Town #7 Hartford (visit #6)

Sunday, February 8, 2009
Tamarind Grill

Today’s plans ended up being scrambled, a mystery ride of sorts. We and two other couples planned to go to an organ concert, part of the concert series at Saint Joseph Cathedral in Hartford at 3:00, then follow up with supper at City Steam downtown afterward. Well, when we arrived for the concert, we found a mass going on; obviously, the concert wasn’t at 3:00! Two weeks earlier it had been arbitrarily changed to 5:00, but since we hadn't returned to the website in the previous two weeks, we didn't know that.

So we decided to eat first . . . but when we got to City Steam we found they didn’t open until 4:00. Okayyyy. On a cold and very blustery February day, we walked around blocks from Main Street to Trumbull to Pratt, finding only a Dunkin’Donuts open, and the sole server there taking a nap on a table in the window to boot. We finally the found the Tamarind Grill on Pratt Street open, with Thai food. It was wonderful (food, atmosphere, and service). Each of us ordered something different and was pleased with it. It was the first time eating Thai for several of us and we were pleasantly surprised. Considering the dearth of eateries in downtown Hartford open on a Sunday afternoon, Tamarind should have been full, but they apparently expected fewer diners than they had. Nevertheless, we were glad to have found it and to have expanded our horizons. The server even got us out by 4:30 as requested, and we made it to the organ concert in time.