Slate Street Café

There is a hidden gem near the metro court house tucked away near the houses that have been converted into law offices. This culinary gem is Slate Street Café. I've heard about this place for a few years, but never made it to try their food. Slate street is very well decorated inside and out, but the parking lot is small. The website describes the restaurant as "a sleek, contemporary eatery that combines big city ambiance with inspired, modern cuisine." I would agree with this statement. When our large party arrived, I was concerned that we would not be seated for quite awhile and the restaurant was fairly busy, but I was pleasantly surprised when they seated us within minutes of arriving. They seated us in the back corner of the restaurant that seemed like it was normally used for larger groups like ours.

Our server took a bit to make her way over to us. She was very knowledgeable and courteous, but the service was not quick. For beverages, I began brunch with a coffee and water. The coffee was very good. We inquired what brand it was, but I cannot recall what it was.

The group ordered several different dishes and I was able to try a few of them. In the pictures from top to bottom of the blog we have the lamb scrambler, strawberry ricotta stuffed brioche french toast, and sausage sliders. The lamb scrambler is like a gyro with scrambled egg and served in pieces. I normally don't like eggs, but the taste I had of this was great. It was like a breakfast gyro with egg. The french toast was great too. The textures of all the parts made something very excellent. The ricotta cheese gave the dish a rich, smooth flavor. The strawberries were not over cooked or too sweet. The dish that I ordered were the turkey sausage sliders with chipolte gravy. The hash browns served with this dish were flavorful, but not quite the crunchy texture that I prefer for hash browns. The gravy was very good, but I was unable to taste the chipolte.

The creativity of the menu at Slate Street was excellent, they take familiar dishes and dress them up quite a bit. A good way to describe this is that biscuits, gravy, and sausage clean up pretty good. All of the dishes had great presentation and a combination of flavors. Atmosphere really nice well done restaurant, but the parking was bad. The prices of the dishes was reasonable; the lamb scrambler was $12. The portions here are not too large, but is that such a bad thing if the food is amazing? I would give Slate Street Café a rating of three and a half out of five stars.

http://www.slatestreetcafe.com/