Order dessert first . . .

The past couple of days, Timi, Nancy N, Judy and I have been on the road to Springfield MO and Rogers AR. We got to meet up with Timi's adorable grandson, 2 year old Brendan.  We shopped and ate are way up and down the highway.

One of the places we stopped was an adorable place called Spring Creek Tea Room in Springfield MO.

I first heard of this place on Cathe's blog, Just Something I made. We decided to try it for lunch Tuesday. 

First of all, it's located in a building that houses antiques.  Put your name on the list for a table and shop while you wait. They were very crowded Tuesday and yet we only had about a 20 minute wait.  Shopping the aisles made the time fly by.  

The restaurant portion of the store is adorable.  Chalkboard wall with vintage frames, books, etc decorating the space in a shabby chic way.  Pies and cakes are displayed behind a huge storefront window pane glass wall. The names of each are written on the panes of glass so you can see exactly what type you probably will order for dessert.  The aroma in the restaurant is simply delicious.

(borrowed this photo from Cathe's blog)

Timi, Nancy N and I ordered salads. The most delicious salads we ever had with homemade salad dressings that were light and uber-tasty. Judy ordered chicken salad and said it was the best she ever tasted.  We all agreed we would definitely come back each time we traveled to Springfield.

As we sat and ate our salads, we were salivating over the desserts that were being carried from the back room.  The cakes look amazing and the pies out-of-this-world.

Then it was time for dessert.  We checked out the chalkboard menu hanging on the wall and each of us made our decision.  The waitress came back and when we started to order . . .

WHAT!!!!!

All the desserts were gone.  Every last one.  Not even a crumb left.

We were so disappointed.  

I offered to lick the bowls or scrape the cake pans . . . eat off other people's plates (hey, the two gals behind us didn't finish their desserts and they looked harmless enough.) Don't think the waitress was going for any of it.

So the moral of this story is . . . 

Definitely stop by

Spring Creek Tea Room

and

order dessert first!

Comments

[Debby Schuh]

This place looks wonderful! I laughed out loud when I got to the end and the dessert was gone!!! What a bummer after all the temptation! Definitely means you'll have to make a trip back there.

[Lindsey A.]

I love Spring Creek too! We get there at about 9:30 to get our table reserved and ALWAYS order dessert when ordering our meal! I get the chicken salad sandwhiches. They also have wonderful flavored teas and their cold strawberry soup is wonderful!!!!!

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Danke für das Schreiben dieses.