The joys of being first....brunch at Edible Garden

Edible Garden, on River Road, just over the Goochland line, started serving brunch yesterday. Not only were we there for their first day, we were the first customers. Sometimes this is a good thing, sometimes it is not. In our case, it was a very good thing.

For me, there are different types of brunches. There is the hangover brunch....heavy, very casual, hair pulled up, no makeup and either sweats or yoga pants. There is the fancy brunch....Sunday best, very quiet, a bit formal, often for a special occasion.

The brunch at Edible Garden falls in between. A lovely setting, quiet atmosphere, but casual enough not to feel stuffy (though you will want to shower and leave the Hokie hat at home). The menu is focused on fresh ingredients and is on the light side and one leaves feeling good and good about what they ate. This is also a nice brunch to take the parents, in-laws or a romantic date.

We arrive at our reservation time (I love that they take reservations for brunch) and are promptly seated and offered some Rostov's coffee...a great way to start the day. Bob orders poached eggs, with sage infused breakfast sausage and sweet potato and onion hash and extra toast. I order the frittata of the day...spinach, tomato and feta served over mixed greens with maple walnut vinaigrette and grilled multi grain toast. Shortly after we order a small bread basket arrives with two mini blueberry muffin, crumb cake and a ginger biscotti. All of these items were very good and I'm a sucker for a good biscotti and anything ginger, so that was my favorite (especially with the Rostov's coffee). Our entrees arrive and Bob was very pleased with his and mine was very good as well. The frittata was cooked through but not dry (as often happens) and the eggs were not overwhelmed by the filling. The maple dressing was not too sweet and a nice contrast to the spinach and feta and the grilled (nice touch) multi grain toast was very good.

Sarah, our waitress, did a very good job as did the rest of the staff. We never had to give anyone "the eye" for refills or the check and they made sure everything was just right without being overbearing.

I can't wait until the weather warms up and enjoy brunch outside. Edible Garden is doing good things with good ingredients. Edible Garden