When I read restaurant recommendations for the downtown St. Petersburg area, everyone insisted on Ceviche. Ceviche is a Spanish tapas restaurant with three different dining experiences depending on your preference. We opted for the outdoor patio complete with wrought iron tables, chairs and umbrellas. It was 9:45pm when we finally got out to our dinner destination so there was concern that we might not even get to sample the acclaimed menu. Good news! They take their last tables in this side of the restaurant at 10 and we made it just in time. While the tapas we sampled were well constructed I was disappointed (again) with the standard of service and knowledge of local fish by the wait staff. The disappointment appeared again at dessert, but we will talk about that in a minute.
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Wednesday, August 1, 2012
Florida Food Tour: Ceviche Downtown St. Pete
The dinner that almost wasn't and the service that was mediocre...
When I read restaurant recommendations for the downtown St. Petersburg area, everyone insisted on Ceviche. Ceviche is a Spanish tapas restaurant with three different dining experiences depending on your preference. We opted for the outdoor patio complete with wrought iron tables, chairs and umbrellas. It was 9:45pm when we finally got out to our dinner destination so there was concern that we might not even get to sample the acclaimed menu. Good news! They take their last tables in this side of the restaurant at 10 and we made it just in time. While the tapas we sampled were well constructed I was disappointed (again) with the standard of service and knowledge of local fish by the wait staff. The disappointment appeared again at dessert, but we will talk about that in a minute.
When I read restaurant recommendations for the downtown St. Petersburg area, everyone insisted on Ceviche. Ceviche is a Spanish tapas restaurant with three different dining experiences depending on your preference. We opted for the outdoor patio complete with wrought iron tables, chairs and umbrellas. It was 9:45pm when we finally got out to our dinner destination so there was concern that we might not even get to sample the acclaimed menu. Good news! They take their last tables in this side of the restaurant at 10 and we made it just in time. While the tapas we sampled were well constructed I was disappointed (again) with the standard of service and knowledge of local fish by the wait staff. The disappointment appeared again at dessert, but we will talk about that in a minute. 
Tuesday, July 31, 2012
Florida Food Tour: Dinner at Fresco's Waterfront
Dinner at Fresco's Waterfront in downtown St. Petersburg. It was a celebratory dinner so we enjoyed sparkling wine with a Smoked Salmon Flatbread Pizza. This was a wonderful representation of intuitive eating as soon as it hit the table. First the rich scent of fresh basil and red onion. Although the toppings were a somewhat unevenly distributed the ingredients melded very well. Capers, tomatoes, spinach, pesto, red onion, green and parmesean on a cream cheese base. Imagine that lox combo on a bagel, in sushi or on a crostini in a first class flight and put it on a pizza crust! But better...
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