get it while it's...there.

i just enjoyed a savory lunch at cafe cuba, the place in the same block with agua linda (the old normaltown cafe space). others have already addressed the food quality more adeptly than i would, so i'll leave that be other than to comment that my lunch entre was delicious. and they provided complimentary soup/salad bar.

i'm posting to encourage 4KS's loyal readers to visit this fine establishment...while you still can. it seems like time and resources may be short over at cafe cuba. my reasons for suspecting this are two-fold:

1. the waitress, in apologizing for slow service, confided in me that she was distracted because their power bill was due by 1pm that day. that they weren't sure if they had enough money in the account to cover it, and that a power cut off seemed imminent.

2. when i approached the front counter to pay the check, the waitress had a problem: she could not make change. for a twenty. at 1pm on a weekday. the register apparently had like $2 in it. she checked her own pocketbook, but only found another $2. she called over the other waitress, who unfortunately only had $4. at this point i offered to pay with a credit card, but she assured me it was no problem. the day was saved by the cook, who emerged from the kitchen and graciously produced two crumpled fives.