Dishin': Bite Some Tongue at Rancho Bravo

Lots of talk about Rancho Bravo combined with a tough time with our taxes (and a need to stretch the budget), necessitating a visit. We'd been to the Wallingford truck, but who can resist the "real restaurant" feel of the old KFC building on Capitol Hill?

If you want a hip vibe, check out Oddfellows Café (you can see it through Rancho Bravo's window) or take a short stroll to Quinn's. This is about good, cheap food. We wanted a sandwich, and the torta was terrific. Torn over a choice between tongue and tripe, the counter lady said tongue had the best flavor, and we were sold.

Great advice. The meat was tender, but with that deep tongue taste. Having made quick work of that soft sandwich, we returned home to our taxing task, feeling proud of our offal selves, and then learned that Quinn's had just thrown a plate of veal testicles on its menu. Oh boy. Time to go back to Capitol Hill to have a ball (or two), as we love them; in fact, we sampled some (the ox variety) recently when Joseba Jiménez de Jiménez prepared us some Rocky Mountain oyster sorbet with pig foot skin at Harvest Vine. (You can thumb through the current online issue of Sound magazine to read more about that.)