February 22, 2013
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Waterfront Restaurant
Friday Evening, February 15
We were supposed to meet Roy and Deb here one week earlier, but it was a snowy, icy evening so we postponed it a week.
For the locals, this is near Eden – just off of Route 23.
I was interested in the origin of this building, and asked our waitress about it. She asked one of the owners to come to our table to give us the history.
He said he understands that it was originally a gun barrel factory, and most recently a variety of restaurants.
He said they recently learned that the upstairs was a brothel
– maybe in the early 1900s. At one time when the owner of the brothel was arrested, the woman’s husband had to go to jail. (That was before they sent women to jail in our area, so her husband had to take her place.)
This meal was Roy and Deb’s birthday gift to me.
I liked that this restaurant owner exposed and restored the original brick walls.
Deb and I chose spots closest to the fireplace.
One of the appetizers was Grilled Elk. Roy ordered it just so the four of us could taste it.
Menu description: Grilled Elk, dried cherry goat cheese wonton, pink peppercorn demi glaze reduction
Deb and I got Crab Wellington.
Crab Wellington – wrapped in a puff pastry with Cabot cheddar, sundried tomato cream sauce
Cerwin’s Beef Tower – Grilled petit filet mignon with panko crusted potato cake on roasted portabella, with Danish blue cheese crumbles and fried spinach
Roy’s Crispy Panko Crusted Pork Tenderloin with honey mustard glaze and pumpkin risotto
Cerwin’s dessert – Apple crisp with ice cream.
Deb and I got lemon Crème Brûlée.
Roy’s cheese cake and ice cream.
In summertime you can eat on the patio right next to the Conestoga River.
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Thanks Roy and Deb. We had a wonderful evening!
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Comments (9)
Ooh — lucky thing I just finished dinner!
lol Doris!!!!! You know how to live and eat!!! And at great places. Looks wonderful.
lol Sending the man to jail—boy, that could slow down prostitution.
Blessings,
frank
@slmret - It’s always fun to make my readers hungry.
@HUMOR_ME_NOW - I found that fascinating that a man had to go to jail when it was the woman who committed the crime.
You guys eat at the very neatest places!
@fwren - Roy and Deb are good at finding unusual restaurants – and we are the beneficiaries.
Looks so yummy!
Another great meal — everything looks so good! Birthday celebrations last a long time in your family!!
@myhopeisinjesus - That is the fun part of a big family we are always having birthday parties – some early and some late.