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[Daniel]

http://luluandpo.com/

I had a really wonderful dinner here the other night. Food was terrific, service was super friendly, it is a great addition to the neighborhood. The only reason why I have not been back was, well, I feel asleep before we went back the following night and i have been stuck in Chicago since then. It appears to be a husband and wife team. Our bartender who was so nice told us the chef used to work at Belcourte.

We started with a Jersery tomato salad that had warm butter and salt. This was a thing of beauty. Firstly, I enjoyed the fact that jersey was highlighted. My mother has been giving me jersey tomatoes for the last few weeks and they have been fabulous. This dish showed a lot of creativity and restraint. Often times you here about tomatoes being covered in olive oil and salt, maybe a little basil.. Here they were just simply covered in butter. I felt like it was more of a buerre monte sauce but, they said it was simply butter. As we spoke about how it would be better with basil, or this herb, or something else, the simplicity was just terrific. we all know the chef knows about basils and tarragons and things.. but, the restraint showed a lot of thought.

Ahh shit, computer is about to die.. Talk amongst yourselves.. i highly suggest people giving this place a try.

[Wilfrid]

I have been meaning to get there. Soon.

[Steve R.]

I have been meaning to get there. Soon.

Me too. Soon.

No one noticed that Rancho Gordo beans (the heirlooms) are on the menu?

[Wilfrid]

More importantly, Lex can now get the burger for $11 (plus $5 fries).

[AaronS]

I have been meaning to get there. Soon.

Me too. Soon.

No one noticed that Rancho Gordo beans (the heirlooms) are on the menu?

it's mentioned in the bellcourt thread

[Orik]

Sob stories predicted for mid-late 2013.

[AaronS]

I think that neighborhood is starved for halfway decent food, there's not that much that caters to the people that own those homes now and the location isn't as bad as it seems at first.

having lived on that strip for about 5 years I think that the way the restaurant looks is at least half the game around there and it looks nice.

the restaurant that was there before wasn't that great and was there for a long time, if this does fail it'll be their fault.

[Wilfrid]

Sob stories predicted for mid-late 2013.

You've been getting it right since Uovo, yes?

[Daniel]

Miss A and two friends were drinking there last night.. She said it was empty.

[Orik]

Sob stories predicted for mid-late 2013.

You've been getting it right since Uovo, yes?

Yup.

[Anthony Bonner]

Sob stories predicted for mid-late 2013.

Couldn't I just predict this for any restaurant and be right 50% of the time.

[Orik]

Sob stories predicted for mid-late 2013.

Couldn't I just predict this for any restaurant and be right 50% of the time.

You could. I wish him the best of luck, of course - he seems like a nice guy - but I've had enough of his food to form a pretty solid opinion.

[Wilfrid]

Belcourt stayed afloat six years, right through the recession/depression. But I get that you don't like his food.

[Orik]

Belcourt was a special real-estate situation. I made no prediction that it'll fail even though it was always empty.

[Wilfrid]

So it's not the food, it's the real estate?