We had a late start this morning, and when we looked at the clock, it was close to 1:00pm! My daughter (8)and I didn't eat breakfast yet, and it was lunch time! THIS is what happens when you have a 7.5 hour movie marathon the night before! They shouldn't be allowed to make trilogies! O.K., getting back to the Stone House Cafe -- we finally decided to go there and check it out. We loved the fact that it was still the same house (I grew up here and have seen that house for years!), and it had a very familiar feeling to it. Nice interior decor, jazzy music, with some blues mixed in, and not very crowded at 1:00pm on Sunday. I ordered the #1 roast beef sandwich -- the marinated onions played off nicely with the rare roast beef and rye bread. My daughter ordered a tuna salad sandwich on an onion roll with garlic aioli and havarti cheese -- toasted, of course! She scarfed down half her sandwich, which is a lot for her, and proceeded to order the chocolate paradise sundae -- an incredible concoction of chocolate ice cream (2 scoops) in the center of the large plate, surrounded by huge chunks of brownies which were covered in a layer of whipped cream, with the whole thing drizzled with a chocolate syrup and fudge sauce AND topped off with chocolate shavings. My daughter didn't want the crunched Heath bars that normally goes on top as well. After watching her devour most of the dessert (the elderly couple sitting next to us were amazed at how much my little one could eat!) I was allowed to try some. It was not overly sweet, and if you're a chocolate lover, this was a very nice way to finish a nice, leisurely lunch in a great atmosphere. On the way out we got some salt water taffy and candy buttons from the little candy counter that they have as well. It's such a nice change of pace compared to the now abundant chain restaurants and eateries that permeate this once quiet rural town. I hope that our locals support places like this to keep them around for a VERY long time. There's 17 more sandwiches, a seemingly infinite combination of sandwiches that they'll make for you, soups and desserts that I still have to try. You didn't think that I got the #1 sandwich just because I wanted roast beef today did you?!!
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