JT's with Dick & Iris

We had a wonderful dinner tonight with Dick and Iris at JT's. I had the Rigatoni Bolognese which I've had there several times and love. I also had my usual Tuscan Blend wine and then followed it up with a nice Peroni draft beer.

Everyone else had seafood. Becky had the Shrimp Scampi. Dick had a Dover Sole which was stuffed with clam and crab with a lobster sauce. Iris had the Grilled Whole Trout. Wow. And we started off with a large plate of Sauteed Mussels. All of us except Becky who doesn't eat mussels. It was delicious and a little hot too. 

The restaurant was busy for a snowy Wednesday night but it was also kind of quiet. It was nice sitting there at our table and enjoying our conversations. We ended up sitting at our table together for a little over two hours. The service was wonderful as always and the staff were exceptionally friendly.

It was also kind of a crazy snowy night on Elmwood Avenue and from our table we could see the snow coming down and at times it looked like a white out. Becky and I parked the car in our usual spot on Bidwell and as we walked the block and a half to JT's we had snow blowing in our faces. We couldn't believe how much snow was coming down. It was snowing when we left the house but not very much and it wasn't until we got over to Elmwood that suddenly we were in white out conditions. It snowed a little throughout the day but it wasn't forecasted for snow this evening. This was all some crazy lake effect snow. We had to shake ourselves off after we walked into the restaurant. Our reservation was for 6:30 but we got there about 15 minutes early. We sat at our table to wait for Dick and Iris. We were concerned for them. They arrived at 6:30 and Dick let Iris off at the door then we parked the car right out in front. We helped Iris in with her walker and got her seated at our table.

During our Christmas Eve dinner Dick and I talked about getting together soon to go out to dinner at a restaurant. We had been talking about this all year whenever we were together for some family event when the kids were in town. Going out to dinner would be a chance for just the four of us to get together. So because of Iris's mobility issues they should pick a restaurant.

Dick had contacted us recently and suggested dinner. We agreed right away and said we were flexible. They decided on JT's restaurant which is one of our favorite places for dinner and picked the day and time... Wednesday Jan. 28 at 6:30 pm. Everything went very well despite the snow.

Right before we left we talked about doing this again at another restaurant but in the Spring. Dick and Iris are traveling to California to spend time with Jeremy, Rachel and the kids and plan to spend about 4 weeks there. Now that's a nice break in the weather.