The Freemason Abbey

My wife informed me Thursday afternoon that she had made dinner reservations at the Freemason Abbey on Boush Street in Norfolk. She had visited the glass blowing exhibit at the Chrysler Museum and had an excellent lunch at the Abbey. The restaurant is housed in an historic building that once served as a Presbyterian Church circa 1873. This is my denomination and I attend every Christmas and Easter whether I’ve sinned or not.

The waitress had mentioned that the wild game special on Friday was Bison and Python. My wife is a meat eater and I often accuse her of not descending down the evolutionary path as far as most. She once tore into the manager at Ruth’s Chris Steak House because the wait staff had not included the bone from our double porterhouse in the doggy bag.

I have often said that if we threw one of her gnawed upon steak bones into the Amazon River the Piranhas would throw it back with meat on it.

So off we rambled for a 7pm reservation Friday. After being seated the waitress informed us that there were no Bison nor Python on the menu that evening which put my wife into a smolder until she noticed Elk on the Restaurant Week Special that the Abbey was participating in. We settle on the following with a Caesar salad for her and a Garden salad for me with blue cheese (both excellent):

Elk Medallion (her) A 4-oz. elk medallion seasoned with a chocolate spice rub and pan-seared. Served with rice pilaf, asparagus spears and garnished with a coffee glaze. Chicken Roulade (me) Chicken breast stuffed with spinach, bleu cheese and red pepper, pan seared and served with a fig apple glaze. Paired with wild rice and a sautéed green bean medley.

Our choice of the included desserts were: Homemade Apricot Brandy Bread Pudding (her) Fudge Dream Pie (me)

Both our meals were EXCELLENT and we chided ourselves for not coming here more often.  We had been here for the Lobster special some time back and that too was excellent.

I preferred her bread pudding to my fudge pie because it also served as a comfort food that I had not had many in years.

With a 16 oz. glass of draft beer and a glass of Zinfandel the bill came to $57.98 with tax included. You just can’t beat that price for food of this quality.

The Freemason Abbey is running a special in February with set menus for $23. I can hardly wait.

The Freemason Abbey

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