The Landis Store Hotel restaurant is a great find that we have been to twice, and is just minutes away from us. I had the duck last time and I tell you, I savored every single bite.
Dress casually or dress up, either way you will feel very comfortable in the quaint little hotel.
Currently it is openned only Wednesday, Thursday, Friday and Saturday, but in September, they will not be openned on Wednesdays.
The Bear Creek Restaurant, The Grille at Bear Creek is a great place to eat any time of year. If you are unfamiliar with Bear Creek, it is a ski resort outside of Allentown, PA. Not a huge resort with a tremendous amount of slopes like out west, but for the locals it is a great retreat that does not take hours to get to.
Sadly, this year I was unable to get out and enjoy the slopes at Bear Creek, but last year, I had both my son and daughter out for at least one good day of skiing. For a family that does not ski more than once or twice a year, the slopes of Bear Creek that range from easy to difficult single diamonds are more than enough to challenge our abilities.
Bear Creek, which was formerly known as Doe Mountain, was bought out by same company that owns Killington in Vermont.
The Grille at Bear Creek restaurant is serviced by the Boston Culinary Group and is headed out by Executive Chef Jason Pope, CEC of South Carolina. Looking at their site, I noticed that they have an on site herb garden to guarantee that the herbs they use are fresh.
The only criticism that I have about the Bear Creek Grille is that the water needs to be purified because it had a really bad after taste. That is one of my pet peeves…tsk tsk.
Other than that, I will with out a doubt eat at Bear Creek again. The high quality meal did not give us sticker shock when we got our bill. As a matter of fact, we actually guessed a price that was quite a bit higher than our actual bill.
Bear Creek gets 3.5 stars out of 5, and if they corrected their water situation, would actually rate a whole lot higher.
Trattoria Totaro Restaurant -Conshohocken
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I was in search of the Conshohocken Italian Bakery, but stopped at this great little BYOB Italian restaurant in Conshohocken first and ordered three sandwiches since they use the Conshy bakery as their bread supplier.
According to Lizzie and many others, the best sandwiches in the Philly area are made on Conshy rolls. So if you have had an authentic Philly Cheese Steak, it hopefully was on one of these rolls. If it wasn’t, then you didn’t have the best Philly Cheese Steak.
The Trattoria is a really quaint restaurant that has been at its current location for well over a decade. The dining room has murals painted walls and an atmosphere that begs you to share a couple of nice bottles of your own favorite wine. Lizzie and I will have to check it out for dinner.
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The Roasted Red Pepper appetizer at Cutillo’s is a nice start to an amazing meal that ended with Lizzie’s hot fudge Chocolate Cake.
Cutillo’s Godmother Filet Tips Stroganoff
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Godmother Filet Tips Stroganoff at Cutillo’s was awesome. Started out with a salad with house dressing, then this entre. We then had deserts which were mouth wateringly good. I had the Pecan Cheesecake, and Lizzie had the better of the two desserts, which was the hot fudge chocolate cake.
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Lizzie and I ate in the LePavillion Crystal Dining room on during their All Saints brunch, which is held anytime the Saints are playing at home on Sunday. The All Saints brunch consists of at least 4 tables of fine buffet dining to include a table of deserts, fruit, cheeses, and the main table with items such eggs, meat and the like.
I had three courses during the All Saints Brunch which consisted the first being fruit, cheeses, and a tiny bagel, the second being eggs, bacon, crab leggs, and the last being desert which I shared with Lizzie.
Thankfully we ate this large brunch, because the next meal was not until nearly 8pm after we did our Cajun Encounters tour and ate at the fabulous Mr. B’s which will be another post all together.
Sadly, this was the only meal we were to have at the LePavillion, due to the short nature of our stay, we wanted to experience as much as possible. But I heard via a comment on the New Orleans Weekend post that they also have an awesome Crawdad Sandwich which I will have to try if we ever stay there again.
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