Unless
you’re staying at a Bed and Breakfast, finding a standard bacon and eggs meal
to start your day in Apalachicola is a challenge. We were told that there is a Mexican
restaurant across the 8 mile bridge and causeway in the town of Eastpoint that
serves the usual American style breakfasts.
Instead we opted for a ‘light’ breakfast alternative in Apalachicola…
This is
Café con leche. It’s located along Water Street in Apalachicola. The sign states that it is an “Internet Café”. Note the outdoor seating…
I was
thinking that the name was French but Café con leche is a Spanish white coffee
beverage. It is somewhat more similar to
the Italian caffè latte than to the French café au lait. (I just take mine
black and strong…)
This is
the service counter and part of the food prep area at Café con Leche. It turned out that one could order bacon and
eggs or breakfast sandwiches with a Hispanic touch…but we stuck with our
original attention to stick to ‘light’ pastries and coffee.
Café con
Leche is quirky to say the least. None
of the chairs or tables match, walls are decorated with offbeat art and other
items, there are plenty of books to peruse, etc… The place seems popular with
locals too which adds to the ‘flavor’ of this coffee house/restaurant.
Laurie
ordered an almond scone. It was just OK…nothing
special, that’s for sure. It was filling
though. I should note that we both
thought that the coffee was pretty good.
I went
for a cinnamon roll and I had it heated up.
I didn’t really care for it. It
was dry in the middle and lacked any of the zing that I expect from one of
these breakfast treats.
Unsatisfied
after the cinnamon roll, I spotted the apple fritters so I ordered one of these
in the hope that my taste buds would be sated.
It worked! While certainly not the
best apple fritter I’ve ever had, it was pretty good.
This
photo pretty much summarizes Café con Leche and for that matter, Apalachicola
too. (Laid back, quirky, dog friendly, cat friendly and people friendly) While
we weren’t crazy about what we had for breakfast, it may be because we should
have ordered something other than pastries.
We will
return to Apalachicola in the not too distant future, that is a guarantee! We will also come back to Café con Leche and
order a couple of breakfast items to see what we might have missed. After all, the most recent count of
excellent/very good reviews for this place on TripAdvisor.com was 182 vs. 17
poor/terrible.
Café con
Leche is located at 234 Water Street in Apalachicola Florida. Phone: 850-653-2233. This coffee shop/restaurant is on Facebook at
https://www.facebook.com/pages/Cafe-Con-Leche/111529018887463.
Just
click on any of the photos to enlarge them…
Thanks
for stopping by for a visit!
Take
Care, Big Daddy Dave
cinnamon roll + apple fritter = light breakfast ??? :-)
ReplyDeleteHi Dave, I am sorry you were disappointed in your choice of breakfast, but from your descriptions, I sure would have been as well. I do like bacon and eggs, but I do not like hot and spicy food, I cannot digest it well. But the traditional bacon and eggs or a western omelet...or fruit and cottage cheese are things I enjoy having for breakfast. Sometimes I will have only boiled eggs. Thank you so much for sharing, and I love a restaurant that loves animals. :)
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