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| - While visiting the area this weekend a family member and I found ourselves asking, 'Where's a good place to get some grub before we go home?' A quick search brought up fantastic reviews for The Blue Door Cafe & Bakery, and we figured we'd check the place out. So what did we think?
Yes - this place deserves its rave reviews. Absolutely.
We were a little afraid when parking that the wait would be long - the lot was totally full! - but we quickly parked, only waited about 10 - 15 minutes during the super busy Sunday brunch hours to be seated, and knew when we saw a menu while waiting that anything we picked would hit the spot. The normal menu looked delicious, the specials looked fantastic - it was really hard to choose what we wanted!
Ultimately we went for a Vegetarian Croissant Monsieur and the lemon & blueberry French toast. While waiting for the meal (which admittedly took a while but wasn't unreasonable, either, given the crowd) I sipped on the most amazing cup of hot chocolate I've ever had - milk, Europe block chocolate, and a few other ingredients basically equaled perfection in a mug. The food? No complaints at all - everything was delicious. The Vegetarian Croissant Monsieur was surprisingly light and had the perfect balance of sauce, eggs and cheeses; the French toast was covered in blueberry sauce, blueberries, lemon cream and almonds - no syrup or butter necessary there!
We didn't take anything home from the bakery seeing as we rolled out after the enormous meal, but everything there looked fantastic, too. If you're feeling patient and you're willing to deal with some noise and a crowd, this place is absolutely worth your time. If I'm in the area again, I'll definitely be back!
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