Gil T. Senner
When I moved to my current place in late 2015, I felt I was gaining a lot but losing one thing: a suitable restaurant within a short walking distance that could serve as a back-up when cooking seemed too onerous. In many ways it's been good for me not to have that back-up. I've gotten better about stocking my kitchen and coming up with meal ideas so that I can usually come up with some sort of meal without a lot of time or effort invested.
Whatever the case, I took it as fantastic news when I learned that Zayna Mediterranean would be moving into the old space that Molina's Midway Restaurant recently vacated (after deciding to bring 64 years of business to a close). The reason I had never considered Molina's a "suitable restaurant" was that they were a better place for family or group dining--or at the very least couples' dining--not the kind of place you could plop down for a solo meal without feeling a bit out of place. Besides, many of those aforementioned low-effort meals were Mexican or Southwestern dishes anyway, so I didn't feel I would gain much by going there instead of staying put.
Assuming Zayna moves its small tables with it, it would be fine for solo dining. And their fried cauliflower sandwiches are heavenly--as is their falafel. I have no idea what time line they're on. Nothing seems to have changed at either the old Molina's space or their current one.
Speaking of their current space, the acoustics there are atrocious. It can get very loud when the place is full. The move will be a plus for that reason as well.
I've been meaning to post a list of my recent reading, so I guess that's how I'll close.
1. ¿Quién fue Ana Frank? by Ann Abramson
2. Mayas para armar by Citlalli Bayardi
3. ¿Quién fue Albert Einstein? by Jess Brallier
4. Requiem for the American Dream: The 10 Principles of Concentration of Wealth & Power by Noam Chomsky
5. Perseo y Medusa by Blake A. Hoena
6. ¿Quién fue Marco Polo? by Joan Holub
7. Scapegoats: How Islamophobia Helps Our Enemies and Threatens Our Freedoms by Arsalan Iftikhar
8. How I Lost by Hillary Clinton by Joe Lauria
9. The Next Big Thing: The Dalton Camp Lectures in Journalism by Philip Lee (ed.)
10. Ant-Man. La novella. by Marvel
11. Shell-Shocked: On the Ground under Israel’s Gaza Assault by Mohammed Omer
12. ¿Quién fue Nelson Mandela? by Pam Pollack and Meg Belviso
13. Incas. Los indígenas de Sudamérica I. by Mariana Riva Palacio Q.
14. The Doctor and the Saint: Caste, Race, and Annihilation of Caste: The Debate Between B.R. Ambedkar and M.K. Gandhi by Arundhati Roy
15. The Ministry of Utmost Happiness by Arundhati Roy
16. Yo, la más perezosa by Anne Señol
17. ¿Quién fue Marie Curie? by Megan Stine
18. Blood in the Water: The Attica Prison Uprising of 1971 and Its Legacy by Heather Ann Thompson
19. Europe after the Minotaur: Greece and the Global Economy by Yanis Varoufakis
20. Teseo y el Minotauro by Nel Yomtov
Whatever the case, I took it as fantastic news when I learned that Zayna Mediterranean would be moving into the old space that Molina's Midway Restaurant recently vacated (after deciding to bring 64 years of business to a close). The reason I had never considered Molina's a "suitable restaurant" was that they were a better place for family or group dining--or at the very least couples' dining--not the kind of place you could plop down for a solo meal without feeling a bit out of place. Besides, many of those aforementioned low-effort meals were Mexican or Southwestern dishes anyway, so I didn't feel I would gain much by going there instead of staying put.
Assuming Zayna moves its small tables with it, it would be fine for solo dining. And their fried cauliflower sandwiches are heavenly--as is their falafel. I have no idea what time line they're on. Nothing seems to have changed at either the old Molina's space or their current one.
Speaking of their current space, the acoustics there are atrocious. It can get very loud when the place is full. The move will be a plus for that reason as well.
I've been meaning to post a list of my recent reading, so I guess that's how I'll close.
1. ¿Quién fue Ana Frank? by Ann Abramson
2. Mayas para armar by Citlalli Bayardi
3. ¿Quién fue Albert Einstein? by Jess Brallier
4. Requiem for the American Dream: The 10 Principles of Concentration of Wealth & Power by Noam Chomsky
5. Perseo y Medusa by Blake A. Hoena
6. ¿Quién fue Marco Polo? by Joan Holub
7. Scapegoats: How Islamophobia Helps Our Enemies and Threatens Our Freedoms by Arsalan Iftikhar
8. How I Lost by Hillary Clinton by Joe Lauria
9. The Next Big Thing: The Dalton Camp Lectures in Journalism by Philip Lee (ed.)
10. Ant-Man. La novella. by Marvel
11. Shell-Shocked: On the Ground under Israel’s Gaza Assault by Mohammed Omer
12. ¿Quién fue Nelson Mandela? by Pam Pollack and Meg Belviso
13. Incas. Los indígenas de Sudamérica I. by Mariana Riva Palacio Q.
14. The Doctor and the Saint: Caste, Race, and Annihilation of Caste: The Debate Between B.R. Ambedkar and M.K. Gandhi by Arundhati Roy
15. The Ministry of Utmost Happiness by Arundhati Roy
16. Yo, la más perezosa by Anne Señol
17. ¿Quién fue Marie Curie? by Megan Stine
18. Blood in the Water: The Attica Prison Uprising of 1971 and Its Legacy by Heather Ann Thompson
19. Europe after the Minotaur: Greece and the Global Economy by Yanis Varoufakis
20. Teseo y el Minotauro by Nel Yomtov