And because I'm such a lightweight these days when it comes to drinking beer, it pleases me that they offer a small sample-size glass of only a couple of ounces of beer — much more manageable for me! But even so, this time I didn't order any beer since they were sold out of their stout.
Instead, I had one of their "Lomond Burgers" substituted with a grain burger patty instead of meat and served with carmelized onions and gorgonzola cheese. (I don't know why they don't mention this on their web site, but you can substitute a grain burger for any of their beef burger entrees.) Instead of french fries, I had two humongous onion rings (and shared the other two onion rings with my husband). They would have served my grain burger on whole wheat bread but they were all out of that too, so I just ate it plain without the bun. It was really good!
Looking around at the place as I chewed my absolutely delicious food, I thought of how some of the interior decor could really benefit from some TLC and that reminded me of "Restaurant Impossible" and I wondered how was Hoffman's doing? Here's a link to Hoffman's Bakery Cafe web site, which now gives two followup news articles about the Food Network Makeover they received. (Evidently the reopening dinner was two hours late!) They're thinking that maybe the show will air sometime in January?
Related Blog Articles:
Whole Grains In Restaurants
Hoffman's Bakery Cafe
