Cup o' Joe

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No, it’s not the upmarket Sobo’s Winebeerstro or well-regarded Ikebana sushi. Actually, the No. 1 rated restaurant according to TripAdvisor.com is the tiny deli/bakery, Acorn Market. I received this tip from a reader and had to check the place out.

Owner Jill Myslinski greeted me at her small shop behind The Country House complex with a couple of her famous sweet potato biscuits. (“Oprah has eaten them,” Myslinski told me.) She said people go crazy for the moist little morsels and that she usually sells out daily.

I found Acorn Market’s appeal obvious: this is a cozy little place with farmhouse tables and huge photos of farm animals on the walls in the small dining room. Out front, there’s a fantastic bakery case of just-baked goodies and a sandwich board with interesting choices, including something called “The Pilgrim,” which turns out to be turkey and cranberry sauce on “homemade stuffing bread”—all for $6.49. Myslinski says the lunch line usually starts forming by 11:30 and doesn’t let up until well after 1 p.m.

I have to say I found the sweet potato biscuits a little rubbery, but the baked buttermilk doughnuts, chocolate-chip cookies, and especially, the “famous” fudge brownies were all outstanding. The sandwiches all looked fresh and healthy, too.

No. 1 ranking, indeed. 

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