JoeAnn's Corner

Soleil can best be described as an adorable French bistro with waiter staff with cute accents. On the inside Soleil has night skies painted onto the ceilings and is lit by Christmas lights. This creates a very romantic ambiance which along with the waiter's accents make you feel that you have been swept away to to another continent.

Soleil has a cute though somewhat loud patio as Westwood is a busy street. The location being right next to Border's makes this a perfect date location within walking distance of campus.

The food being fairly tasty only adds to the charm of this adorable bistro. Standouts depend on when you go. While they have all you can eat mussels on Wednesday, I have yet to try this. Personal favorites include the Soleil Shrimp, which has a garlicky butter sauce that is simply divine, though first time date participants might want to avoid this :-).




A personal favorite would be the chicken marsala which is unlike any other that I have had with a spectacular sauce.



The deserts are simply mouth watering. The crepe is perfectly thin with all the right toppings and the chocolate sauce only add flavors to the fruit nestled within the crepe. The creme brulee is also a consistency that has shape and is firm though still melts in your mouth. Either are winners!!

Happy food hunting to all! Ludobites blog coming later this week!

Within walking distance of campus, south of Wilshire is a great date spot, Sprazzo's Restaurant. The restaurant itself is a small boutique restaurant with dim lighting. This would be a great date location.

The meal starts with some homemade balsamic and olive oil that has amazing flavors. Occassionally they have an excellent hummus that while garlicky is super tasty!

A great starter would be their calamari which is excellent. This is not your average fried calamari but rather calamari rings and a few shrimps in a creamy buttery sauce that that is succulent and tasty. The garlicky (yes there is a trend here) bread dipped in the sauce makes you hip grow just by observing the following photo.



There are so many great entrees there but standouts would include the linguine alla pescatore which is a seafood pasta with shrimp, scallops, calamari in a spectacular tomato based sauce.



The vitello piccatta is a tender moist and succulant veal that is cooked in a butter sauce - seriously I don't even like veal and yet this dish is that amazing! Sorry no food porn shot here.

While the desserts are not spectacular, they serve a very tasty coffee.

Overall, great date spot within walking distance of campus - a nice long walk :-)!!