From Scratch.....a mountain kitchen

Doug and I came here for our 3d anniversary. I was curious and excited to try it because of their food philosophy. Local, organic, from scratch etc. Right up my alley. So we get there and grab a couple menus from the front counter. There are racks of condiments they make and syrups and other local things. Honey, chocolate bars, tea etc. They also have freezers full of take home foods, elk and venison pies and even some Canadian fois gras (hopefully it's from a farm that's humane. I didn't ask) :s The kitchen is all open and they have a wood oven that they use for many of their menu items. Anyway it was smaller inside and fairly noisy so we sat out on patio. The wine list was decent. Some local, some organic, some not. We chose a bottle of organic prosecco, which is a white sparkling wine from Italy. Very good, floral and fruity.
Now for the food...I always am curious about new things and so I tried the chicken pate. Trusting it was local and not tortured. It didn't have a bad flavour, but it reminded me of cat food somewhat and it was wrapped in something that looked like grey, raw bacon. Not a good choice. Now that my curiousity is satiated I don't think I'll order that again. So then we tried the cheese and charcutterie. It was good, standard fair. The wood oven bread is VERY crunchy though. Beware cutting the roof of your mouth.
Doug ordered the full rack of ribs and they were smoky and rich. They came with beans, coleslaw and fries. Beans were good but slightly bland and Doug liked the coleslaw but I didn't at all. Not sure of the flavour?? I think it has celery seed in it and I really hate celery so I am probably biased! I ordered the duck confit with mashed potatoes and a juniper sauce. I think it's something I would of enjoyed more in the winter. Very rich and heavy but good. The duck skin was crispy and the potatoes were creamy. Beautifully plated too.
I really had to try the wood oven pizza though so I got one to go. Tried one bite and it was the best bite of the night. It was chorizo, spinach, roasted garlic and olives. Awesome. I want to come here again to try more! They had a whole mess of different pies and tarts to choose from too. I tried the fig and almond tart. Buttery and delicious!
Soooooo long story short....Go there! It's definitely good food for a fair price and you can tell they really take pride in it. Awesome. Local. From scratch... 'nuff said.



Sorry the pics aren't the greatest from my phone but you get the idea right??