Ladies Lunch at the Union Bakery and Kitchen

A few weeks ago I was reading Carol’s blog and she’d mentioned that she and Bill had been to the Union Kitchen and bakery to eat and that they’d thought it was very good.  I added a slip to our ladies lunch draw bag and it was pulled out for today’s lunch. 

Pam, Sue, Sandi and Robyn ready to go.  Today there was a dozen or so of us split between two auriegas and a couple more to join us at the restaurant.  Ruth always orders trucks if we need them and calls the restaurants to make a reservation so that they know a large group is coming.  We all communicate to her on a Facebook group site so she knows if we are coming or not.  Lots of organization for her.  Thanks Ruth!

There she is explaining were we are going (just off the the plazuela in old town) and negotiating a price. 

Get on board Pam!

In the Golden Zone and the trucks are side by side.  At one point Robyn rapped on the back window of the truck to ask the driver to turn down the music so we could talk and….he stopped dead in the middle of traffic to see what she wanted!   Only in Mexico and no even one blinks an eye.  We were astounded!

We could have taken a bus (but not the Cerritos Juarez) but then there would have been a bit of a walk to the restaurant from where we would be let off.  Not everyone can do the walk easily. 

Union Kitchen and Bakery.

Here we are seated and ready to order drinks.

Very spiffy little restaurant.   Today there were only a couple of other people eating lunch so we pretty much had the place to ourselves.  Many restaurants don’t open until 4pm because the lunch crowd isn’t big enough but….this is a bakery as well.

Looks nice don’t you think?  I asked if they had any multigrain bread left but all they had was sourdough which Robyn bought a loaf of.  Pam had ordered bagels from them on line and they were ready for her after lunch.  How upscale is that!

Pam ordered sangria today and I copied her!  Very good.

The specials included onion soup and quiche.  This is my lunch which is a pear and carmelized onion panini.  Delicious.

Pear salad.  Pears are a big thing on the menu.

I don’t know what that is but it looks good.

One of the many vegetarian quiches ordered.   Good as well.

You can see it’s filled with vegetables.

Hmmm…..fettucini of some sort and eaten by Janis.

Just about all the meals are out and everyone is laughing and talking.  This was an especially pleasant outing in a really nice restaurant.  One of the more enjoyable places we’ve been.

Ruth ordered two things and the first was Brie in a puff pastry.  Delicious.

Beautiful and tasty shrimp salad.

The second part of Ruth’s order was thinly sliced salmon over cheese on a toasted bread.  I had a taste and it is something I would order on another day….perhaps with a bowl of onion soup!

This is the young chef and he did a bang up job on the meals.  We ordered drinks and meals at the same time.  He got those meals out very quickly and everything was delicious.   Big thumbs up from the ladies. 

This young man was going out on a bagel delivery and I noticed his T-shirt and I just had to take a picture.  Big “ Go Canada” and a cheer from us.  I believe that’s the restaurant owner on the left. 
Good food, really good atmosphere, excellent service at a top notch place to eat.  Google it for more info. 

Next week????