My spouse and I recently ate dinner at the Belle, a new Cajun restaurant in Anacortes. My husband reported to the waitress that the signage needs a change to make it more visible to cars driving by and to locate it. The name reminded me of a name for a hair salon or maybe there was hair salon at this location previously.
In regards to the ambiance, it is very minimal with outdoor metal tables and chairs. Some interesting artwork on walls, but it was chilly inside, the evening we went. Not particularly comfortable. As we were the only other couple in the restaurant at the time besides a table of 4, service was adequate enough.
As for the food, the waitress reported they were out of beignets and Caesar salad. We arrived around 6:45 pm, not that late, but as the town is filled with older folk, could be most people eat earlier in the late afternoon contributing to being out of the most requested dessert and salad. Maybe?
My spouse ordered Shrimp & Grits, I ordered the Fried Chicken. Oh, they were also out of their biscuits, so we received cornbread with our entree. In my opinion, the grits lacked cheese and the dish was somewhat watery. I dipped my bread in the watery sauce (?) The shrimp were very delicious as was the sausage. I would say, not your average sausage.....Very tasty. So components of this dish were very good, but the sauce did not bring it together and of course, I tasted absolutely no cheese in the grits at all.
I ordered the Fried Chicken, which I'd say was very good and quite tasty and my spouse agreed. It consisted of 2 very large wings and a nice sized piece of white meat. I've never seen wings that large, so I wondered what hormones the chickens were given to grow them that large!?
Desserts: We took a slice of the lemonade pie and the pecan pie home. Maybe I'm a sucker for sweet stuff, but I'd say their lemonade pie was a hit with me. As for the infamous Southern Pecan Pie, it was most disappointing. I couldn't cut the crust with a fork it was so thick and dry. Worst pecan pie either my spouse or I every ate, even from the supermarket frozen food section.
And we were so looking forward to getting some real Southern Cooking in town. ; (
Not looking good from our point of view yet. Keeping fingers crossed for some improvements. read more