Zupas rocks

First off, well to the first of what we hope will be many installments of the GPak lunch blog for 2010!

After a long overdue hiatus, we return with a new lunch review of Zupas.

Although we weren't full-strength today, we hopefully can fill all your lunch hopes, wishes and dreams.

And speaking of hopes and dreams, if I were looking for light, yet refreshing lunch, Zupas was the place today.

Even though Brady called Zupas a "girlish" place, I went with a the Yucatan Chicken Tortilla soup and the Summer Chicken Salad. Both light dishes with meat.

As I've done all of my life, I ate my salad last. Weird? Yes, but then again I'm a little off at times! :)

The main reason though, is to eat my hot food first.

My Yucatan Chicken Tortilla soup wasn't a disappointment. It had the right combination of zest, crunch, spice and hardy substance. The soup was loaded with chicken, avocado, tomato and corn all topped off with tortilla strips and a squeeze of fresh lime. With a great warm aftertaste, it was right call on a cold grey February day.

Finishing off my meal with the Summer Chicken was perfect end to my lunch with the fellas. The dish included chicken, fresh strawberries, cashes, dried cranberries, grapes, mixed greens and a very light vinaigrette dressing.

I did the two dish combo and a water which only ran about eight bucks. Everything was fast and extremely fresh.

Zupas has two other combos where you can mix and match sandwiches, soups and salads. And the choices seem endless, just like their dinning area. They filled the vacant spot where Hollywood video used to be in the 600 East block of 400 South. Even though there are an abundance of eateries around there, no one can match the fresh food, cool atmosphere and size of Zupas in that area.

I'm sure we'll be headed back there again.

Overall: 9.5
Service: 9.5
Quality: 9
Man-up factor: 7.5

No quotes this week...but we repeatedly said how much we missed our brothers-in-food, even our GPak leader is in Maui....have fun GPak.

Cheers! Long live the blog!

-Wingnut

There's no place like home

ok, so i've been taking care of my headache-laden wife most of the week and was not able to attend today's lunch with the gpak. :[

so at the risk of starting a new, irrational trend, i'm offering my review from lunch i had at home today.

it was pretty easy, pretty basic, pretty good. on the menu: roast beef wrap, sun chip chips and a nice light beer. all of the ingredients came from the neighborhood smith's grocery store.

the thinly sliced deli meat was great. i used a pre-packaged salad for the veggies, which were ok, and then added some yellow pepperoncini slices, some mozzarella cheese, a little oil and vinegar dressing and wrapped it with a multi-grain wrap.

yum, fiber.

the sun chips were french onion flavored. the beer, amstel light.

all in all, a great, light fare for a gray day at home taking care of my bride.

could be worse fellas, could be worse.

cheers.

Man-up possibilities: 5
Food quality: 8.5
Service: 11
Fizz-o-meter of Coke: n/a
Overall: 7

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February came in the same way January went out. More interest in food than writing about it. Here are some photos from the joyous check celebration at Iggy's. Go Colts!

 

  

 

And finally, the relatively small number of quotes from today's fanfare...

"What would be less colon-intensive."
"Can we get a new waiter? One who actually waits? Oh, he's waiting plenty."
"Just because somebody dies doesn't make their music any better."