Tapa The World/index

Tapa The World/index

February 24, 2006
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TAPA THE WORLD, cafe and bar, Spanish and World Cuisine. Right next door is Kasbah Lounge. Tapa has beer and wine and the bar staff has to duck next door to the Kasbah to access a full bar. Just before we left, Tapa had live music, a fella playing Spanish-style guitar; pleasant. There was outside seating, that would be small tables on the sidewalk (fenced in with a short iron fence). It was cold, so we went inside. It was packed, but there were openings at the bar, so... Once again, we were at the bar and, of course, that means appetizers for us.
HELP STAFF:
Staff was cheerful, the bar guys were busy, but the did not do too bad a job of getting to us. The only problem with staff was catching their eye for a refill and the bill. The host was very cheerful and really drew us in.
DRINKS:
I had the beer of the month, Lagunitas' Hairy Eye. Not normally a fan of Lagunitas, this one was good, so I had two. Naomi had one as well, and some other beer that I can't remember.
FOOD:

Doesn't cheese of the day from Spain sound good? I thought so, but what we got when we ordered Queso Español del Día was 4 not too thin slices and some greens. That was it, 4 thin slices. What was strange is, the bread served (kinda like chips and salsa). Which one complimented the cheese? You would have to try both to figure it out, and one didn't. There was a baguette cut up and some peppery, soft bread. The peppery bread, good as it was, did not compliment the cheese, it hid it. Patatas Bravas, potato cubes with a spicketchupup, exactly what the bartender said it was, and it was tasty. Pinchos Morunos, a pork skewer with a dry rub ochiliesis and cumin. It was good, but very dry and should have come with a sauce. Kobe beef was very good. We had desert, Chocolate Strawberry Addiction, well worth the price.

PRICE: I was very surprised at the high price. The cheese dish was $5.50, probably the worse ratio of satisfaction for the money. We dropped over $70 there, so I am certain we had other appetizers that I can't remember. I think they charged for the extra bread.
Overall, Tapa the World gets only 1 happy face from ole cranky pants here.