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Calypso

1 post · Mar 24, 2003

Fred K.AT&T BroadbandMar 24, 2003
 My wife and I have been here several times and it's always been fantastic.
 I think they do a wine discount night on Sundays.

 Cindy F. wrote:
 > The SO is a Florida boy who occasionally needs a Caribbean food fix.
 > We'd passed by Calypso many times in the past two months.  It's on
 > Roosevelt, just south of NE 80th St.  Tonight was the night to try it.
 > We both had conch chowder to start off.  This was an excellent soup,
 > full of chunks of conch and vegetables.  The chef may have thrown some
 > plantain in for texture.  The waitress said she thinks the chef gets the
 > conch from Fiji.  He ordered the mango jerk chicken, while I ordered the
 > caribbean fish and chips.  Both entrees were good.  The mango sauce had
 > just a little bit of coconut milk in it--enough for flavor without being
 > too heavy.
 >
 > Another hit in our neighborhood.
 >
 > Cindy
 >
 > --
 > C.J. Fuller
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