We've been here before but this time we came when the mountain was covered in snow, and it was actually still snowing. Needless to say the warmth of the restaurant was a welcome escape from the 29 degree weather. The restaurant is always cozy and the staff always helpful and welcoming. The other times we came it was good but this time everything we ordered really hit the spot.
We started off with the chicken florentine soup of the day with an order of warm French bread. The soup was amazing. I don't understand why they don't make it a daily soup, at every restaurant in the world. It was warm, creamy, comforting, and perfectly flavored. We cut up pieces of the French bread and dipped it in the soup and it was sooooooo good. I would drive all the way back up the mountain just to have that again. If they had that in a sourdough bread bowl I would just rent a cabin for a week and gorge myself. I don't know if it was because it was cold but it just really did the job for me.
Next we ordered the mozzarella cheese sticks (more like triangles) but they were perfect as well. You know how sometimes when you order cheese sticks you just basically get a warm breaded cheese curd? Well that isn't the case. This was an oozy, stretchy, stringy cheese stick. Even 12 minutes after we initially got them, the cheese was still stretchy. That's some good mozzarella sticks.
And for our entree we decided to share the fish and chips. It was good and what you would expect. The fish was moist and flaky. The seasoned fries that it came with were awesome though. Crunchy outside with soft potato in the middle and seasoned well without being too salty. We ended the meal with two hot chocolates and whip cream to go for our drive back down the mountain.
I would say this place is a solid 3 1/2 to 4 star place all the time, but I don't know if it was the perfect circumstances but our last trip in was definitely a 4 1/2 star experience.