Lunch 2.0

Everything after awhile needs an upgrade and my lunch was certainly in need of one.  I'm not a lady who lunches out all the time, so this day was a perfect field trip. Sometimes it's just so nice to be waited on and have a lunch out. No dishes, no clean up, what a treat!  Here in New York...it's restaurant week!  So Susan, Victoria and I headed out to see what good food was waiting for us.

We decided on Craftbar near Union Square. It's nice to try these prefix menus because it narrows down your choices and someone else has thought of it all....pretty special for a girl whose usually digging through her vegetable bin trying to decide if the farmer's market veggies are too far gone to be eaten? Or reheating leftovers from dinner the night before. 

Thanks to who ever is back in the kitchen making my lunch.  I don't know you, but I love you! 

To start...the balls.

 

Little rice balls with spicy tomato sauce...crunchy and creamy. The perfect bite. 

Then it was part of Susan's tomato & basil salad...

For the main course...we had an eggplant panini which I forgot to take a photo of, (oops!) it was toasted perfectly....warm, crunchy and delicious.

After lunch we headed to Fisherman Eddy's where in the window, they made a dress out of spoons!  So cool. 

And probably pretty heavy!  Can you imagine wearing that?!

We are planning on doing a little canning later this summer, so Victoria and I were checking out the canning jars.  We hope to make blueberry preserves and some form of canned tomatoes.  So excited! I've done canning once...and really enjoyed capturing the best of summer in a jar!

Hope you treat yourself to a lunch out soon, or at least upgrade the one you're making at home.  If you can, try a new restaurant, or pick up a sandwich and see what's out there.  You so deserve it! Be well and here's to a better lunch!

Wishing you all a wonderful weekend. 

What's your favorite lunch out?