Yellow House Hotel

Sunday brunch is a special time to sit down with friends and family and enjoy a meal. This surprise brunch outing took us to a wonderful little place called Yellow House Hotel. This hotel was built in 1801 and served originally as a stagecoach stop and country store. Later, it was a general store, a switchboard for the town and a post office. Despite the passage of time, it is still a charming little bed and breakfast. The first floor is the restaurant, decorated with old style light fixtures, dark wood and Victorian style wallpaper. While pursuing the menu, we sipped champagne and tasted the assortment of breakfast pastries. I am not quite sure what everything was, but I do know that there were mini cinnamon rolls, a strawberry coffee cake and potentially cornbread style bread. I decided on a mini cinnamon roll which had a nice cinnamon mixture and a light glaze. It was nice that it was small since the real part of the meal was still to come.

For my selection, I chose a Belgian waffle topped with chocolate chips and served with maple bacon, fruit and whipped cream. The waffle was nice and fluffy, but to be honest it was just kind of a normal waffle, nothing to write home about. The chocolate chips and whipped cream did make it slightly better. However, the real star of the dish was the maple bacon. I have had maple bacon before, but it seemed like the maple syrup was just lightly drizzled over the bacon. This bacon had an actual layer of crunchy, sweet maple deliciousness on it. It was cooked so that there was crunch to it while still maintaining some tenderness. This was a quaint little place full of history and charm, a unique Sunday brunch setting. If you are ever in the area, be sure to stop on into the Yellow House Hotel.