Cheryl's Global Soul Food Opening - yay!!!!!!!

SevenOneEighty wrote:

With restaurants in this town, you vote with your feet and I'll keep walking to the slope until people get their acts together in my neighborhood ( the always closed 'Tom's' and the always slow 'Islands' will not get my money).

Tom's has been here in this neighborhood probably longer than you have been alive...with the same hours. breakfast, lunch, not on sunday. the islands serves traditional carribean fare at a traditional carribean pace. relax! or move back to the slope.

as far as cheryl's. i've been several times with nothing but friendly responses. perhaps the only people compelled to spend their time writing posts are those with nothing else to do...cept bitch. opening a successful business, all around, does not happen the moment you open your door. christ.

crawling back into my hole where it's safe.

Darn,

So I have been banisihed to the Slope for better food and service!
hehe! Thanks for the advice.

Like I said - they wont get MY money - they can have yours though.

Re: Cheryl's

The future belongs to those who see the potential in life before it becomes reality:

http://www.onprospectpark.com/

Someone has to feed these new folks in PH. Tom's won't be open.
She may know exactly what she is doing.......

apollonia666 wrote:
[quote=busterbunny]perhaps the only people compelled to spend their time writing posts are those with nothing else to do...cept bitch. opening a successful business, all around, does not happen the moment you open your door. christ.

Busterbunny, you've been a member here for six months and only posted 10 times in that entire period -- I seriously doubt you've read the board enough to get much of a feel for the people you're so quick to slam. Sweet Tea and Jayce, the posters who wrote about bad experiences at Cheryl's, often have positive things to say about the neighborhood and the businesses in it.
Thanks, apollonia.
And busterbunny, I said I'd go back. There wasn't any bitching involved. I stated what happened, mentioned that I thought they handled the situation as best as they could, but noted that it was not the best experience and I hoped they ironed it out. Speaking of local businesses... there is a glasses shop over on Washington... just in case.

we finally tried cheryl's this evening and came away impressed with the food, service and atmosphere, although it wasn't cheap. my daughter and i, both veggies, had the vegetable tagine couscous. yes, isa, $15 would buy a month of that in algeria, but in this neighborhood, it's not too bad, more expensive than tom's, less than aliseo's, and somewhere in between those two in terms of quality. it was delicious, a good assortment of very fresh-tasting vegetables, well-seasoned, with a sprig of fresh cilantro on top, and plenty of it. we didn't order appetizers and it was plenty. the glass of rioja i had with it for $7 was excellent--full-bodied, complex--more than held its own with the couscous. mrs. joe had the seared pork chop, accompanied by sides of spinach and roast potatoes, all delicious, good comfort food, and the spinach perfectly tender and not overcooked.

we were pretty full but managed to share a bread pudding, which was phenomonal: hot brioche bread pudding with chocolate chips and vanilla ice cream and cream sauce. probably the best bread pudding i've had since a trip to commander's palace in new orleans years ago.

the room was warm and cozy--there was a family celebrating a child's birthday at one table; at another two men and a woman were discussing the tao. our waiter was friendly and knowledgeable. interesting, but not overbearing, tunes on the sound system--at one point it was the zombies, at another some acoustic african.

the bill for the three of us, including 3 glasses of wine (i should mention the shiraz mrs. joe ordered wasn't the same caliber as the rioja), was $80-something; our total was $95 including tip. not an amount i'm willing to blow every day, but we'll definitely be back.

for the record, there were no dogs, either with customers or on the menu.

I think Cheryl's Global Soul has gotten their shit together. Or anyway, there wasn't any angry white man messing things up as described above - they were super charming. Brunch is solid, I want dinner.
They now have wifi, which I don't see as an advantage.
This place has major potential.

p.s. the coffee is just okay.

Had dinner there last night. I loved the music. The staff were friendly. Cheryl was cool. Sent us over a complimentary rum punch. Very tasty. (I don't normally like a rum punch -- too sweet. Not true Cheryl's.) The husband had Creole BBQ shrimp and I had Bulgogi marinated rib-eye. Both were delicious. Great flavors. My steak came with frites which were "ehh". But, I'm not a fan of frites. I prefer my fries a little larger. I had the house rioja. I didn't love it, but I didn't hate it either. We also tried the shiraz. It was average. I think I'd just stick with rum punch or beer next time. So, we were happy and will go back.

PS -- I told them about this thread so maybe they'll get some of the hints above.

s c o n e s

Cupcake wrote: Do they have table service now? It's not clear from the website. Last time I went it was counter service only and it just wasn't what my friend and I were looking for at the time.

o yes - it's a regular ol' restaurant.
If it's cold out, sit on the side with the cute elephant picture if you can
(and if your blood is thin and prone to chill)
Their curtain needs a reinforcement. brrrrrrrrrrr

alafairnadia wrote: best bloody mary ever

ever?
locally, could be.
get thee to Prune in the e.village

alafairnadia wrote: I was shockingly impressed. seriously. but I will try prune. though that distresses me

you're right -- it should distress you. It's too much of a scene. I haven't even been for a few years! But sooooo tasty, those artful breakfast cocktails.
Back to Cheryl. Yeah Cheryl! Anybody try the bulgogi*?
*dinner, not brunch