Dining with the Mayor of Chicago

Well not quite but still. Armand's cousin-in-law Erik was in town yesterday and so we dined at Frontera Grill. I have been wanting to try this place for literally, years. But it's incredibly hard to get a reservations and it's impossible to have dinner there because of the common 2-hour waits. Last night, we were told our wait was going to be 1 hour, but that slowly turned into almost 2 hours. At first, it was worth it but then it wasn't so amusing anymore as we were starving by the second. Apparently, Mayor Daley was dining there as well and so you know, us commoners had to wait even longer. We also saw the famous chef of the restaurant, Rick Bayless there.

We had a sampler of appetizers and red wine, which were on the house for our excruciating long wait. I ordered the carne asada which was incredibly tender and had this wonderful spicy sauce. The guacamole was the freshest I've ever had and even the beans tasted good!! Overall, it was a great night, enough to make up for the fact that it snowed here yesterday.

and today? a high of 29 fucking degrees.