We had offered to take our hosts out for dinner. The first place that we had considered had a rather eclectic menu. When confirming our reservation, the lovely woman on the phone mentioned that it was “open mic” night starting at 1900. Would it be loud? Well it might be, but most of it could be in Russian…
Instead of going for Mideastern/Eastern Europe fusion, .we elected to go for Italian instead. The restaurant was only a couple of miles away and street parking at this point in the evening was free. The food was excellent. The staff was great. However….the noise level was unbearable. Seriously, I turned on my decibel monitoring app. It was constantly registering between 85-91db. The problem was a combination of reflective walls and ceilings combined with a packed crowd all trying to be heard across the table.
We were all glad to be finished and out into the peace and quiet of traffic….
