Article 563 of pgh.food:
From: gerry@cmu.edu (Gerry Roston)
Subject: Restaraunt review: El Ultimo Cafe
Date: Thu, 11 Jun 92 12:39:11 -0400

Last night, my sister and I ate at El Ultimo Cafe, 2119 Penn Ave in
the Strip District.  The place is relatively new, its been there for
less than a year.  The decor is nice, and during the middle of the
week, not very crowded.

I ordered a bowl soup to start.  The portion was large and the soup
very tasty.  For dinner, I had the brochette (a skewer with beef,
sausage, chicken, onions and peppers) and my sister had the arroz con
pollo.  Both were well prepared, tasty and reasonable size portions.
(I am a very big eater, most people would probably have found the
portions large... my sister didn't finish her meal... I did)  The wine
selection is not bad, you can certainly find one to go with your meal.
We did not have dessert although they looked quite good.

We chatted with the ower, a CMU PhD from EDRC.  She got tired of
working in industry, and based on what she told us of her work
environment, I can not blame her.  She said that her restaraunt is a
true cafe... you can stay as long as you want regardless of what you
order.  She also said that they have a reasonably priced lunch menu.
Also, on weekends, there is live music.

The bill came to $50 (without tip).

I recommend this place. The food was good, the atmosphere nice (or to
be consistent with my previous rantings... the atmosphere did nothing
to detract from the meal) and the cost reasonable.

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