Alright, I don't know why I neglected to review Eats & Treats. Completely inexcusable for such a fine restaurant.
First off, this is a completely gluten free establishment. NO GLUTEN allowed beyond the doors. The owner's daughter is Celiac and they specifically sought out to make food that is hearty and luxurious and breaded, without any gluten whatsoever.
Before I forget; the chocolate chip cookies are to die for, and I would challenge anyone to present a gluten cookie up against their GF ones and say that the gluten cookies are better. Hands down, bar none these are the best cookies I've ever eaten.
Anyways.
My partner and I usually end up here for brunch on Sundays, although we've been to known to have a Saturday night dinner date here. We love coming in, because we feel like we're part of the family. The owners are here every time we are, serving tables and checking in on guests. Heck, one time I was parking the car and my partner came in to get a seat. While she was waiting, a person who was waiting for an order to-go started to try and "get friendly" with her. Welp, here comes the owner in his big cowboy hat, gives her a huge hug, and says, "Welcome back, honey! Where's the Big Guy?" That kept her from having to awkwardly rebuff an advance, but just showed us how much we feel welcome and known here.
Anyways, the food. It's mostly barbecue and home cooked classics, like macaroni and cheese or chicken pot pie. There's some Tex-Mex influence here and it shows throughout the little bits of heat that come from here and there.
When we come for dinner, it's all about the BBQ plates for us. We'll both go crazy with whatever's looking good, usually tri-tip, ribs, or pulled pork. My partner isn't fond of mac and cheese, but I'll go for it and it's really dang good. I have yet to be around when there's still corn bread available, but their buttermilk biscuit is to die for. My partner always goes for the heart attack roll, which is stuffed full of butter and cream.
For brunch, my partner always looks at the specials and considers all her options, but invariably returns to the huevos rancheros, with jalepenos and sometimes tri-tip or pulled pork inside.
I always, always, always go for the chicken fried steak.
I swear to god, you would not know that this is gluten free. The breading is thick and delicious, with a heavy spice to it. The steak is an honest to goodness slab of steak, not some pre-formed, frozen hockey puck. Eggs are always cooked a perfect over-medium and we always get a side of bacon to share, which is invariably cooked perfectly.
Service is always great. One day it was busy and staff were all over the place. Our waitress seemed to be getting a little over-whelmed and she forgot our drinks and then forgot to put in our bacon order, as well as making sure that my sausage gravy was put on the side and not over the top of the steak (the breading gets soggy, which I don't like; the gravy is absolutely delicious).
We know how things get and I wasn't going to make a fuss about any of this. Things happen and there was a lot going on. But Lynda, the other half of this great ownership team, absolutely insisted that I get another one cooked to order. I just asked for a plate on the side, but she wouldn't hear of it. Within a few minutes, I had another chicken fried steak, sans gravy, and Lynda boxed up the first one for me to take home, should I choose to.
This is definitely a restaurant where they don't want you to be unhappy with your experience.
And again, check out that dessert case as soon as you come in. There are different things here throughout the day and while my personal favourites are the chocolate chip cookie and the cinnamon rolls, there's also a s'mores bar that my partner just adores. read more