A night out!

OregonMom&Dad took a night out last night to celebrate our 18th anniversary. Susy's ex-cubemate Sheila recommended Eleni's Philoxenia, a restaurant featuring cuisine from the Isle of Crete. It is in the Pearl district between The Pearl Bakery and Fullmer's Cafe, both of which I've been to, yet I'd never noticed this skinny Greek restaurant. It was narrow but very long, fairly dark, and completely full of happy people eating delicious food. We opted to dine in a style popular on Crete, which is to stretch appetizers over an evening while lingering over wine.
I wish I had stolen a paper menu so I could write down the foreign dish titles. We feasted on four completely fantastic appetizers:
Giant Lima beans in a tomato sauce with peppers and onions.
Spiced beef stuffed eggplant with tomato sauce
Feta cheese in filo dough pastries
A pepper, onion, cucumber, and feta salad.
And we shared a bottle of The Mackedon, a tasty red wine from Greece.

We managed to linger for over two very enjoyable hours.