Sara L.
Yelp
I only wish I had taken pictures, but the food was so incredible, we devoured it before I could even think to photograph it. I was visiting my grandma, who is in her 90s, and was told not to bring too much food because she doesn't eat much. Now, 1. I don't follow directions well, and 2. I wanted to be sure there was something she liked, so I ordered too much food. Or so I thought.
The seasonal menu looked too good to pass up, so I ordered all three lunch items, butternut squash soup, winter apple salad, and harvest pear panini. We started with the salad. It was beautiful! On top of some sort of fancy greens were layered green apples (cut in very small pieces), pomegranate, cranberries, blue cheese, pecans, and I don't even know what the dressing was--almost unnecessary with all of those wonderful flavors. I will be dreaming of this salad for weeks, guaranteed! It tasted even better than it looked, if that were possible. We ate almost all of it.
But of course, we had to try the panini. Now, this was not a small portion. It actually came with two sandwiches, both cut in half and a side salad that looked almost as beautiful as the delicious apple salad we had just finished (needless to say, we ignored it temporarily). The panini was toasted bread, which I worried might be too hard for my grandma to eat. It wasn't, but I'll get back to that. The panini was filled with turkey and bacon, sliced pear, and perfectly melted brie cheese. There might have been other ingredients, but those are what I remember tasting. It was so good. And Grandma ate the entire sandwich.
At this point, I'm questioning her eating habits, since she seemed to have a pretty good appetite (I think I ate a little more of the apple salad than her, but other than that, food was getting polished off at an excellent rate), but my aunt confirmed she doesn't usually eat this well. That leaves the soup, which we wrte both too ful for. I tasted it to confirm that it was good, probably the most standard of the three food options I brought, but tasty enough.
Unfortunately for me, I live over 300 miles from this Cafe, although that's probably better for my wallet, because I would likely try to find an excuse to eat here very often. Also, I almost forgot, I ordered online for pickup. The process was super easy, and it took about 20 minutes for them to prep the food. It did seem like the menu prices were higher online than at the Cafe, but still entirely fair for what we got. I highly recommend The Press as an outstanding lunch spot, and my grandma agrees!