After a week of moose hunting and working around the house, I wanted to dress up as we got ready to go out for our anniversary. We then had to choose a place to go for supper that we wouldn't look to dressy. We decided on Cafe Sopresso and we were lucky enough to get a reservation on short notice. Reservations are recommended at this restaurant.
We arrived and were seated quickly in their small dining room. It was almost a disappointment to be seated so quickly because they have a nice waiting area that looks out on the street.
We decided to share a bottle of wine and asked for a recommendation. Our waitress told us that the Malbec was popular so we gave it a try. We are by no means wine connoisseurs but we were both very pleased.
We ordered the bruschetta appetizer that said it was made with school farm ingredients. The Presque Isle High School operates a school farm and Cafe Sopresso buys many ingredients there. The bruschetta was tomato and basil that we put on the toasted bread ourselves. My prefered way to serve bruschetta. It was delicious.
My husband ordered steak with the wld mushroom sauce. He does not like a sauce on his steak but was pleased with this sauce that did not mask the steak. I was disappointed that the waitress could not tell me what mushrooms were in the sauce when I asked. I had read that Cafe Sopresso bought mushrooms from local mushroom hunters and I wanted to know more. We agreed that our waitress did not seem to be very knowledgeable about the menu.
I ordered Scallops Rockwell. Again I was disappointed by the waitress' knowledge because I did not know what Scallops Rockwell was and she couldn't give me much more information. It had a parmesan bread crumb crust over several scallops. On the side of both meals were new potatoes, roasted squash and steamed veggies ribbons.
I have found that when the food is as good as this was I am usually disappointed by dessert so I ordered a coffee but my husband ordered the gingerbread with maple syrup. I stole a couple of fork fulls and it was not disappointing at all.
We have been to Cafe Sopresso only twice now and I am not sure why we haven't gone more often. The whole meal including our bottle of wine was $89.
