The Lion's Den

The Farm is worth The Visit

I had heard fellow sybarites praise Farm Café before so when we needed a good place for a late night dinner to discuss the movie we had just seen we decided to head over to Farm. What a wonderful dining experience! The restaurant is setup in a homey feeling adapted house and has a friendly staff and great food.

The first impression was a negative one. We stood by the door for a good few minutes with waiters and waitresses walking past us and no acknowledgement of our presence before a hostess took my name and told me it might be a little while. Waiting did not matter much, partially because at 10pm we figured the wait would likely be short and mostly because it was a lovely spot to be on a warm summer night. The menu had plenty of appetizing options as well as a wide selection of house concoctions. The clientele was a bit humorous with it's overabundance of retro counterculture clothes and hairdos but they, like us, seemed to be there for good food and a good time.

The three of us ordered cheese stuffed ravioli with a spicy crushed pepper sauce, the veggie burger (made with eggplant) and the roasted tofu with mushroom marsala sauce. All dishes were well prepared with quality ingredients and quite delicious. My roasted tofu was mild enough to not tire out on the sauce yet delicious and engaging. The ravioli were huge (three of them filled the plate) and had a sauce that was spicy enough to excite the palette without offending. The veggie burger was probably the winner of the bunch with a complex construct of tastes and textures that made you want to take another bite before the first was done. We accompanied the dinner with local microbrews and a mixed drink and followed it with a chocolate soufflé with coffee ice-cream. The soufflé took a good while to materialize (I would have been worried had it been otherwise) and had a good balance of richness and lightness. Coffee ice-cream could easily have been overpowering but was mild enough to provide the right degree of flavor. I recommend Farm Café to anyone looking for quality local ingredients properly treated. If you go, look for me there, I quite intend on returning for more.