Sister's Brew Coffeehouse

Atmosphere: Friendly and eclectic with comfy chairs
Food Quality: very good
Food Taste: Excellent
Service: They bring your order to your table, unusual for coffee houses
Kid Friendliness: laid back atmosphere, a few board games. Also, dogs allowed.
Overall: good for an interesting lunch
Cost: $6.50 for a ciabatta-bread sandwich, $3.50 for a latte
Favorite: Cranberry Cream Cheese Turkey sandwich

Once in a while my Hubby watches the kids and frees me to go have dinner and take a bit of a break. When that happens, my favorite thing to do it take a good book down to Sister's Brew and grab one of their outstanding sandwiches for dinner. They're fresh and tasty, made on home-baked bread and who can say no to a frothy, foamy latte on the side?



See also the posts on Hubby's blog about Sister's Brew Here.

The Broiler

Atmosphere: Quiet and intimate, good for businessmen
Food Quality: Very good
Food Taste: Also very good
Service: Top end of small town. Once in a while they miss something but they don't try to chase you out either!
Kid Friendliness: Would be okay if they'll be quiet and sit still.
Overall: A little overpriced but good food.
Cost: $15-$30 per plate? I don't remember.
Favorite: Sunday Brunch Buffet

I have been given coupons for the Sunday Brunch Buffet and have been taken to lunch there by employers, or I probably never would have gone. The salads I had for lunch were terrific; they had lots of interesting combinations and the ingerdients were quite fresh. The Sunday Brunch Buffet was the topper, though. A chocolate fountain with fresh strawberries, chafing dishes full of tempting potato creations and cheesy blintzes, a chef on hand ready to cook up a fresh crepe or omelette or slice off some roast beef. The only thing I ever found to be less than top quality was the breads and pastries were sometimes a little dry.

Swilly's

Atmosphere: Trendy and Sophisticated
Food Quality: Amazing. Always top-notch.
Food Taste: I love their chef's style! I guess she's been there for many years.
Service: Big-city quality. Fresh ground pepper on your salad.
Kid Friendliness: Get a sitter.
Overall: One of those Seattle-style places you have to know about.
Cost: $24-$40 per plate
Favorite: Don't go often enough.

We went there for a nice Valentine's Day date. The place was packed; we had to have a reservation, which we did. The dinner salad had nuts, caramelized red onions and Gorgonzola cheese on it, with some kind of mild house dressing. Matt got a seafood fettuccine dish which was good and I got the Northwest Seafood Stew which was out-of-this world good! We both agreed mine was better, hehe. I had the Sauvignon Blanc and I should have gotten a red, but oh well. Then we split this incredible dessert, something about molten chocolate with coffee ice cream. Perfect end to a culinarily delightful evening.

The Pantry

Atmosphere: Family, unlimited coffee refills.
Food Quality: Usually good.
Food Taste: Usually quite good.
Service: Often lacking. We have to go track down a waitress sometimes and they're the type that stop by and ask if everything is ok a little too often, but not when you actually need something.
Kid Friendliness: yep, they'll give you a high chair and a booster seat and a box of crayons.
Overall: One of the better breakfast-for-dinner places in town. A tad overpriced though.
Cost: $9-$15 per plate, $4 for kids if I remember right.
Favorite: Taco omelette

We usually have this one in the rotation somewhere. I have usually been happy with my food there although it is just run-of-the mill grill-style food. I think of it more as comfort food! But we are usually happy with the quality when we go.