Williams & Graham

We finally made it into Williams & Graham, the speakeasy on 32nd and Tejon, on our fourth try.

The first three times were all on chilly weekend nights, when we were sent out into the cold to wait for an hour for a table to come open. We ended up instead at Linger and downtown the first two times and never made it back. The third time, the hostess told us if we went down the street to the Highland Tap and Burger, W&G would pick up our first round of drinks. At Highland Tap, T had his favorite cocktail ever, a cucumber that seemed funny for a frigid Feb. night but would probably be perfect in summer. We didn't end up going back to W&G.

But the 4th time of trying to get in, PB+C got in at 11 p.m. on a Wednesday. This place looks like a bookseller, but a bookshelf swings open, and now you're in the bar. There's curtains and high-backed booths, so even when you're inside, you might not know who all is there. There's a fancy bar, tin ceilings. You exit out the back instead of the way you came.

Anyway, by 11 p.m. on a Wednesday, the kitchen was starting to close, so only the late night menu of sandwiches was available. We both got the lamb. It comes out on this crispy toast, with fried eggs on it and greens. The first bite was so delicious, though perhaps a bit salty. PB said it was the best sandwich he'd ever eaten. C advises leaving the top piece of bread off and eating it as it comes out to you: with the egg, greens, lamb on one piece of bread and eating the other slice of toast as just toast. Otherwise, the bread gets too soggy by the time you're done eating the sandwich if you put the second piece of bread on top of the other.

You can also get some fancy cocktails here. This place is pretty loud, so it's not the most awesome place to shout out a conversation, but this place is fun to check out