Gleeful Greetings!

Wow! We had such fun last week saying howdy once again to our loyal customers. While we had quite few new faces in the door, we had far more of our old friends stop by. We were delighted with your reactions and even more pleased to be able to serve you in our new environment.


Here's our new service kitchen. It is right out front so I can be a part of things and cooking is done right in front of you.

We really wore ourselves out pushing so hard to get open quickly. But now that part is over and we are slowly regaining some energy and perspective. One big factor that is helping is that Bruce Carr has joined our team. His extensive knowledge of the management end of the food business as well as his can do/ will do attitude make him a joy to work with. He also brings a personal flair for exploratory cooking. We look forward to adding his creations to the mix as time goes along.

I have a new soup recipe that I am using as our main soup this week. It is Italian Sausage Minestrone. I found it in the New England Soup Factory Cookbook. They are the same guys who had the recipe for the Butternut  with Cannelloni Soup we had last week. It is full of fresh veggies including carrots, celery, onion, zucchini and yellow squash, tomatoes plus three kinds of beans in a light tomato based broth. Both sweet and hot Italian sausage are in abundance.

Starting Tuesday we'll have Antipasto Salad for the rest of the week. I have received several requests for this. Thank you for letting me know what you want. I'm listening.

Did you realise we are now open at 8AM? We are serving coffee, tea, orange juice and breakfast breads~muffins, etc. 

Did you know we now have WI-FI? Yep. It is free. So enjoy your coffee while surfing the web.




This is the view from the stage.

In the front corner of the dining area we have added a stage. During the week you may dine in the elevated area. But come Friday night (beginning in January) we'll be open for a Tapas menu (appetizer sized portions) and will feature various acoustic artists. I doubt we'll be open very late--probably closed by about 10pm. It should be the kind of environment where you could bring your mother, your daughter or your business partner while being able to relax and be comfrtable while listening to good music and dining on good food. Much more on that later.