Granville's Steak House / Steakhouse 55

Name: Granville's Steak House (since renamed to Steakhouse 55)
Address: Disneyland Hotel, Anaheim, CA, 92802
Phone: 714-781-DINE (3463)
Web site: (on Disneyland Resort Web site, Flash)
Date & Time visited: Sunday, August 21, 2005, 10:50 AM
Guests: Jennifer and me
What we had: Eggs Benedict (Jen), American Breakfast (me)

Service: Fantastic! Friendly, attentive without being overbearing, service with a smile.

This is usually an expensive surf-and-turf dinner place, but they've recently started having a resonably-priced full-service breakfast as well. Jen said the eggs benedict ranked at or near the top of her scale. My "American Breakfast" (eggs, potatoes, sausage) was decent.

Would we go back: Absolutely.

Uva Bar & Cafe

Name: Uva Bar & Cafe
Address: 1580 Disneyland Drive, Suite 103, Anaheim, California 92802
Phone: 714-774-4442
Web site: www.patinagroup.com/catal
Date & Time visited: Friday, August 19, 2005, 10:15 PM
Guests: Jennifer and me
What we had: Turkey Club sandwich and "Napoleon Dynamite" martini (Jen), Compressed Manchego salad and Ketel One vodka martini (me)

Service: Good, for a bar. That means long periods with no attention at all from the server, but when she was around she was very nice.

Jen enjoyed her sandwich very much and her "Napoleon Dynamite" was great. The Manchego salad was extremely good, and my martini was perfectly made and so smooth that I didn't realize how strong it was until a few moments later.

Would we go back: Yes. In fact we've been back since then. The only real disappointment is that since the place is an outdoor lounge, smoking is allowed and therefore ubiquitous.

Pasta Pomodoro

Name: Pasta Pomodoro
Address: 1060 Park Place, San Mateo, CA 94403
Phone: 650-574-2600
Web site: www.pastapomodoro.com
Date & Time visited: Monday, August 15, 2005, 1:30 PM
Guests: Jennifer and me
What we had: Prosciutto Panini w/Ceasar Salad (Jen), Pollo Panini w/Tortilla Soup (me)

Service: Acceptable but not stellar.

Would we go back: Yes.

City Pub

Name: City Pub
Address: 2620 Broadway, Redwood City, CA 94063
Phone: 650-363-2620
Web site: www.city-pub.com
Date & Time visited: Saturday, July 30, 2005, 3:30 PM
Guests: Jennifer and me
What we had: Chinese Cashew Salad (Jen), Bacon Cheese Burger [Turkey patty] (me)

Service: Good. Friendly server, frequent iced tea refills.

Would we go back: Yes.