Barrio Cafe

    Liz's birthday was earlier this week, so she gets to pick where we go eat tonight.  There's not a lot of suspense - she's picked Barrio Café the last three years in a row.

    It's a relatively small place on 7th Street.  They don't take reservations, so you can expect a wait of anywhere from 45 minutes to a couple hours.  The food is pricey but good.  The service is always excellent.  They usually have some local musician playing Mexican songs, and if we get drunk enough, we buy his CD.

    Bon appetit, y'all.

Ruth's Chris Steak House

    Tomorrow is our 34th anniversary, so tonight we went out to eat at Ruth's Chris Steak House in Scottsdale.  The restaurant is on the second floor, and we ate out on the patio, under the stars and gathering clouds.  The weather was perfect.

    So was the food.  But it was incredibly expensive.  Luckily, we had $125 worth of gift cards to defray about 3/4 of the cost.  Ruth's Chris is definitely a once-a-year sort of place to dine.  But it is still an experience in elegance.