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Dining Divas: Cool Weather, Outdoor Dining Makes The Divas Feel Better
BY LISA KAMPETER
The Dining Divas took advantage of another unusually cool summer evening in July and enjoyed dinner outside. Typically, we have to wait for the fall to choose a place with outdoor dining. Not this year.
Although it wouldn’t have been our first choice had we known it was going to be so beautiful, we dined at Barrister’s in Clayton. When I walked up to the restaurant, I realized I’d been to Barrister’s before. Actually, the Dining Divas had been there before, only it wasn’t called Barrister’s. It was called Figaro’s. And Crazy Fish before that. And something else before that. Can anyone take a hint?
Barrister’s was voted Best Mid-County Neighborhood Bar by the Riverfront Times. They offer incredible happy hour deals, like buy one, get one beers, free wings on Mondays and Tuesday, and $5 appetizers. Next time I return, I’m ordering the Happy Hour Tower. It’s a chef’s selection of appetizers. It looked great.
The few happy hour drinks we devoured couldn’t cheer up a couple Divas with work issues. One who’s feeling frustrated and stifled. And another who’s being let go. After several years. So we sat and devised plans of action. The end result? We’d rather just complain than really do anything about it.
So instead, we ate. Barrister’s menu ranges from gourmet to grill. And instead of gourmet, we stuck with grill. But this was a Diva night that wasn’t about the food.
The food at Barrister’s was fine, and what we ordered was good. Like a burger with fries and the turkey club croissant. But people go to Barrister’s for the atmosphere like watching soccer matches or local sporting events. Or enjoying the sidewalk seating. And on this night, enjoying the live window models across the street.
They were quite entertaining. So much so that we stopped in after dinner and browsed the boutique. And were we thankful we didn’t overindulge at dinner and feel even worse about not being able to fit into the fashion they had to offer.
If Barrister’s can make us feel good about that, they’re voted Best Ever by us. Gorgeous night or not.
