New FUN Local Restaurant and Improv Raises My FUNtelligence Quotient!

It is always so much FUN when new restaurants open, especially when they are in your backyard!  Boca Pizzeria and Wine Bar opened last night in the Pacheco Plaza on Ignacio Blvd in Southern Novato.  The place was "hoppin."  It is a sister restaurant to Boca Steak & Seafood Restaurant on Ignacio Blvd.  People waited outside with wine glasses in hand on a beautiful Marin County evening.  The staff was energized and friendly, tables turned over quickly, the wine bar was packed, neopolitan pizzas donned many tables and there was a general FUN buzz throughout! 

I had an amazingly delicious creamy polenta with mushrooms and balsamic reduction starter dish.  My husband and I shared a marguerite pizza with mozzarella, tomato sauce and basil.  We had a wonderful cabernet wine.  The pizza comes quickly and is yummy!  Our server, Shauna, told us the super hot ovens cook the pizza in one and a half minutes! Wow!

We sat next to an adorable 6 year old girl and her father.  Her name is Kate Finnegan and "she owns" Finnegan's Marin Restaurant in Novato.  When I asked her if she was ever at the restaurant she adorably said "I own it!"  We chatted with Kate and Henry, (her father and owner with his brother of Finnegan's - I'm guessing "they" pay the bills- not Kate!), as we all enjoyed our meals.  We are planning on trying Finnegan's soon.  In her picture Kate is showing me her amazingly sparkly light up pink sneakers!

After dinner we went to the former Pacheco Playhouse, now the Novato Theater Company Playhouse on the opposite side of the Plaza.  My improv teacher, Mick Laugs, and Kayla Gold, owner of Kayla Gold Vocal Studio,  presented a wonderful teen improv show.  Together they ran a teen improv workshop all week which culminated in last nights performance.  There was alot of creativity, FUN and laughter. 


It was a wonderful evening and great to have all this FUN in my backyard!
Good Food, FUN and Laughter raises my FUNtelligence Quotient!