Last Friday Corky and I went to a great Italian resturaunt here in town that was
FABULOUS! Our neighbor watched our kids while we enjoyed a lovely evening of wonderful food while checking out the amazing architecture. This resturaunt is located in the Hotel Booth. I only know small details of it's history, but the age itself makes it fascinating. It was built in 1911 and is now kept as an apartment building. It is also the home of my new favorite sit-down resturaunt in town, Bella Vita. And Italian food isn't even my favorite. Not to mention, we felt we were at a fancy dinner place but walked out of there spending less than $20. For all of that, I ate the best pizza of my life and Corky had an amazing chicken parmesan sub sandwich.
Corky and I looked at the floors and fancy moldings, and tried to imagine what kind of events took place in that room so long ago. It is definitely one of those places where you think, "if only walls could talk!" We imagined well dressed folks arriving for fancy dinner parties and receptions. I thought of the rich oil tycoons that were so frequent to this town, coming to the bar to wind down for the day.
I didn't want to look too touristy by taking so many photos, so I kept my flash off for some of these photos. I lightened them a little so they may look a little grainy, but they'll give you a small idea of how neat that place was.
I heart Independence.
3 comments:
That is so amazing! I can just imagine people dressed like in the movie "Titanic" strolling through there. Thanks for the great pictures! I could almost smell that pizza!
that pizza looks amazing.
i love your small town!
Boy, no posts for a while now I can't keep up! I love it! So glad you are liking your new place--looks like a really cool town. I love the carousel and what I wouldn't give for a good restaurant! Maybe they will open up a Bella Vita at Fort Irwin????
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