Items

I went to lunch with friends today. We all lived in Kirkland, WA together at some point, and over the years we've all ended up here in Utah. Most of us live in the Salt Lake valley, but there are a couple down in Utah valley. We get together every month and have lunch. Today the food was pretty good, and the company was great. On the drive home I thought of some restaurants I really like.

Cafe Rio is one of those. I'm sure their mild green salsa has some ingredient that my body cannot live without. I have a compulsion to order food items that have that sauce on it. 

Cafe Veloce in Kirkland, Washington has a Pasta Muffaletta that I positively adore. I don't get to Cafe Veloce every time I'm in town, but I sure try to. I fell in love with Pasta Muffaletta at first taste. I have never ordered anything else there. When Ray traveled a lot I would treat myself to take-out Pasta Muffaletta, and save it to eat in solitude after the kids were in bed. The kids call it Stinky Pasta. I call it irresistible.

Pizza Bank Restaurant is only a few blocks from where I lived in Kirkland. It's about a mile from my mom and dad's house. I eat there every time I'm in Kirkland. It used to be a bank, then it was converted into a restaurant. My friend Betty Olcott first introduced me to Pizza Bank, and I've been eating there as often as possible ever since. 

I only order one thing: the beef gyro. I just know there are drugs in that meat. There is something about it that sends me over the moon. My mouth is watering right now, just thinking about it. It's nothing fancy, just some seasoned meat on a pita with a little tomato, onion and tzatziki sauce. But it's to die for.