My mom and some of her friends like to gather here. It’s the kind of spot that attracts young couples who eat brunch, families with busy children who need to eat all the time, and, well, older folks who are particular.
Bistro 76 Cafe in Perrinville is primarily a breakfast and lunch place. The morning meal is offered all day on Sunday. Weekday lunches go until mid-afternoon. And an early supper is served on Friday and Saturday evenings.
The cafe is cozy. Two leather chairs sit beside a fireplace. Mom and her buddies usually nab the big round table so they can hear each other when they chat.
My mother and some other elderly ladies in the county suggested the Herald include Bistro 76 in our restaurant review list. They were right on. The food is great.
Off the lunch menu, Mom has particularly enjoyed the honey balsamic pulled-pork grilled-cheese sandwich for $12.99.
“It was the caramelized red onions,” she said. And probably the sharp white cheddar cheese.
She said that a friend liked the fall harvest salad, with mixed greens, radicchio, sliced pears, dried cranberries, pomegranate seeds, pepitas, gorgonzola and a fruit vinaigrette for $9.99.
The soup of the day is good, depending on the day, Mom said. And, evidently, the cup of soup and half-salad for $9.99 is a good deal for birdlike eaters in the elder set.
I took Mom to Bistro 76 for breakfast earlier this week.
Right off the bat, she told the server she wanted a latte and the popular orange roll for dessert. At 92, she gets what she wants, and she deserves it.
Mom ordered two large rice fritters (thin pancakes) topped with apple-wood-smoked bacon and maple syrup, and served with two scrambled eggs for $11.99.
The bistro’s fritters, a favorite of the cafe owner-chef and popular with kids, also are served with raspberry jam for $9.99.
Other generous plates on the breakfast menu include corned-beef hash and eggs, house-made biscuits and gravy, classic eggs benedict, a sausage and leek scramble, a mushroom-spinach-tomato scramble and smoked-salmon toast, all around $11 to $13.
I had the 76 Breakfast Burrito, a huge flour tortilla chock full of smokehouse ham, bacon, chipotle salsa, scallions, onions, potatoes and cheddar cheese ($8.99). I ate half for breakfast and took the other half with me for lunch.
Then came dessert. (By the way, the cafe’s pastry case is full of yummy, gooey treats.)
Mom likes the orange roll ($3.99), which is like one of those big cinammon rolls, but with a delightful orange glaze instead. And the lattes were perfectly milky.
I’ll be back. Next time, I’m going for the rice fritters. Mother knows best.
Bistro 76
18401 76th Ave. W, No. 103, Edmonds; 425-776-3616; www.facebook.com/Bistro-76 or www.bistro76.cafe
Open: 7 a.m. to 3 p.m. Tuesday through Thursday; 7 a.m. to 3 p.m. and 4 to 8 p.m. Friday; 8 a.m. to 3 p.m. and 4 to 8 p.m. Saturday; 8 a.m. to 2 p.m. Sunday. Closed Christmas Eve through New Year’s Day.
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