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| - This NEW, VERY OUT OF THE WAY restaurant is WELL WORTH THE DRIVE!! This tiny community of locals WELCOME you with politeness, kindness & genuine warmth like your their next door neighbor.
We made the 45 minute drive and enjoyed our 3+ hour dinner. This is a casual café serving breakfast, salads & lunch/dinner. We arrived Monday late afternoon for any early dinner, sat inside as it was quite HOT! (this is the desert, y'all!!) to enjoy the A/C. The patio looked very inviting with the mountain views, once the sunset it was THE PLACE TO BE!
Lets start with the salads. The GOLDEN BEET salad is just beautiful to look at AND tasty with a balsamic glaze. If you like beets this will satisfy that craving. The ROASTED BROCCOLI Salad is outta site!!! sooooo DEEELISSSH and without raisins which really floated my boat, cuz I hate those little dried fruit things......the peanut dressing/sauce is a perfect addition plus the slivered almonds are a welcomed topper. Lastly we had the CAESAR Salad with Homemade Dressing (inc, anchovies) and Homemade croutons. Really lovely presentation - creamy dressing, freshly grated parmesan cheese and those house made croutons! SIMPLY DEVINE.
We ordered 3 pizzas, a margarita, a pepperoni & the fig & pancetta. Ahhh, couple things here to mention....... the MARGARITA, the red sauce is a very light tomato sauce which does provide for a fresh light taste. The PEPPERONI looked great (I don't eat sausage of any kind :**/) with small bite size pieces of the spicy sausage, again with the light tomato sauce. The FIG PANCETTA, this is kind'a their special offering. It features small (yes!) bite size pieces of sweet fig and salty pancetta with a balsamic glaze. Keep in mind there is NO SAUCE on this pizza...So it's a savory offering....
NO cocktails, however beer & wine are featured along with soft drinks, iced tea & Italian sodas. Also many coffee options, so an iced coffee would be a very niiiiice addition with any of these lunch/dinner options, and of course with your breakfast selection too!
Cottonwood Eatery has an on site baker, so the small bakery case displays yummy, deliciousness pastries like muffins, apple or cherry turnovers etc. again with a fresh cup of coffee to quote Ina " the Barefoot Contessa" Garten "How bad can that be?"
The Cottonwood Eatery is the kind of place we all want in our neighborhood! On site, locally owned & staffed come on over to Blue Diamond, NV where the Population......Low,
Elevation.....High
& Burros......?
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