Not the Capitol Building

Friday night as FFP and I were driving home from our dinner out he said we should post a picture of the Capitol some time. But what we actually took pictures of were our entrées at our dinner at the fabulous Restaurant Jezebel on Congress Avenue. The coconut was just decoration but the sauce was made with coconut milk and the lobster was delicious. It was actually FFP's entrée but I did get a taste. Congress Avenue is getting to be a place with several darn good independent restaurants. And this isn't Tex-Mex! There has been big controversy of late because the City Council granted a forgivable loan to a Tex-Mex place, Las Manitas, a restaurant being displaced by its landlord so they can sell their property to a hotel development. The fact that the owners of the restaurant actually own property on Congress Avenue that they are moving to is astounding. Most of these other restaurants are struggling to pay rent I'm sure. And they probably don't own any real estate.

Every time I mention Restaurant Jezebel to someone and say it's on Congress, they ask if it is on South Congress. It isn't. It's in the heart of downtown on the part of Congress leading to the Capitol. There are several other very nice restaurants in this stretch including Cibo and La Traviata. People think of South Congress because it is becoming very trendy and gentrified. People call it SoCo without a trace of irony. It used to be all funk with Guero's Taco Bar, junk shops and the Continental Club. More on that area another day. Suffice to say the Congress Avenue north of the river is developing some charm and gentrification itself. We know several people who have wonderful homes in old converted storefronts with views of the Capitol Building from their front balconies. Yeah, we'll show the Capitol another day.