Restaurant Review - Toro

On Friday night, I went out to dinner with the girls. It is always so nice to see Tam, Michele, and Kakes. That in itself is a treat. However, it was nice to have great food paired with great company.

Since we were going out for my birthday, it was my choice. I love eating at tapas style restaurants. It is a great way to taste a lot of the food on the menu. It also makes dinner a much more engaging social experience. Toro was a restaurant that I have wanted to try for quite some time.

Michele, Tam, and I got to Toro a bit before our favorite soccer mom did, so we had a cocktail at the bar while we waited. Michele and I both had La Grenada. It was a delicious mix of vodka, pomegranate, grenadine, and rose cava. We also ordered the Pan con Tomate to eat with the drinks. So far, it was a great start to the evening.

Soon after Kathryn arrived, we got our table. Kathryn's mom had been to Toro before and raved about the corn, so we ordered it. We also ordered the empanadas (something that I fell in love with in Argentina), the garlic shrimp, the ensalada cortada, olives, fried potatoes, mini hamburgers, and a steak dish. All the food was spectacular. The corn lived up to its reputation, it was full of buttery and cheese goodness. Because dinner was great, we had to try the dessert. Churros and creme brulee were ordered and were fabulous.

All in all it was a great dining experience. Of course, 99% of it can be attributed to the great company. We always have a great time hanging out with each other, unfortunately busy schedules often get in the way. I think we are planning on seeing each other next in December! That is far too long. After that we will have Michele's birthday dinner in January. Maybe we should pick a date now before the calendars get too packed.