The roads were crazy with people making an early start home. So our restaurant choices were limited to: something on the highway and something that we could make a right turn to get into (so did not want to have to cross the on-coming traffic).
We spotted The Elk and Finch. I thought it sounded a little too much like a chain restaurant, but the patio was crowded and it fit our other criteria.
Imagine our suprise when we were seated on the patio (after, admittedly, a long wait)to look at the menu and see things like "house-smoked salmon" on offer.
We kept it simple, ordering a pizza and Caesar Salad to split. The pizza had a nice thin crust, real calamata olives and whole cloves of roasted garllic. The Caesar Salad was yummy, with real bacon and freshly-grated parmesan cheese. My only complaint was that it wasn't as salty as I would like, but that's such a personal thing and so many people are avoiding salt these days.
Our server was quite good, managing what appeared to be an unexpectedly busy day quite competently.
I think The Elk and Finch is quite popular with the locals (always a good sign)
people were greeting each other by name as they walked onto the patio.
In all, a very pleasant surprise for an emergency lunch stop. We'll add it to the itinerary should we be invited back next year. Though after the Oreo Cookie Ice-Cream Sandwiches, I'm not at all sure we will be....
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