Last week, to welcome me to DC, my wonderful friends Mark and Craig (you might remember them from the amazing trip to Chicago last winter to celebrate Craig's birthday) took me out to dinner. We went to a restaurant I'd be hearing about through the DC bloggers for years it seems: Graffiato. Graffiato is owned by Mike Isabella, of Top Chef fame, and I had heard absolutely wonderful things about it and was pumped to finally go for myself.
I met Mark, Craig, and Craig's aunt Jeannie in the bar area while we waited for a table. Of course, we enjoyed some bubbly while we waited - what kind of fool waits without a cocktail in hand?! After a brief wait, the hostess lead us to our table (and even took our drinks for us so we wouldn't spill as we walked up the kinda-steep staircase).
Our waiter was adorable and wonderful, and he had been Mark and Craig's waiter before in the past -- he even remembered that Mark had a nut allergy! He was friendly enough to the ladies at the table, but truth be told his energy and enthusiasm were geared towards the gentlemen. This is when we realized he was very likely gay and was totally flirting with Mark. No matter, we used it to our advantage and had a great time and great service.
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| Mark and Jeannie, ready to eat! |
