Oh my god, this place is SOOOOOOOOO good!!! I have not had much better meals anywhere in the world! Zocolo would do very well in any capitol city in the world - New York, London, Paris... The food was delicious and the service was perfect. Paul was an excellent host. One of the highlights of the evening was the opportunity to visit with him!
Being on an "ALL kids left behind" vacation, my wife and I decided to linger over dinner, and started off with drinks in the BEAUTIFUL bar area up front. Great drinks - large and well done. Great mixologist there! Here are a couple of pictures of the bar area (note the beautiful mural on the back wall):
Paul mentioned that, not only did he do all the decoration, he actually designed all the furniture himself - hats off!
Anyway, we started off with some grilled onion tartlets that were served immediately upon being seated at our dinner table. I mentioned to my wife that if they were any indication of things to come - we were in for a real treat!
For appetizers I had the seafood sausage and Kelli had the grilled pear salad with roquefort cheese. Both great choices with wonderful flavor. For main courses Kelli had the steak with grilled garlic cloves and I ordered the lamb shank. The steak was literally COVERED with grilled cloves!!! Perfectly well done, juicy and wonderful. The lamb shank, however, was the true stand out of the meal. This was, hands down, the best lamb I've ever had. The flavor was heavenly and it was so tender it almost fell off the bone. Served with truffle oil infused mashed potatoes, it was one of the best entrees I've ever had.
Of course, everything was made even more wonderful when the staff delivered the large flower arrangement that I had purchased for my wife earlier that day and had delivered to the restaurant (I just love surprising her like that!!!):
Do yourself a BIG favor and make it to Zocolo!!! You will not regret it!!!