A quick post to mention a few places that we visited and used in Front Royal.
We were there for three nights so we had three dinners. We went to Main Street Mill and Pub for the first night; Joe’s Steakhouse for the second; and Osteria 510 for our last night. The first of these is basically a diner, and did what it did perfectly efficiently. Not what you’d call fine dining, but a tasty burger at a good price. Joe’s Steakhouse was exactly what it says, and we each had one of the tastiest, tenderest and most enjoyable fillet steaks ever. We thought that the accompaniments to the steak were a bit ordinary, but we enjoyed a bottle of Virginian wine with it, Cabernet Franc from the Rappahannock winery. Finally, Osteria 510 is an Italian restaurant run by a genuine Italian, Vincenzo, and provides a range of Italian-style dishes, from pizza to pasta to other Italian. This was our favourite meal taken as a whole, and we washed it down with a bottle of Primitivo from Puglia in Italy. Vincenzo, who’s origiginally from Bari, said that the winery was about 10 miles from his home.
During the days we snacked and had tea/coffee at a few places. One was The Daily Grind, a coffee shop on Main Street that also sold sandwiches. It was OK. We had an excellent cup of tea at Happy Creek Coffee and Tea, on High Street (just off Main Street). This is located in an old barn and was very characterful, and was busy. Finally we had another cup of tea at a small specialist tea and wine place on Main Street,but I can’t remember the name. But they had a range of teas in glass jar – I had a Darjeeling and Val had a rose petal tea, and both were excellent.
Finally, we stayed the three nights at WoodwardHouse. We had a great time there, and I’ll do a post about it later.
Leave a Reply