The Cafe at Briarcliffe

My sweet husband asked me to breakfast on Valentine's Day. What a guy!
We decided to try something new and went for The Cafe at Briarcliffe.
It felt like I was at a hotel restaurant. A nice hotel, but a hotel nonetheless. And instead of hotel guests, I would guess that their typical diner lives in Briarcliffe and just rides on down the hill to eat.
The food was fine, the service was s l o w. I know what you're going to say. It was Valentine's Day - what did I expect? Well, I would expect slow service on Valentine's Day. If the restaurant was full. That was definitely not the case.
The breakfast menu had the usual fare. Pancakes. Waffles. Eggs. The usual. I had a waffle and Scott had pancakes. My waffle was fine, nothing extraordinary. But the syrup was really good. The bacon that came with my waffle was... odd. I had one piece, but there were three or four pieces stuck together on the bottom. It was pretty much inedible.
Dinner and lunch however look must more unique. There were things on there that I'm very excited to go back to try.
So, would I go back? Yep, just not for breakfast. And not unless I had a lot of time, just in case they're moving at turtle-speed again.

Pot Pie

I first learned about Pot Pie from Check Please, a new show on PBS showcasing local restaurants and 3 diners' takes on them.

This place makes me feel like I'm hanging out in a friend's loft. It's dimly lit. Very cozy. Everyone was there to get truly good food, but didn't want to analyze why it was so good. They just knew it was. I didn't detect one food snob in the place.
I had plans to go to this gem only for dessert. When my friend and I got there, our table wasn't ready. We sat at the bar and chatted with a very friendly bartender, tried a new wine, and learned a little bit about the place.
We saw someone eating a yummy looking bowl of mussels. Had to. So, before dessert I had mussel broth all over my hands. And it was well worth it!

Dessert. I have to say I wasn't all that excited about going to Pot Pie for dessert. I checked out their menu online before heading there and I wasn't all that thrilled with my choices. If it's not covered in chocolate, it's typically not a dessert for me. Well, one of the people on Check Please mentioned that they normally didn't like bread pudding but really enjoyed the bread pudding at Pot Pie. I'm not a fan of bread pudding. I don't do mushy foods. But, I decided to go for it.

It smelled like chocolate chip cookies baking in the oven. It was warm. Gooey. Comforting. Delicious.

I can't wait to go back and try the rest of their menu. Everything sounded so good. I will be back!