Gig Harbor has no nuts
Gig Harbor has recently been home to much restaurant-opening activity. Just two weeks ago (on Aug. 2), Jamie English Radcliffe opened Red Rooster Café. After dining elsewhere in the Harbor, my dining companion and I stopped in for a quick peak at 6:45 p.m. The barn red building looked deserted; only two guests were on the large waterfront deck.
It closes at 7 p.m.
Red Rooster offers breakfast (sweet or savory crepes, Belgian waffles, fruit and yogurt, steel cut Irish oatmeal) and lunch (sandwiches made with Dave's Killer Bread or focaccia, green lettuce and cold pasta salads, soup, non-alcoholic beverages), as well as a kid's menu with PB&J, PB and marshmallow, grilled cheese sandwiches and buttered noodles.
Our dessert - a banana, chocolate and hazelnut crepe - was delivered speedily because of the Rooster's closing time. A whole chopped banana lay in and on the cold crepe topped with drizzles of Hershey syrup-type chocolate, what looked like part of a melted candy bar and powdered sugar touches. No hazelnuts.
Our server apologized. Apparently the cook had been hired that very morning and needed more training. Nuts. - Jennifer Johnson
[Red Rooster Café, 3313 Harborview Dr., Gig Harbor, 253.514.8175]
Garlic breath
Head down to Chehalis Aug. 27-29 for all things garlic during the 14th annual Garlic Festival at the Southwest Washington Fairgrounds.
There will be live music all weekend, including Locust Street Dixieland Band, Blues Attitude and the Honky-Tonk Angels. There will be a beer garden and Friday and Saturday will include a wine tasting to benefit the Centralia College Foundation. There'll be face painting, pony rides and kids activities all weekend long.
Food will include garlic fudge, garlic rosemary funnel cakes, garlic ice cream, deep fried garlic cloves, garlic doughnuts, garlic peanut brittle, garlic cheesecake, garlic shave ice and garlic espresso.
No joke. - Brooke Guthrie
[Southwest Washington Fairgrounds, noon to 9 p.m. Friday, 8 a.m. to 9 p.m. Saturday, 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. Sunday, $4-$5, kids younger than 10 free, 2555 N. National Ave., Chehalis, chehalisgarlicfest.com, 360.748.6836]
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