For a light lunch, we stopped at Madhatter's Bakeshop and Cafe in Durham.
I had a delish chicken salad sandwich, and the seasonal side was a cucumber salad that was super tasty and fresh. It's so nice to stop on the road and have something healthy for a change.
In Old Town Alexandria we had lunch at Fontaine Caffe and Creperie.
We started with a cheese plate, then split an Italian crepe with mozzerella, eggplant, and tomato. Scrumptious! The decor was delightful... the walls are a slightly shimmery almost-dark blue, the furniture is rich brown wood, the light fixtures have mini lamp shades with all different patterns, and the dark wood bar was beautiful. Somehow fancy and sweet all at once.We finished off the meal with a soft and sweet and mouth-watering mascarpone and dark cherry crepe. I'm drooling just thinking about it.
Another great spot we found is Pupatella Pizzeria and Friggitoria in Arlington. Boy was this some incredible pizza. It was fun to watch the guys make the pizza and then cook it for just one minute in the burning hot wood fire oven!
Their pizza is the real deal, with Italian flour, San Marzano tomato sauce, olive oil, and buffalo mozerella. YUMmmmm!
The last great restaurant we hit up was Ettamae's Cafe in Richmond. This place is soooo cute. It's small but has multiple floors and an outdoor patio. We ate inside, which is painted pink and decorated with cute and kitschy old school items. Each table has a unique matching set of salt and pepper shakers that I'm sure were found at Goodwill, and the walls have old china plates and blown up black and white photos on them. Super cute.
Since we hadn't had breakfast and it was pretty much lunch time, we started with a cup of coffee and a peach butter tart. Umm hello delicious. It came with raspberry sauce and whipped cream. Love. Then I had a sweet and savory salad of arugula, peaches, pecans, and bleu cheese with juicy grilled chicken. So good! It was dressed lightly with a raspberry vinaigrette. I am definitely going to attempt to make this salad at home while peaches are season.
PS: I looked up "friggitoria" and I still don't know what the hell it is!
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