The Eighty-Second...

Number Eighty-Two:

Mexico Restaurant, Lunch, Chicken enchiladas verdes



OMG! My first late blog post! I did this napstache on the right day, promise, I just forgot to blog it! Anyway, this lunch special wasn't; too green saucy and the tortilla was too...meh. Still I did manage to get a mural shot out of it!

The Eighty-First...

Number Eighty-One:


Dots Back Inn, Lunch, Corned Beef Hash


We went with Michael and Melissa to go see The Breakfast Club at Movieland. Lisa had never seen it before and I was curious to see how it would hold up. I remember that movie during my youth and thought it was okay, not the best John Hughes, kind of pedestrian characterization, very school play-like, but for a young teen, wow. I also remember when I saw certain scenes (Emilio Estevez's getting stoned dancing) and heard some of the dialog ("Hey wastoid, you're not going to blaze up in here!") I thought it was dumb. Still, you think everything is dumb when you are young, right? Seeing it today, those moments are still kind of cheesy, and I still feel the same way about it, but it was a blast to go see it! After hooting it up with several other people who were culting it up on a Sunday morning, the four of us hit Dots for some lunch. Good times!

Clubstache!

The Eightieth...

Number Eighty:






Balkan Restaurant, Lunch, Chicken Gyro






After reading the recommendation in Richmond Magazine, and me doing Yelp mapping, Lisa and I finally had the chance to try this nice little restaurant in the West end. We started with some cheese Burek, very tasty and fluffy. Then we each had the chicken gyro with two sauces to choose from; one was a red pepper sweet thing and the other was a sour cream and feta thing that was terrific. The bread they make is homemade and fantastic! I asked if we could get some to go for our dinner in the evening, but they said they couldn't because they only made a certain amount. I think our waitress thought I meant for free, but we were wanting to buy some. Anyway, she said we could call ahead for any large orders like that. Good stuff. Service was very friendly and it felt very much family oriented. Very culturally Balkan as many people came in, families, speaking the language and yucking it up like it was a neighborhood restaurant. Recommended spot, wish it was a little closer to town however, because I don't think we will get out there much. The Bookmobile however...

;-)

Balkanstache!

The Seventy-Ninth...

Number Seventy-Nine:



Greek Grill Cafe, Lunch, Hummus and Spanikopita


Friday lunch! This place is a nice little spot on Westwood run by the family that used to run Su Casa around the corner. Nice hummus appetizer with warm pita, fresh tomatoes, cukes, and olives. Hummmmmmmmmus! So Lisa has librarianly and smartly noted that I should include Murals as a tag! Yes! Look at this puppy! So blue, so many things going on, so Greek! Plus this stache kind of looks like the ectoplasm from Victorian medium photos.

Ectoplastache!

The Seventy-Eighth...

Number Seventy-Eight:






Firehouse Subs, Lunch, Steak and Cheese










Computer woes still abound at home, so on the kid's laptop. This photo is from my desk at the office. It's a great view that used to be better before some townhomes came in across the way, still some nice birds come in and sometimes even deer and turkeys. My window shelf has lots of things I like a lot; pictures of Lisa and my daughter, robots, Ghost in the Shell, and other randomness. Also, proof of my dedication to the Napkin Stache A Day, the Jeopardy Question a Day Calender with today's date!

Deskstache!

The Seventy-Seventh...

Number Seventy-Seven:





Cheeseburger Cheeseburger, Lunch, Duh.







The thing about Cheeseburger Cheeseburger is that is SEEMS like a great idea and burger in your mind, but by the time you get there and eat it with the onion rings, it winds up just mediocre. The funnest part about the place? The snapshot photos on the wall of random people who ate an entire pound of beef. They get a burger moppet to pose with and a sharpie to write shout outs or brag.

Also, my laptop died at home, so working on it. Might be some weirdness on the blog post for a day or so.

The Seventy-Sixth...

Number Seventy-Six:







Home, Soup and Sandwich, Chicken Salad





A quick bite for dinner, Lisa and H. were full from their lunches but they kindly ate anyway after I threw a mild tantrum. Homemade chicken salad, which is really just the precooked chicken from Martin's Ukrop's Cafe, sweet relish, onion and the kicker, Duke's Mayonnaise. Oh, and fresh ground black pepper. LOVE pepper pretty much in anything except maybe pudding and cake. It certainly is better than a salt habit, that is for sure.

Speaking of Ukrop's. Note the web link, which is now touting a new name for itself, "Homestyle Foods" which then gives you the redirect to the new name link. So it was awkward typing the above phrase, "Martin's Ukrop's Cafe", too many possessives going on in that. I guess I should call it want it wants to be called now, "Ukrop's Homestyle Foods Cafe at Martin's". That doesn't cut it much either, does it? How about, "Ukrop's Homestyle Foods now, but soon to be just a Martin's prepared fresh food area". There, that's more like it.

Anyway, a quick meal and a quick photo, catching H. mid-bite! Ha!