This small cafe opened about a month and a half ago on May 22nd. My husband and I stopped here for lunch before crossing back into Vermont after being in Canada for a couple of days. It was off the beaten path and we wouldn't have found it without help from the Information Desk at a local rest stop.
Located about a mile
from the rest stop at the intersection of Highway 55 and Rte. 243 in Richmond,
Quebec, this is a small, homey, unassuming place.
It was light, airy
and open inside with lovely simple decor. The menu offered four different
choices. I almost went for the spaghetti with meat sauce, but then I saw
the Quiche Lorraine with Salad and decided on that.
For $12.50
(Canadian) I got a big yummy piece of quiche loaded with creamy melted Swiss
cheese and a few bits of bacon. It was more like a tart than a quiche in
that it came in a very shallow shell. It was accompanied by a cold pasta
salad. The salad had fresh crisp cucumbers and peppers and chunks of feta
cheese. I loved that the vegetables were so fresh, but I didn't eat the
pasta because I was pretty full after eating the quiche.
The meal included
soup and dessert. We tried the soup which was a warm, earthy tomato-based
soup and we also tried the dessert which our waitress told us was called Poor
Man's Cake. It was a simple homemade cake with a melted apple
layer...kind of like pineapple upside down cake with apples instead. The
cake was moist, dense and simple, but satisfying.
The waitress who I
think may also be one of the owners, was friendly, helpful without being
intrusive and fluent in both English and French. I wish this cafe much success. Bravo!
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