sette bello BLOWS

January 16, 2006 by j.

I ran two miles today. Wheezing, but still. It’s something. You know what’s really annoying is when you’re running full stride, sweat dripping, and the guy on the next treadmill wants to start a conversation. Isn’t that bad gym etiquette?

Didn’t do much this weekend but eat. So - here is the food report:

Rosa Mexicano was actually very good - the guac was great, and very interesting presentation the tacos - a tiny skillet with meat, grilled vegetables, and cheese.. and a lot of tiny containers with interesting taco toppings. The dessert was really good - standard tasting flan, but with a side of melted crap that was really yummy, and crystallized pineapple to garnish. Yes I would absolutely recommend it, but I think I just can’t justify paying really high prices for Mexican food though (have the same gripe about Oyamel). I feel like real Mexican food is just supposed to be inexpensive, period. I would also like to add that while some find it a charming experience, I think it’s a sham when you have to assemble your own food. Oh one last thing - our waiter was a tall elegant from-africa African, who looked really strange in an embroidered Mexican shirt… but our busboy. He was the real deal.

Aight.. Sette Bello. We had reservations at noon but got eager (read: starving) and showed up half an hour early. The place supposedly has sunday brunch from 10-3, but when we arrived it was EMPTY. We were the second table seated, in a pretty large restaurant. Ignoring this danger sign, we decided to order from the breakfast/brunch specialty menu, rather than gorge ourselves with the special Restaurant Week menu - possibly big mistake. I ordered a breakfast pizza with home fries, and Kevin got a standard breakfast that sounded pretty fancy (eggs, toasted brioche, sausage). First of all, our waiter sucked complete donkey balls. Service was so bad, and don’t try that “we’re Italian!” crap either, because this was way beyond that. The table that got seated next to us later (3 rich ladies) had the same complaint. Secondly, the food: the pizza was crap - half the stuff they promised as toppings were nowhere to be found - but there sure was a hell of a lot of artichoke hearts!. And there is a situation with an egg on top that would take way too long to explain. I’ll sum it up with: “shit”. I also never got my home fries, so I have nothing to complain about there I guess. Kevin’s fancy breakfast looked pretty sad - IHOP does a better job on presentation. He ordered his eggs over easy but they were fairly close to being well done, his “toasted brioche” looked like two small rye crackers, and his sausage looked like a hamburger patty, but he claims it was a tasty one. I will say one nice thing about Sette Bello though - they have nice tables and chairs. Anyway, don’t bother going.

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