Friday, February 03, 2006

An experience at Tula's

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The review of Tula's is here.

This place came about because I was looking for some music to go see and have some drinks/dinner.

So, a run across a reference to Tula's. After reading about it and calling them and making a reservation, I was pretty much set. Turns out on nights where there's live music, you need a reservation, I was a little suprised.

We get in the car and drive on down there. It's a Friday night, and much to my shugrin, I can't find free street parking. I'm quite good at this task, but given the time constraint (reservation) and the fact that I was starting to get stressed, I found a five dollar lot (at least the price was on my side) and a space barely big enough for my car, thanks to the jackass who decided to almost take up two spots.

My visual actuity told me I could fit after my initial attempt. It took some doing (no thanks to the guy who wouldn't back up behind me, and did I mention the rain?) and after a variety of 10 point turns, I got my car parked. Moving on.

We walk to the place, and it was a bit longer of a walk than I expected, but hey there was a picture of Elvis in a restaurant window, so I felt a little better. We get it and the host informs me of the $12 cover (which I knew was coming, but paid because I really wanted to see what this was all about) and asked me if I had a reservation. Now, mind you I didn't feel exactly welcomed, but I was dressed nice, as was Leah, but the host must have had his own opinions, or I don't know maybe he's generally not-so-welcoming. I didn't like that. Ok, ok...

We sit down and our reserved seats are about 3 feet from the drummer and a speaker, so all I was going to hear was loudness, so that kind of chapped me. But, I was going to make the best of it, so we order a couple of apps (cheesy bread and hummus plate), both were good and the hummus plate was very mild and well presented.

We didn't stay very long after we finished eating and drinking. Sub par. As in my review, I won't be returning.
More info at my new site, SeattleBarBlog.com

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