Wow, Friday night was our monthly meeting of the minds and what a meeting it was. We had decided last month to try out a place that is in the middle of BFE if you know what I mean. We had to travel to Bronson which is a small town about 40 miles from our house in Alachua. Then on top of that you had to travel 10 more miles past Bronson to get there. We finally arrived on time (not like some of us who turned around because they thought they had gone to far ie Pete and Donna) and had to laugh at the building when we got there. We walked in to find part of our group already there and holding a table for us thanks Rusty and Lori for that. After getting everyone seated we had the most wonderful waitress come and take our drink orders her name was Tina and she was a blast. The bartender (I'm sorry I don't remember your name) made wonderful drinks even though the bar was limited with what they had to offer. Next came the meal, if you ever want a wonderful steak this is the place to go. This is one of the best steaks any of us had ever had. I am not sure what they use to marinate the steak with but it melted in your mouth. If you go on the weekend they had a live band and a small dance floor that we all took advantage of. The owner of the place is very friendly, and was there to make sure that everything you needed was done correctly. Everyone in our group had a great time especially laughing at Donna. I am sure next month it will be someone else that we laugh at even though it was fun to laugh at Donna. If you want to have a great steak meal and you don't want to spend a fortune this is the place for you. If you get lost just stop in town and everyone can tell you how to get there. The prices are very reasonable a 20 oz steak dinner runs around 18.00 which is a great bargin these days, and the best part of all is you don't have to dress up jeans are great. I can't wait to take my family back there for dinner . Watch for next month as we will be going to the Yearling.

LaAvina Mexican Resturant was the site for our monthly dinning experience this month.
We all met on saturaday and had a wonderful time. This is a hole in the wall place in the very small town of Archer, Fl. You can't miss it as it is the only resturant you come to at the traffic light there. The food is wonderful and plenty of it. I think for mexican food it was pretty authinic, and plenty of it. I would suggest that if you are going as a couple to share a dish as each of us had more than half of our dinner left. The service was good but a little hard to understand. This could have been because of the band that was playing at the time. I think that the place is run by a family but not sure. The prices were excellent. You can get almost any dish for under $10.00 and as I said earlier there was more food than you could eat. Everyone in our group gave the overall score of 8 or above to this place which is saying alot for us. The only draw back is that they do not have a bar but they do sell beer and wine. I think that we will all agree that this is an establishment that we would all like to go back and try again. If you are in this area and looking for a great mexican place to eat I would recommand it to anyone. Hope you find this post helpful. Have a great month, we will be going to Bronson next month to Willards to try it out as it was written up in the Gainesville Sun as having wonderful steak. I guess we will see soon.

Just to let everyone know we are going to dinner tonight with our group to a mexican place in Archer, fl. I will be letting everyone know how things go sometime during the middle of this week. This is a new place for several of us to go and it should be alot of fun. Stay tuned for more.

After canceling and then rescheduling several times, only six of us were available for dining at the Northwest Grill on February 28, 2009.   While some members had to work, others had no baby sitter and others were caring for sick relatives, the rest of us met and enjoyed an excellent meal.  Debbie told me I should say whether or nor there was a full bar, I'm not sure.  Our group only had wine or beer, whether by choice or necessity, who knows?

I had the shrimp and scallops, which were excellent, some of the best I've ever had.  Jimmy had steak and lobster tail and enjoyed it very much.  Rusty ordered grilled shrimp and wished he had ordered them fried, like mine.  Lorrie and Donna had steak and both said they were very good.  Pete had stuffed grouper and said it was excellent.

Even though we were all stuffed we ordered desserts from the dessert tray.  Donna, Lorrie and I had cheesecake which just made our butts bigger but was worth it.  Jimmy and Rusty had some kind of brownie with ice cream and whipped topping.  Pete had some kind of fruit tart with ice cream that he requested special.  Everyone agreed the desserts were exceptional.  

We found the atmosphere to be comfortable, making conversation easy.  

The restaurant was a little pricey averaging around $100.00 per couple including drinks, dessert and tips.

We all agreed that we had a great time and would like to meet at this restaurant again.  Hopefully the whole group can go next time.

northwest seafood grill

Just a short note to let everyone know that we will be going to NorthWest Seafood Grill for our monthly dinner this weekend. I can not wait to try out their menu as I have heard great things about this place. We will be going on Saturday and I will post our results by Wednesday of next week. Just wanted to give everyone a heads up for next week.

North West Seafood Grill

I am letting everyone know that we will be going to dinner on Saturday Feb. 28 at the northwest seafood grill. I hope that the food is going to be as good as I have heard that it is. We will be posting our findings about this venue next week. I did try to get in touch with the manager and could not.

Jane and Jimmy's oyster roast

Last month we decided to go to one of our members house for an oyster roast. What a great time was had by all. Jane and Jimmy provided the oysters and everyone brought something to go with. Thank goodness we have Shelly who will call and make sure everyone is not bringing the same thing. If you are looking for something to do with your group this is always alot of fun. We had a great time at the bonfire that Jimmy worked so hard to get bigger and better than the last one. I know that everyone had a wonderful evening and can't wait to get together again next month.