Echo

I went to Echo with Sara, who loves Echo. Soon after we got there, the entire joint (pretty small, really) filled entirely with folks who appeared to be headed to the Prince concert. Yikes! I don't think anyone was expecting it, and the place was severely understaffed.

So, Echo seems to want to be a cooler-than-thou place, which is fine. Their drink prices hover around $6, and, they have a happy-hour menu. I ordered their happy hour burger and a shrimp on a fork -- both were quite yummy. Sara seemed very happy with her fish-kabobs. And our drinks were also yummy. I demanded lots of water and got a pitcher on the table, which was perfect, laced with cucumber.

The thing is, the place was so crazy that ordering a drink took forever -- like a half-hour. In one case, the drink never came. The food -- also extremely slow (though appropriately hot when it hit the table). I need to give it a second chance -- I'm hopeful about them.

2225 NE MLK

posted by vj @ 8:10 AM