bistro on the boulevard

sirloin steak and kale. sirloin steak was perfect and sautéed kale was the perfect side. want this again.


-----13 oct, 2014-----

3 girls and a good time. three of us meet every month to catch up on whats happening. one of us had heard we needed to go to this place, so we did last saturday night. the appetizers , fried green tomatoes, was very interesting and amazingly great. thats not something i thought i would like, but now i am craving them a day later.
the sirloin steak was perfect and seasoned well. double kale was my side. never had kale sautéed but not i do not think i will have it any other way.
we cannot wait to meet here every month and try new things each time. we appreciate a wonderful place to eat in irmo so we can come from all areas and it is convienent.
by the way, we ate and drank on the patio and it was a great decision.
we will be back often.


-----13 oct, 2014-----

pork chop, shrimp scampi, fried green tomatoes. the fried green tomatoes were topped with shrimp and drizzled with a wonderful sauce. best i have ever had.
pork chop was so good, i didn't think it could be that good.
shrimp scampi was not a brownsauceas i have had before, but a light lemonysaucethat was perfect. the shrimp was plentiful and large.,

as always we are running around town trying to catch up with what's new on the restaurant scene. its been awhile since we visited bistro on the boulevard but it
is still obviously the chef has remained as the food consistently great.
we sat at the bar as we were only out for
a light meal, plus mel, the bartender is
always good for some laughs.
the ambience is always great, mel is
attentive and there is always a nice
crowd at the bar which makes it a fun stop.
my husband had a draft bass ale but they have several choices and are more than willing to let you try them. i had my old favorite pinot noir wine which was good.they have live music regularly now mel told us so you may want to give them a call if that's something you enjoy. regardless they play really great tunes all the time which adds to the atmosphere.
we shared a great text caprese salad which has plenty of fresh tomato and buffalo mozzarella cheese. and the olive oil and balsamic reduction drizzle was done in moderation so as not overpower the ingredients. and yes the basil was fresh.
i had a crab cake appetizer with roasted corn salsa. it was presented with two generous homemade crab cakes made with blue crab. the remouladesaucewas made by the talented chef obviously and was wonderful.
my husband had a very generous two skewers of fresh bacon wrapped shrimp.
the combination of applewood bacon and sage wrap was outrageous. the warm brie cheesesaucehe served with the dish was the creation by an excellent chef and was a great compliment.
the only thing i could recommend, since
this restaurant offer some great upscale
entrees is that they consider adding nice warm rolls or bread to their menu. i
have heard complaints from other customers about this and i agree. in a
restaurant of this caliber bread is
needed as compliment to the meal. also
it can be added, at an additional charge,
for dipping in the chefs wonderful appitisers, dressings and sauces. the
restaurant has plenty of parking is spit
shine clean and it's a wonderful stop.