Wallingford Date Night!

Scott and I had a date night out last night and explored the little neighborhood of Wallingford!

First stop was Issian Japanese Stone Grill for dinner. I've read a little bit about this Yakitori joint and we were both really happy with our meal. Scott liked the JFC (Japenese Fried Chicken), which was very hot, moist and tasty. My fave was the grilled Kurobata Pork Belly - so fatty and delicious! We'll definitely be back.

Next, we popped into Bottleworks. This places gets mentioned all the time for having a great selection of bottled beers from around the world. It's a pretty small store, but both sides of the wall are lined with bottles and it is a pretty impressive collection. I couldn't find any Australian beer, but there sure were lots of lambics and other specialty bottles that we had never heard of before.

Lastly, we watched (500) Days of Summer at the old Guild Theater. We had been in the Theater before to watch Australia a few months ago and Scott commented that for such an old theater, they charge premium prices ($9.50) and don't seem to be using that money to spruce up the place! I think the theater is fine though - it's old, but clean and since it's never too crowded, you don't miss the stadium seating that the new theaters have. The movie itself was pretty good, but a little depressing.