Pear'fection at the Americano

Monday night, madame Yoko called me up for drinks and snacks at the Americano afterwork. it's too early in the week for drinks but i needed it.

we got to Americano around 7:00pm. the crowd was not so hot that night, mostly hotel patrons or some sort of business people. good thing about monday night is that we can find seats real easy. the cocktail menu is short but packed with good drinks. i ordered a pear'fection, some kind of pear drink... it was so strong (a good thing!) that i couldn't remember what was in the drink. i think madame had martini and more white wine later. we ordered a mushroom pizza and italian sausage, kind of tapas size. everything was excellent as always but my favorite has to be the pear'fection and the sausage. the cocktail - even though infused with pear and had sugar in it - is still very dry which is excellent. the sausage was perfectly seasoned, grilled and served on a small bed of frissee and roasted red bell pepper.

Americano is in the lobby of hotel Vitale - a waterfront hotel/restaurant with upclosed view of the bay brigde and the east bay. definitely a good place for drinks, food and social afterwork (or before work or mid day...)

http://www.americanorestaurant.com/info.html