Night on the town

Last night we dropped the kids off at the Palace Theatre in Lake Placid to catch a movie. This theatre is one of those great old-fashioned places, beautiful decor, community atmosphere, great prices. The kids chose "Live Free or Die Hard". Not one I would have chosen but it was intense negotiation as Clarke wanted to see Harry Potter and Oscar wanted to see Ratatouille and neither wanted to see Transformers. Joe and I headed across the street to the Brown Dog Cafe (you'll notice that most of these places don't have websites so I sometimes will link to another review with address etc.). We started off with a lovely Miner Viognier at the bar while we waited for our table. There are only about 6 tables in the restaurant with a big window overlooking Mirror Lake which make a really great atmosphere. We split the duck quesadillas, a Joe non-negotiable and jumbo prawn (they were the size of Oscar's head) with mint, spring pea risotto and asparagus, a Bridget non-negotiable. We ordered a Pinot which was "eh" and then I had a yummy dessert wine from Hungary, called tokaji. Really subtle and lovely with a beautiful pinkish color. Somehow we skipped dessert. Shocking but the items looked terrific anyway. Overall, the food was really well prepared and the menu was creative and fun, while still showing the favorites of the area - meat! As this was a wine bar, the selection was great. Service was efficient but not overly friendly or helpful. After dinner we were walking to meet boys and stumbled upon them on the street. Joe and I hung back and watched them. They had snuck into a candy store and were walking down the street with their bottles of root beer, and sharing a bag of candy. It was pretty adorable. They finally caught us and home to the barn we went.