Hepcat and OTBKB had dinner at LITTLE DISHES. It’s a great place to have in the  neighborhood — a real keeper. Even if you do have to wait an hour to get a table.

We were okay with that because we enjoyed talking to the bartender, ordering Proseco, planning our meal, getting recomendations from the bartender, and talking to each other.

When we sat down — the service was EXCELLENT. We ordered right away. Bread, olives, water arrived IMMEDIATELY.

Our Little Dishes came quickly and they are the NAME OF THE GAME over there. Hepcat had a mushroom soup that was INCREDIBLE. OTBKB had a WARM MUSHROOM SALAD, which may be their SIGNATURE DISH

Hepcat loves lamb, that’s just something you have to know about him. He cooks it and ALWAYS orders it at restaurants. He read about Little Dishes’s lamb shank in the NY Times and he was good to go.

From table to table, everyone was eating LAMB SHANK WITH SPAETZLE. It comes in a bowl and it is QUITE SAVORY. The SPAETZLE with BLACK OLIVES WAS YUM, YUM, YUM.

The lamb was cooked a long time, very moist, came right off the bone, fun to eat. Hepcat liked it.

We had Proseco and Razor Edge Shiraz, a teriffic wine. 2 glasses of each. Woo hoo.

With its  brick walls, Thonet chairs, light wood bar, low lighting, the place is a pleasure to be. Staff: Excellent. The Maitre’D is the owner, her husband is in the kitchen…

COOKING UP A STORM. Small Dishes – We Like You A Lot and WILL BE BACK…