Village Squire, 1978-01, Page 18SQUIRE'S TABLE
When you've the kids along, it's nice to be relaxed
Atmosphere is such an important part of
a dining experience these days. Somehow
for a lot of people it's better to get
mediocre food in a beautiful setting than
geed food in a bad setting.
Expensive restaurants set the atmos-
phere with extravagant decor,, expensive
china and silverware and solicitous
waiters.
But when you're taking the kids out for a
meal somehow you're looking for some-
thing different. After all the kids these
days are brainwashed through television
into thinking Macdonald's is the only place
to eat. With young children you want some
place where if they talk a little loud or spill
something, it isn't going to have every
head turning in the room.
The Country Kitchen in Londesboro is a
relaxing place to eat when the kids are
along. It isn't particularly promising on the
outside. After all there are hundreds of
little restaurants with gas pumps outside
along the main highways in Ontario and
most succeed in gassing you up whether
you're filling the tank or your stomach. The
building itself is not particularly attractive
outwardly. But inside there's a clean.
bright, modern dininiroom. The building
was renovated a couple of years back from
a farm machinery dealership into a
restaurant and the owners. Brad and Jean
Kennedy obviously take pride in their
establishment because it still looks as good
as new. The walls are pannelled in wood
and the floor carpeted and everything is in
subdued browns and golds. right down to
the serviette dispensers.
The atmosphere here isn't so much from
the furnishings, though. as from the
people. The Country Kitchen is in the little
village of Londesboro and when you walk in
you feel you may either have walked into a
club, or that everybody in the place is an
owner. Immediately, for instance, one
diner offers to go get a high chair for the
youngest child to sit in. Throughout the
meal an easy banter goes back and forth
among the customers in the restaurant
about the weather and friends they know
and talk to the children. A checker game
GIFTS
FOR
ALL
OCCASIONS
•Jewellery
*Stationery
•Greeting Cards
•Health & Beauty Aids
WILSON'S
HEALTH & GIFT CENTRE
BLYTH 523-4440
169 VILLAGE SQUIRE/JANUARY 1978.
going on over in one corner gives the
feeling that no matter what the kids may
do, it isn't going to get people upset.
The kids have their usual hamburger and
french fries. The lady has fried chicken.
The writer has veal. Mrs. Kennedy is
co-operative in helping get the proper sized
servings for the children. The food was
typical family restaurant fare. nothing to
write home about but good. and served
piping hot.
Dessert was slim picking by this late in
the day (it's one of those small restaurants
that operates all day long with the bulk of
the business earlier than the supper hour).
The lady had a banana cream pie. complete
with real banana slices which she said was
good. The apple pie of the writer's scented
to be homemade but v.ith a canned apple
filling, a little disappointing.
The total bill for one pre-schooler. two
school -aged children and two adults carne
to $10.65 so the price is reasonable. And
the best part of all was that it was relaxing.
something that can be a rare thing %vhen
young children go out to cat.
The
VILLAGE
RESTAURANT
on
Main Street
in
Blyth
SPECIALIZING IN -
Relaxed Atmosphere -Tiffany Lit
Dining Area -Daily Specials
Courteous Service
Country style meals
at
Competitive Prices
Phone 523-9566