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It's a delight to go back to a favourite
restaurant and find it just as good as ever.
The Red Pump is, if not better.
It was two summers ago that we first
reviewed the little Bayfield restaurant. A lot
can happen in two years, especially with a
restaurant like the Red Pump that's a
seasonal business, .open in summer when
Bayfield thrives, closed in winter when the icy
chills off Lake Huron drive the cottagers back
to the cities.
But the total dining pleasure of the Red
Pump remains the same. It's first charm is its
intimacy with two small dining rooms set up
in the living room and diningroom of the old
house. The rooms are darkened and each
table has a candle. The large front window,
however, gives a view of the quiet charm of
Bayfield with people walking by (yes walking,
not driving) on a summer evening. The walls
are literally cluttered with old pictures and
knicknacks. Antique chandeliers hang above
the diners.
But charm in a room is not enough. We
come, after all, for the food.
The Red Pump is the kind of restaurant
It's nice to know some things stay
the same --like the Red Pump
where you're not likely to find a menu filled
with the kind of food you'd have served if
you'd stayed at home...unless you're a real
gourmet cook. Yet the menu isn't filled with
wildly exotic dishes either. Mostly, it's the
same• kind of foods we see regularly but
cooked quite differently.
The lady, for instance, had a dish
comprised of crepes stuffed with chicken and
mushrooms. The gentleman had a shishkabob
of 'veal with various vegetables served on a
bed of rice.
There was something different for the soup
the lady chose: cream of mussel soup which
was very good. The gentleman chose a salad
instead and it was also very good, much
different than many restaurant salads.
There was a basket of rolls and a plate of
carrot sticks, celery, pickled onions and
strawberries to munch on until the main
course appeared.
Both diners found their main courses
delicious with the veal being tender and
tastey. The vegetable in both cases was tastey
baby carrots in butter:
Dessert for the lady was a good helping of
strawberries and cream. The gentleman had a
helping of apple pie, a much more generous
helping, it might be added than was served
two years ago.
The bill with tax and tips came to 525.
The Red Pump is not licenced and probably
will remain without a liquor licence because
of the expense that would be involved in
meeting LCBO requirements. But if you put
food ahead of drink then you'll like it.
Triple K Restaurant
•HOME COOKED MEALS
'TAKE OUT ORDERS
•OUR SPECIALTY: HOME BAKED PIES
OPEN: Weekdays, 6 a.m. to 11 p.m.; Fri-
days, 6 a.m. to 12:30 a.m.; Saturdays, 8 a.m.
to 12:30 a.m.; Sundays, 8 a.m. to 11 p.m.
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