The warm smells of pastries and homemade bread mingle with what's cooking for lunch, and later, for dinner. Customers come from all walks of life. Businessmen in three-piece suits confer with clients, politicians stop in, young mothers bring their babies. It's difficult to make a living wage here, but Mac is passionate about cooking. We're getting there.
People feel comfortable.
Some play cribbage. That to me is what makes it. Then customers began asking for lunch, so she expanded into soup, salad and sandwiches. Last August, after renovating and enlarging the restaurant, she and McIntyre added a dinner menu and evening hours. The event has become so crowded that the partners now urge customers to make dinner reservations on music nights.