The Inn: My favorite part of the inn isn't actually the room itself. It is the staircase past the kitchen. There's a little nook that retains the heat of the kitchen and the wonderful aroma of whatever is cooking. YUM (if you are into that kind of sensory experience)!!!
The room: #4. The key sticks. The TV is old, old. The sheets are nice and the four-post bed is delightfully high. A golden box of 2 chocolates waited for us on a plate with a doily. Love the coconut/lime/verbena bath products (Bath and Body Works).
The restaurant: AMAZING. You must, must, must check out the cheese fridge. There must be 2 dozen + cheeses that will drive you crazy. You can get the cheese plate in 3, 5, or 7 increments. I was amazed by L'Espalier a few days ago, but Baricelli Inn's cheese plate blew me away. Flawless grapes and a wonderful selection of cheeses, from runny to solid. Nothing calcified, but that's OK. The VA Appalachian jack was a bit overpowered by the other soft cheeses. No worries. I'm a sucker for fresh figs and the fig cake. The only other compliment to that would be the honeyed orange marmalade that they served with last night's dessert special - chocolate dome with a hint of basil paired with a lemon bar. The instructions were to eat the chocolate dome and while the last bit of chocolate was in your mouth, take a bite of the lemon bar. The only little complaint was that the honeyed orange confection detracted from the sharpness of the lemon bar. I'm all about the citrus shock factor.