This Week's Restaurant Review---The Back Porch

By Sam L. Smithers
Chief Restaurant Reviewer

Hurry. The Back Porch will close for the winter on Nov. 7 and re-open next March 1. But you still have time to get the best lunch in town though, and order pies and cakes for Thanksgiving and Christmas.
The Back Porch is located at the entrance to Har-Ber Village Museum, for those that have not been there, and is open for lunch from 11-3 Tue-Sat and Sundays from 12-3. They are closed Mondays.
Linda Ward has been the manager the past two years and she has everything under control, including some of the best sandwiches and desserts around. She spent much of her life in the music business in her church but changed careers and now enjoys the restaurant business, hectic though it is.
The Pecan Fruity Chicken Salad Sandwich is a favorite, served on a croissant, for $6.25; we also tried the Reuben Sandwich and the homemade potato soup which was delicious. Hamburgers start at $3.25 and most of the sandwiches are in the $6 range.
For dessert we had the best Carrot Cake in the world, and the gooey Baked Fudge Ice Cream which will melt in your mouth.
The restaurant currently seats 30 people inside, plus some outdoor picnic tables, but will be expanded during the winter adding another 20 seats, a larger kitchen, and a new asphalt parking lot.
For the holidays, orders are now being taken for German Chocolate and Carrot cakes; Mom's Coconut Cream, Chocolate and Pecan Pies (the crust is made with lard for flakiness). Call 787-4233 or 964-0703 to order.
And get on over to The Back Porch before Nov. 7 and enjoy a really fine lunch.