We enjoy salads--fresh greens tossed with walnuts, cranberries, and local chicken. We sip iced tea. We walk through the surrounding garden and check out the stage that's being built for outdoor concerts. And then it's time for pie.
Clarksville Station: Pie No. 3
The Station in Clarksville, Mo., 120 miles north of St. Louis, offers outdoor dining on patio furniture that looks as if it were purchased from Smith & Hawken. In fact, this high-end road stop--with an organic vegetable garden, pots filled with herbs, a mini farmers' market, and babbling fountains--looks like the setting for a garden catalog photo shoot--or a Martha Stewart television segment.
The coconut cream slice rises high above the plate, and it cracks in half when my daughter and son both grab for it at the same time. The filling is perfect--silky and smooth, except for the tender strands of coconut--and it's topped with a generous helping of rich whipped cream. I especially like that the pie isn't too sweet. The crust on the other hand is a soggy mess, and chunks of it never get eaten. Rating: 3.
1 comments:
Wow! That was such a beautiful place and those were so delicious food. I can remember the day my mom and I went to some parks in Denver, CO and have brunch. It was really amazing for the weather was so fine and the landscape is so amazing. My godmother invited us for summer concerts in Denver, which is followed by a treat of delicious pie from her.
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