Some fun restaurants for 2007

Even though my challenge is over, I've still hit up a ton of new restaurants this year... here's a somewhat incomplete list...

1. Pizzeria Bianco - worth the wait!
2. Café Barrio - ditto!
3. Legal Seafood - yummiest crab soup in the world
4. Chinese place in Baltimore - don't remember the name, as I was on 2 hours sleep, but I remember gooooooood foooooooooood
5. Bagel place in Baltimore - yum num num
6. The Dubliner - DC - Awesome.
7. Afghani place in Baltimore - I had no idea what to expect out of Afghani food, but let me tell you - if anyone can tell me where an Afghani restaurant is within 100 miles, I'm there. Like now. This was some of the best food I've ever eaten in my life!
8. Olive and Ivy - so yummy, we literally hurt walking out.
9. Lola Tapas - delish.
10. Tia Rosa's - Rachel's rehearsal dinner - very tasty stuff, and killer margaritas!
11. Kai - at Wild Horse Pass - exquisite fine dining, with a cool local flair - Native American history and culture touch everything here
12. Byblos - awesome Greek restaurant just off campus.
13. Chives - Restaurant at Stonebridge Manor, where Rach got married... the vanilla walnut chicken salad is to die for!
14. Sauce
15. Bada-Boom Pasta Room
16. The Stinking Rose
17. Ruth's Chris Steakhouse
18. The Stockyards
19. Baby K's Cajun Kitchen

I really did it, I swear....

Yes, it's taken me 5 months to get around to blogging the actual restaurants, but I did finish all 52 during 2006! Here's the quick and dirty as to how my year wrapped up...
36. NoRTH - I wasn't terribly impressed here, but it was pretty good
37. Greene House - the twin kobe burgers are two little morsels of heaven
38. Firebird's Rocky Mountain Grill - freaking. awesome. You get so much food at this place, it's ridiculous
39. Chipotle - sooooo good
40. Cyclo - First time I had ever had Vietnamese food
(41 and 42 were blogged out of order)
43. zPizza - Study food!
44. elements - absolutely gorgeous views!
45. Tomaso's - picked up 1000 bonus points on OpenTable for this one! Whoo hoo!
46. Sushi restaurant in Chandler -can't remember the name, but for sushi, it was pretty good...
47. The Counter - Sooooooo yummy! Nothing beats grilled cheese:















48. Phillipe's - Lamb French dip.... who knew?
49. Combo's Pizza - best drunk pizza EVER!
50. Garlic Jim's Pizza - eh.
51. Ikea - Sveedish meetballs... yaaahhhhh......
52. Manuel's - Believe it or not, I had never eaten here before! Great place to hang with the girls.....


What now? What do I do now that my year-long challenge is over? Am I up for another serious New Year's Resolution? To be honest, the commitment of this whole 52 restaurants thing was a bit much for me. But, it's definitely gotten me used to living my life with a little more variety. In the first 5 months of 2007, I find myself continuing to say - "Hey - what about this new restaurant?" or, "You know, I've always wanted to try...." And the fun thing is that it's more than just food. This year I'm planning all sorts of things that are new, and some are kind of scary, but I wouldn't do it any other way.