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Smythe Cottage and Tavern

  • June 13, 2006
  • Rated 4 of 5 by zabelle from Portland, Connecticut
Smythe Cottage and Tavern

UPDATE: RESTAURANT IS CLOSED. This is an utterly charming little restaurant which we happened upon as we were walking from the Rising Star Tavern to the Mary Washington House. It turned out to be a very lucky find indeed. Part of the charm is the family who owns the cottage. The father was waiting tables on this day at lunch and the mother was cooking but also trying to keep track of a very precocious 2-year-old daughter. It made the experience all the more memorable. The cottage itself is very cute, it is a pre Civil War construction with a more formal parlor dining area, and an outdoor patio dining area in addition to where we were seated which looks like it may have been a porch at one time. There are resident ghosts but as usual I was totally unaware of any unusual happenings

The lunch menu is not extensive but offers some interesting choices. They had two soups, the Virginia Peanut which is their specialty and the today’s special which was potato. You may order a cup or a crock. I ordered the peanut and Al got the potato. Both of them were excellent but I can have potato soup any day, when else am I going to eat peanut soup. I would go back just to eat the peanut soup.

They offered Virginia Ham biscuits, Chicken salad biscuits, and a variety of sandwiches, roast beef, turkey, chicken salad, tuna ham and Swiss, club sandwich and turkey club. There was also a broccoli and cheese quiche, chicken pot pie, and ginger beef in a pot with rice. If you prefer salad they offer a tossed salad alone or in combination with soup and also a chef salad. Their Smythe’s chicken salad includes grilled chicken, mandarin oranges, pineapples and pecans. They have sweet tea and unsweetened, beer, wine and stronger spirits, and of course coffee and soda.

The ham was shredded and served on warm biscuits. The ham was a hair dry but very tasty and I enjoyed my three biscuits. It was served with slices of melon and a wedge of orange. Al had a roast beef sandwich on rye which had perfect slices of rare roast beef and was served with chips and a slice of melon and tomatoes. A very satisfying lunch.

On this one occasion we didn’t have time to try the dessert but if we had they offered pecan pie, peach Melba, apple turnovers, chocolate turnovers, caramel cream, and mud pie. All desserts are made on site. I really am going to have to return and have a huge bowl of peanut soup and try one or more of their desserts. By the way, they also serve dinner and one entree the turkey shortcake certainly sounds intriguing.

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