We took my parents to Stop 50 last night to celebrate our wedding anniversaries. I am not sure they knew what to expect from our rapturous descriptions of the meal we had with other LTHers last spring, but I think they will be back (as will we).
We started our meal with a capresse salad and a local salad. The cheese on the capresse salad was excellent -- every bite was bursting with flavor. The local salad was also delicious. My father commented that my aunt would love this place since she judges restaurants on their salad selections and this salad certainly had a wide variety of greens.
We ordered three pizzas -- the special of the week, a wild mushroom pizza and a marguerita pizza. Unfortunately, our waiter made an error and brought a sausage pizza instead of the marguerita. We told him not to worry, we would be happy to eat that instead. My husband was glad we kept it because while he liked the marguerita pizza on our last meal, he thought the sausage tasted even better.
The special was a red potato, sausage and cheese with rosemary. The potatoes had been sliced thin and cooked before being placed on the pizza. It was a real standout. The owner's wife told us that last week's special was a pear and gorgonzola pizza, probably much like the appetizer portion we had at our LTH dinner. He is now working on a walnut apple pesto pizza which will probably be featured in the next week or two.
When I mentioned that it would be nice if they had a website so we could see what specials were planned for the future, she told me their webmaster has been ill and they should be online some time this week. I neglected to ask for the web address.
To finish our meal, we ordered a slice of the creme brulee cheesecake and two gelatos, coffee and pistachio. The restaurant was full when we arrived, but by the time we left there were people spilling out the door waiting for tables. They were keeping themselves busy playing with the Etch-a-sketches kept on a table near the front door for that very purpose.
My folks were very impressed and agreed they would like to go back again soon. I would like to warn people that there is a detour on Highway 212 which took a few extra minutes to reach our destination. When we asked about an alternate route, we were told to take Meer Road. I don't think they were aware that Meer Road is also blocked off and has an even longer detour. We did eventually end up on 20, right at the entrance to 94, and think this will be a faster way to get there than by using Mapquest's directions once the detour at the railroad tracks is completed.
Suzy
" There is more stupidity than hydrogen in the universe, and it has a longer shelf life."
- Frank Zappa