Dining Out in Sonoma; Delightful Food On a Creekside Deck in Glen Ellen
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Open since November of 2001, Cellar Cat Caf's tall, narrow interior is no less charming than the outdoor seating. Housed in a sort of giant lean-to with wide windows watching over the patio, the whimsically decorated room is washed in warm tones of red, burgundy and butter yellow. Every conceivable kind of feline knickknack is on display: platters and posters; books large and small; lamps, clocks, candlesticks, wind chimes and teapots. A miniature bronze sculpture of a cat in Buddha posture carries a hand-lettered card with the motto Be Here Meow. A smaller cellar room is available for large parties or romantic winter nights. And there's a changing live program of West Coast jazz musicians on the weekends, when the caf is open from 11:30am on into the evening.
We chose appetizers of coconut curry shrimp ($7.75) and signature crab cakes ($11). We had told our server we planned to share, so she thoughtfully brought small, elegant black ceramic plates, and set the servings in the middle of the table, family-style. We loved the shrimp: three big prawns sauted in butter rested on thin slices of the ciabatta in a coconut milk sauce just touched with heat and curry; lime juice squeezed over them lent appropriate sparkle. We recklessly asked for more bread to soak up every drop of the sauce. The crab cakes, which could have been caramelized on the outside a bit more thoroughly, were nevertheless dense and flavorful, accompanied by a few tender leaves of baby lettuce and a ramekin of slightly too thick aioli. A borrowed squeeze from the shrimps' lime wedge cut the oiliness and perked up the crab too.See the full content of this document
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Dining Out in Sonoma; Delightful Food On a Creekside Deck in Glen Ellen
It would be hard to find a more charming setting for whiling away a summer evening than the leafy creek-side deck of the Cellar Cat Café in Glen Ellen. Cantilevered amidst the oaks surrounding the historic old grist and lumber mill now called Jack London Village, tables covered in red-flowered oilcloth...
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