This Week's Specials 5/11 - 5/17

Bogota Latin Bistro Specials
Drinks:
Latin Beer Bucket – mix and match any six of our latin beers $24.
Strawberry Caprioska – vodka, sugar, muddled limes & strawberries $8.
Lemon Mint Caipirinha – agua luca (premium cachaca from brazil), sugar, mint, muddled lemons, splash of lemonade $8.
Brazilian Sangria – cachaca, merlot, passion fruit juice, muddled strawberries, lime slices & sugar $9 / $40.

1. Pork Empanadas - shredded pork with carrots, onions and chipotle peppers, served with chipotle tomato sauce $4.

2. Tortilla Soup - shredded chicken in a spicy chipotle broth, topped with tortilla strips, avocado, sour cream, jack cheese & cilantro $8.

3. Warm Lentil Salad with Goat Cheese Croquettes - warm lentils over mixed greens with balsamic topped with goat cheese croquettes and tostones $10.

4. Grilled Shrimp with Roasted Polenta - roasted polenta cake topped with grilled shrimp, with roasted red pepper cilantro sauce & crema $10.

5. Patacon Con Todo - flattened green plantain, shredded skirt steak, shredded chicken, grated queso blanco, served with chimichurri sauce and guacamole $10.

6. Plantain Picadillo Pie with Cheese - layers of maduros (sweet plantains), beef picadillo flavored with raisins and green olives, queso blanco and chipotle sauce, served with white rice and ensalada mixto $14.

7. Jerk Chicken - spicy roasted chicken topped with red wine jerk gravy, served with arroz con gandules (pigeon peas) with chorizo & sautéed broccoli and red cabbage $16.

8. Poblano Rellenos - roasted poblano peppers stuffed with salmon and queso blanco, topped with chipotle sauce and sour cream, served with gallo pinto (black beans, cilantro, onions & white rice mixture) and esquites $18.

9. Esquites (side dish of the week) - roasted corn kernels, butter, jalapeno, lime juice & salt $5.

10. Passion Fruit Flan - brazilian style passion fruit flan topped with passion fruit sauce and garnished with prunes and strawberries $6.

Random Stream of Conscience Thoughts Today...

Random Thoughts:

1. Has anyone written a book on how to handle the transition from being an employee for a great part of your life, working for someone else, by their hours, their rules, their deadlines, their policies, to being your own boss practically overnight??

2. Owning a restaurant means living in a world that's very separate and isolated from the world at large. If it weren't for Google News, I'd have absolutely no clue of what was happening in the world.

3. I often wonder what it could be like or might be like if this restaurant were to continue being very successful. How will my life change? Will I get to own a really nice home in a great place rather than continue living in my little studio in downtown Brooklyn some day? I would love to move from where I'm living into a nicer place.

4. I wonder if children are a part of my future.
5. I wonder if I'll ever own a real estate portfolio.
6. I imagine the day the restaurant are finally rid of the debt incurred to open this restaurant.
7. I wonder what my next round of employees might look like.
8. I wonder how old I'll be before I can be able to enjoy the fruits of my labor (which means, NO MORE WORKING!!!).

9. Believe it or not, there are days I actually enjoy being at work. Like tonight for instance. Tonight, for the most part, went smoothly. There were very few customer issues. I felt I accomodated everyone's needs tonight. They chose to spend their evening here and eat our food and enjoy some drinks. I made certain everyone left happy. Tonight went smoothly. I had some really good regulars here tonight and I got to interact with new people too.

Online Ordering for Bogota Latin Bistro?

I am contemplating using ZipMenu.com to facilitate delivery for Bogota. Anyone out there ever use this service? How often do you use it and how do you like it?

Reply to eat@BogotaBistro.com and let me know!

Muchas Gracias!