From Famine to Feast 3-22-12

We are always looking for new, interesting restaurants to try. We read about one in the Herald Tribune. The name of it is Prana. It has been open since Monday and it is located in the same building as a former nightclub called Krome. Two things about the article caught my eye. The first is that it has a Cuban theme to the menu, and we can only go to Columbia or Cha Cha Coconuts so many times...not to mention they are a nightmare to get to for lunch during Snowbird Season. The second is that the owners are a father/son team, and the son was a former sniper in the Afghanistan war! Prana was right next to a pawn shop on 301, just south of 12th street and I admit the area wasn't the toniest we have ever been to. Sue assured me that she was packin' heat though, and we had another destination in the area after lunch so we figured to kill two birds with one stone. The parking lot is rather hard to find and is in back and shared by the pawn shop. We walked through the small back door...and were immediately impressed by the black and white and chrome and glitz decor. The joint was clean...no, scatch that...it was immaculate! Dad seated us.  To be continued....