Open Letter to Claude Fans Everywhere

Ever since Claude's been on the wagon, he's been working on honing his multifarious other habits, and hobbies too. The following letter is from Claude, who asked to not be photographed for this article, as he hasn't fully recovered from the Jackson incident.


Open Letter to Claude Fans Everywhere:
Yo! What up homies? So I need your help here, as recently I've been on lock-down. I can't get at no booze here, and the shakes have come and gone already. To illustrate just how much I've learned and grown from this wagon crap, I wrote this poem:

I've been thinkin'
This not drinking'
Things for the birds

My brains achin'
I'm not fakin'
Lock-downs a turd

Rehabs for the dogs
Lilo's an f-n hog
I want my booze!


SOS,
Claude


Note: Claude asked me to clarify for some of my readers who aren't in the know, Lilo is Lindsay Lohan. He said if you weren't hip to that, you should really be spending more time on this web site. Peace out.

Gracie's Table

We rangled together a small crowd on Friday night and headed off to Dennis, in search of a good dinner and drinks. Claude was unable to join us, as he suffered a rather sensitive accident which left him requiring a whole new wardrobe, and unfit to be seen in public. Gracie's Table has been on our list of restaurants to hit for a long time, so we decide to give that a try.

Luckily for our car, we had a good land mark as I had recently been to Buckie's Biscotti. Unlucky for car number two, they had not been to Buckie's. Gracie's Table is located at 800 Main Street (Route 6A) in Dennis. Signage for the restaurant is not the greatest, and, in general, this applies to all businesses located in this particular village shopping area.

The restaurant has a small bar area, tucked in a corner that looks cozy and intimate. We headed through the downstairs dining room full of diners and fantastic scents of spices and food, and up the stairs to one of two dining rooms. You feel like you might be in someone's Cape cottage-turned cozy restaurant. Upstairs is a small dining room that looks ideal for private
parties. The upstairs is about half seated when we arrive, and continues to be sat throughout our stay. It feels like the upstairs is a little more relaxed, and you can be a little more rowdy if you should so choose to be.

The menu had a very nice array of tapas, Spanish style dishes that are meant to share, along with entrees. We are in fascination and love with the tapas, and end up ordering almost one of everything. We ordered up the frog legs, roasted red pepper filled with saffron rice, the potatoes of importance, pear and cheese filled ravioli, pork adobo, littleneck clams with chorizo, spicy chickpeas & hand cut fries.

The dishes all looked wonderful,very colorful, fresh, and absolutely full of fragrance. The one dish I cannot bring myself to taste are the frog legs, they look so much like the bottom half of a frog I can't bear it. As a kid, I'd bring home frogs to the garage in hopes of having them stick around like good pets. Our friends eating the frogs legs loved them, and said they were delightful and tasty.

The pear and cheese filled raviolis are so savory and delicious we order a second of these right away. Served with two giant sized raviolis per tapas plate, and adorned with whole roasted garlic cloves, we wanted a few more big bites to go round the table. The pepper dish stuffed with saffron rice is one of our favorites. The dish is served with a line of smaller sized red peppers, individually stuffed with saffron rice. The peppers are perfectly delicious, and combination of rice perfect. The pork adobo is spicy and zesty, and served pulled pork style.

The dining staff is quite lovely and very pleasant. They are attentive, and clear and check in with you at just the right times. We noted they kept good care of a neighboring couple, who was en route to the theatre, making sure to get them off to the show on time.

The drinks were really our only area of concern and disappointment. The bottled beer selection was limited, wine choices looked slim, and martini style drinks were on the pricey side at $11. Two of the mixed drinks we ordered ended up tasting like light pours at the bar. The Sangria was OK, and the fresh slices or orange, lime & lemon look great in it, but we're glad we didn't order the pitcher.

By the time dinner wrapped up, we were too full for dessert or after dinner drinks. It was a great amount of food, not too much and definitely not too little. We loved the flavors and will definitely go back to Gracie's Table.