Post #448767 by KeithH on Tue, Apr 21, 2009 9:03 PM

My wife and I were on vacation in SF this past weekend. We dragged a couple of friends out to the east bay from the Richmond neighborhood for a relaxing Sunday afternoon at FI and we were not disappointed in any way by our experience - in fact, we were blown away (I think our friends will be making even more trips across the bay to visit FI).

First - Mike held one of the very cool bowls for me - it was to be a gift from my wife for our anniversary. HUGE thanks for that!

Even at 4ish pm on a Sunday afternoon - with some of the most perfect weather our friends remember in SF in April ever outside - there were several people outside and even more inside.

I LOVED the feel of FI as soon as I walked in the door. I felt like I was home. A quick glance behind the bar made my mouth water - so much rum... so little time. We found a booth and settled in for what we hoped would be a fun hour or two.

I let our bartender know that we had a bowl on hold for us. Our bartender was AWESOME! She was friendly and had a lot of great suggestions. She even took some pictures of our group with my camera.

We started off with the Mystery Bowl and it was perfect. I did not taste any "standard mix" in any of the drinks - everything tasted like fresh juices. I could spend the rest of my life drinking at this bar!

The girls moved on to sodas and juices - Patty was driving. Ken and I went for the signature Forbidden Island drink - had to get the mug! My expectations were again blown away!

I finished off my first visit to FI with the Hurricane. WOW! Have I gushed enough about FI yet?

This was the perfect end to our vacation!

I am already thinking about my next trip to the area - and of course another trip to FI.

Thank you very much to the entire staff at Forbidden Island!