townhouse.

thanks yelp. we went to townhouse bar and grill this weekend over in emeryville. it was so delicious! good service and good italian food! I was so happy that catherine and kim were able to join. it used to be a western bar and then a speakeasy which gives it a lot of character and history, as the maître d’ told us.

the outside was original as you can tell. ferris thought it was a hole in the wall restaurant at first. but the mercedes-benzs parked outside probably meant it wasn't.

the inside was pretty awesome. the exposed beams really make it. gives it charm.

a few quick pictures of course. notice the girl behind kim and ferris. she's with her parents and on her personal laptop the whole time, watching some show. she had ordered the two sliders and a side of fries, if you were wondering. I also noticed how odd the forks looked right when we were seated. peculiar.

our waiter came and read us the list of specials for the evening. we were amazed at how well she relayed them to us, but soon told us that she was "out of it" that day. she was good.

nothing like cheap thrills such as free bread and butter. or in this case olive oil and vinegar with black pepper.

noticed the two stacked plates. this was round two. oh yeah. and the fact that a different person served the bread made it easier to ask for seconds.

kim and I both had the spaghetti and meatballs. (I normally like variation at the table, but in this case, it was cool.) and it was so good! it was moist and the sauce tasted so fresh. the meatballs were a little pink but we trusted they were done. I didn't get sick or anything. hope kim didn't!

ferris had the chicken picatta. served with mashed potatoes and broccolini. (broccolini is not my fave. I tried to give it a second chance but it still wasn't very good.) everything was yummy.

catherine ordered the cedar plank roasted vegetables and risotto cakes. this is what she got.

fish. it looked so good. she started eating it (knowing it was wrong), but then they came with the real deal.

still good! and the risotto cakes were so cheesy. I hoped he would have left the fish for all of us to try, but took it away and immediately threw it out. so sad.

overall it was really great. we'll have to go back sometime. four stars.

we were gonna end the night with root beer floats and dancing, but that didn't happen. we all went to bed early. what can you do...