2012 in Review: Best Restaurants

I know I've been slacking in a major way on the ol' blog here this year.  You've missed some seriously great parts of Gibson life because I've just been too lazy to type them out or snap some photos.  So to make it up to you, I've decided to do a year-in-review series over the next couple of days to catch you up on all the very important details of 2012. 

I know.  You're welcome.

To start off our review, let's talk food.  Restaurants in particular.  One of our new year's resolutions for 2012 was to try a new restaurant every month.  We invited ya'll along and deemed these dinners out: Supper Club.

Supper Club was pretty dang successful if I do say so myself.  Although I only posted about 8 new restaurant experiences, there were lots of new places tried out.  We had lots of fun doing it and will continue it into 2013. 

Over the course of the year we tried some really great places.  We also had a few duds in there too.  So here's the list of our favorite new restaurants of 2012.  Again, these are new to us.  Not actually new.

1. Blue Nile.  Who would have thought we would love Ethiopian food so much?  We do!  The food is amazing, you get to eat with your hands, and the place was just an overall great experience.  There's a new Ethiopian spot near us that is definitely on our list for 2013.

2. Urban Table.  You know how much I love BRGR.  So of course I would fall in love with it's new neighbor owned by the same peeps.  I must say though, I LOVE Urban Table for breakfast.  The coffee is fantastic, the food is delish, and the atmosphere is great.  It has the neighborhood feel that I love so much about so many places in PV. 

BUT I wasn't as crazy about the dinner service.  Granted, I've only been once, and I did have an amazing time (my dining partners probably had something to do with it), and their sangria was out of this world.  But I was unimpressed with the food.  And food is what it really comes down to, right?

So I will continue to breakfast at Urban Table as often as possible.  And maybe I'll give them another chance for dinner.  Maybe.

3. Pizza 51 West.  I first tried this little joint in Fairway after an early morning run with Brit.  Breakfast pizza???  YES PLEASE!!!  That visit was followed by yummy pizza & beers on the patio after kickball games.  I even elected to have my birthday celebration here.  I am thrilled to have such a fun & tasty place so close to home!

4. Hamburger Mary's.  If you haven't gone, go.  Just do it.  You will have an amazing time, plus the food is great.  Seriously, the best veggie burger I've ever had.  And drag-queen bingo is not to be missed.  I'm telling you, my in-laws finally dragged their group of some-what-conservative friends to Bingo, and they had a blast.  Seriously, everyone loves drag queens.  My plan is to attend the drag-queen brunch in 2013.  We also have plans for a teacher-function there. 

Teachers & drag queens.  What could be better?

5.  The Majestic.  This is Drew's pick for favorite new restaurant of 2012.  He can't say enough about his delicious steak, the amazing bartender, and the delightful jazz.  I have a hard time recalling all those things as I can only focus on getting shushed at the end of the evening.  If we have a reason to go out to a nice dinner in the future, and Drew is the one choosing, he would most definitely pick the Majestic.  Try it out, but please keep your voices down!

So there it is; the best of the best places to eat in 2012.  We're super excited to try more next year too!  It's become one of our favorite things to do.  Plus anything that gets us out of the house and off the couch is a good thing. :)