April 11 – 14, 2016
The Mussel Pot
This is the iconic restaurant in the area for mussels and the place we stopped for lunch when driving through here a few weeks ago. It’s a nice place, and the food was good, but the sheer number and size of the mussels on our shared platter was overwhelming. (See our previous post). We just never felt like going back after that.
Slip Inn
We discovered best way to enjoy the Slip Inn: get the pizza. Their other food is pretty good, but the portions are skimpy. Meanwhile, the pizza is fantastic and filling. For those who love pizza, there’s no reason to get anything else. Meanwhile, this has a great location right on the water with a view of the marina. And a cat. All restaurants should have a cat. (Note: The painting was done by the incredible local artist, Rebekah Codlin.) You can click to enlarge/scroll through gallery above.
Havelock Hotel Restaurant
We also discovered the best way to enjoy this restaurant: skip the pizza and order the fish and chips or the pulled pork sandwich. Actually the pizza was pretty good, but the fish and chips were great. The pulled pork sandwich was upsetting. Why? Because Rich and I used to occasionally make the trip into Hollywood to go a BBQ dive just for their special sandwich. That sandwich is one of the things we miss about Los Angeles, and now here’s a sandwich that tastes so much like it! The upsetting thing was we discovered this during our last meal in town. Had we known, we would have gotten one of those every day! It’s so annoying to discover a special food just as you’re about to leave a place. Here’s a link to our previous post about the pub.
Captain’s Daughter
We only came here for breakfast, but it this old English Tudor-style building it looks like it would have a lovely atmosphere for dinner. As for the breakfast, the eggs Benedict with smoked salmon was so good that after splitting an order, we decided to get a second round. Their coffee was great, too. Overall it was a nice treat for a breakfast out. If we get back to Havelock we’ll try it for dinner. (You can click to enlarge/scroll through gallery above.)
Inlet Bakery & Cafe
This is the place in town for a casual breakfast. We only had coffee here, but the coffee was very good. (The ciabatta loaf we bought here was very good, too.)
I’ll make a mention here that we really enjoyed our time in Havelock. That “feels-great-to-be-here” feeling lasted through our stay. It’s just a likeable place overall. Below a photo of the beautiful black ducks that would visit us during the day. –Cyndi
