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It's not my mother's meatloaf. (Shh! Sorry Mom. This is better. I'm really very sorry.)
Tucked on a corner of the The Shops at Gainey Village is a quaint little restaurant, complete with an outdoor patio.
Alas, the patio and I were not properly introduced as the super comfortable looking loungers and tables were already scooped up. Instead, my friends and I were greeted like friends at the bar and found three (count 'em, three) stools right in a row waiting for us.
I don't know if the patio is always this super busy, as this was the 1st Thursday of the month. There's music 1st Thursdays (until March of 2014) in the center area of the shopping area with different live bands. I do know that reservations are not taken for the patio area. It's first come, first serve! So hurry kids, hurry! Those seats look mahhvelous.
Given how delish the food was I can understand why. Hoh Boy.
Our group took the hearty advice of Rick, a super bomb diggity bartender, and went with the "hot crab dip". The serving size is large and plenty for a group of three. If I were to attempt this at home I'd perhaps throw in a hint more spice. (Maybe a touch of celery.) But really, this gal was sassy pants happy scooping away at the dip. The provided copious amounts of toast to enjoy the dip which was rather nice.
My friends shared a Cobb Salad. I had to laugh at them. The serving size was gigantic. HUGE. I turned away the opportunity to sample what looked like a wonderful salad.
I was being single minded in my determination to eat AS MUCH AS POSSIBLE of my meat loaf. (My friends said the Cobb was very much to their liking. They eat out quite a bit, so I take their word for it.)
Grilling meatloaf put a new spin on it for me. Ok, fine. The menu does say "Family Specialty". I was majorly bummed this morning when I remembered my left-overs where not, in fact, in my apartment. They were sacrificed in the name of car pooling.
Yes, that happened. My heavenly grilled meat loaf was sent off to a better life. And I did not get to enjoy left-overs today.
I will go back to the Village Tavern and eat this again.
Thank you Rick the Bartender for a *great* recommendation!
(Also, you were a wonderful server!)
Oh! And the house red is a new friend of mine. (Five bucks!)
Can't go wrong here.
UPDATE! UPDATE!
I sat on the patio! No wonder this spot is hard to come by. Very large area with super fine seating. Comfy. So comfy no one wants to get up :)
This time my visit was during a Sunday brunch slot. Boy! No joke. 11:30 is a popular time. We were super lucky and scored the last table. On a Saturday, I doubt this would ever happen. (I heard men dragging their families inside with, "NO. We have to sit inside so I can watch "the" game." Yay for me! I mean, us. There was a group of us :)
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