Can’t Beet Chocolate
Published January 21, 2007 by CabledSheep
Thursday night my husband and I went to Cannella’s for dinner (500 South/200 East). As of last week, they’re now open Monday-Saturday for dinner, instead of just the weekends. And now that they’ve expanded into the area where Junior’s Tavern used to be, they’ve got a full bar, complete with bartender. The dinner menu is brand new, and expanded from their previous offerings. I was sorry to see that they no longer provide the free antipasto tray with dinner, but they do have a number of appetizers. We didn’t have an appetizer, but we did each order a specialty cocktail from the menu. The bartender even came over to see how we liked them, because they were the first ones she had made. (They were perfect.) I had rigatoni with sausage, and my husband had the seafood marinara - which was really great. Service was really slow because there was only one waitress plus a trainee (and they has a full restaurant, including a table of 20), but we weren’t in a hurry so we didn’t care. The waitress was very apologetic and gave us a free dessert - we chose our favorite, the chocolate beet cake. Trust me on this, it’s amazing. You’d never know there were beets in it - it’s just an incredibly dark, rich, chocolate cake. Oh, and if you’re wondering about lunch, nothing has changed other than having the expanded seating - the food’s the same as always. But now for the odd part. After the remodeling, the bathrooms are now in the basement. I went to the women’s restroom, and found it very surprising. It’s one large room with a lock on the door, but there are two toilets and two sinks. I wondered if that gave a new meaning to women going to the restroom in pairs. I suppose maybe they’re going to put in partitions, but don’t you think they’d have done that in the first place? Of course, I had to send my husband down to check out the men’s room. Two urinals and a toilet. I know you were wondering.
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Cabled Sheep lives in Salt Lake City, Utah, where she enjoys knitting and munching veggies out of the garden.
I tried to eat there a month or two back, but they were closed, so I’m glad to hear that they’re open again!
I have nightmares about bathrooms like that!
I have never eaten there - sounds like we should!