Smith Street, Lobo, The Chocolate Room

We spent the afternoon of our last day of the long weekend walking down Smith Street in Brooklyn, the northern end of which isn't too far from our place. It's been dubbed "Brooklyn's Restaurant Row" in recent years and there are certainly a large number of little restaurants and bars to sustain that title. We walked down the street, then back, over the course of about two and a half hours, then headed over to Court Street to see what was playing at Cobble Hill Cinema.

Not much. There were a couple of shows we were interested in, but the early shows had all started by this time (6pm), so we wandered back up Court and eventually stopped at a resturant called Lobo to have some Tex-Mex for dinner.

We sat on their back patio in the shade and enjoyed some cold drinks (a Corona for me and a marg for Suzy, which she said was very good). The chips and salsa they brought out were good, though rather heavy on the cilantro for Suzy. Suzy ended up having some chicken soft tacos, while I had The Alamo, which consisted of a beef burrito, a chicken enchilada, and a taco with cheese and vegetables. Both dishes had rice and beans on the side, and everything was good. Their prices are also quite good.

I really want to find a place that's known for very good Mexican or Tex-Mex though, since although Lobo was good, it was basically the same as Mexicali Rosa's and any other "south of the border" restuarant I've eaten at.