Can we do dinner?

I have a few girlfriends that I get together with,
either as a group or sometimes one on one time.  :)

It had been a while since Sherry and I had gotten together for dinner and she asked if we could meet for dinner ~ of course!! How could I say no?!

We decided to meet somewhere in the middle and chose to meet at TK's Urban Tavern in the Scottsdale Quarter.

We started the evening with cocktails, of course. ;)   Sherry started with a mojito and I had a topical tropical.

We had SO much catching up to do.  I think we talked for almost 20 minutes before we even looked at the menu to decide what we wanted to eat.

I mean cocktails ARE more important....right?  :)~

We continued to talk and half paying attention to the menu that was placed in front of us.  Our poor server kept checking to see if we were ready to order (about 4 times,maybe 5), so we finally looked at the menu.





This is our AWESOME server ~ Marissa!
Thank you again for putting up with us!

She was so sweet and patient with us.  Imagine two gals that haven't seen each other since...January!  Of course we've talked, texted and emailed but.....that's not the same as seeing each other in person.

And as with most of us females....we had questions about the menu, which Marissa answered all we had thrown at her with a great attitude.  She was really awesome with us. :)





Sean, the bartender (posed here..lol) makes awesome mojito's and topical tropicals!  I think we ended up having three each.  :)  Ok, in his defense he kept moving around so much for me to get a good shot while he was in action!


Then Marissa came with our appetizers!  Yum!!  We were hungry, though we took forever to place our order with her.  ~lol






Mmmmm.....who doesn't love mac & cheese?!
Let me just tell you how creamy and velvety it was..oh wait!  I just did!  OMG it was SO yummy!

It's house made with white cheddar cheese and they use panko bread crumbs in it!  A must have!

And along with that we had the chipotle shrimp.  Made with creamed leeks, pearl onions and bacon served with country bread.

Oh! And don't let this little dish fool you because it does have a nice kick to it!  It wasn't too spicy and was perfect.





We both had the same idea in mind for dinner since we had such rich and wonderful tasting appetizers.

We ordered the grilled salmon salad on a bed of mixed greens with kale, tomato, cucumber, baby sweet radishes with a vinaigrette dressing.

The salmon was done to perfection, moist and flakey and seasoned just right.  And the salad had just the right amount of vinaigrette on it without it drowning.

I have to say it was one of the most wonderful tasting grilled salmon I've had in a while. (since my Texas trip. At Sustenio, in the Eilan Hotel in San Antonio by Chef David Gilbert)






The bar area seats about 10 and then there are 6 high tops in the bar area.  The dining room has about 11 tables and there is a patio out side that seats about 20 or so.


The staff is really nice and friendly and I think that really adds to the ambiance as it was really comfortable and relaxing to have dinner and catch up with Sherry.


Marissa came back to see if we wanted dessert and Sherry and I looked at each other and then to Marissa and started laughing.  We told her that dinner would not be complete if we didn't share a dessert.






Dessert was a tough choice ~ chocolate cake with carmel ice cream, root beer float, grilled angel food cake with balsamic strawberries and whipped cream, seasonal cobbler ala mode or ice cream ala mode.

It came down to the cobbler and the grilled angel food cake.  We decided to go with the apple cobbler and it was the best choice we made!  It was SO good.

The apples had a nice flavor of cinnamon and nutmeg and the crust was nice and flakey and not doughy and the vanilla bean ice cream complimented the spices in the cobbler.






We enjoyed our dinner as much as we enjoyed our visit.

It's always a blast getting together with friends and getting caught up on the "what's going on" in our lives.

I had just gotten back from Texas and told Sherry all about the fun Chrisie and I had on the trip and she told me about her mom's visit to Arizona.

We did wind up being the last one's out of TK's

Good food, good friends.....who could ask for more?

Dining with one’s friends and beloved family is certainly one of life’s primal and most innocent delights, one that is both soul-satisfying and eternal. --Julia Child