Happy Birthday to Cathy and our SSS Review of The Black Bear Bistro

HAPPY BIRTHDAY CATHY
 to the oldest of the three of us!!

We sisters always get together for our birthdays by going out for lunch. This month happens to be Cathy's birthday and she picked the Black Bear Bistro in Warrenton, Virginia. Old Town Warrenton is a quaint little town with lots of charm.

Upon entering the Black Bear Bistro we noticed right away they had a terrace we could eat our lunch on this beautiful fall day. The waitress told us we could chose anywhere we would like to sit and of course, in SSS fashion we sat down, ordered our drinks and then decided to change tables. Our waitress was gracious and said, "by all means sit where you are most comfortable". At this point during the lunch hour, there weren't many people dining, so we had our pick of tables.
We girls decided, after looking at the menu and hearing the special of the day which was a personal pan brick oven pizza with side salad,  that we would pick from their brick oven pizzas. Cathy chose the ALOHA with brick sauce, shredded mozzarella, pineapple and bacon. Rhonda chose the PAISANO with roasted garlic cream sauce, spinach, shredded mozzarella and sautéed onions. I (Kelly) chose the VERDURA with rosemary oil, minced garlic, feta, artichokes, spinach, mushroom, red onion, and basil vinaigrette.

Would you like to hear what we thought about The Black Bear Bistro?? This is our first video so be kind ;)

The BBB also treated Cathy to a dessert of her choice and she chose the Chocolate Cheesecake with Chocolate sauce, Whipped Cream and cherries. Lots of cherries because who can share one cherry??? Not us ;)

If you live in the area, we recommend trying them out if you haven't already. Here's their website
http://www.blackbearbistro.com/

Take a look at the photos we took during our visit to the Black Bear Bistro.

Old Town Warrenton has a Lamp Post contest going on this month. This is one of the lamp posts and I believe Rhonda and Cathy were having too much fun and scared the stuffing out of this straw man!!

Take a stroll downtown Warrenton sometime. It's absolutely beautiful this time of year.
http://www.virginia.org/Cities/Warrenton/

All in all, it was a good day with great food, awesome company and hopefully many more birthdays to celebrate with my sisters.

Until next time friends!!
~Kelly Jo

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Fork in the Alley Review

One of the restaurants we visited on our Sisters Weekend in Roanoke, Virginia was The Fork in the Alley. Cool little spot for lunch or dinner. Although, it's not easy to find because it’s tucked into an alley next to a 7-11 and isn't where you would expect a restaurant. It's nestled on Crystal Spring Ave. in Roanoke.


Fork in the Alley

We arrived there mid-afternoon on a Saturday and it was busy. There isn’t a ton of parking as the only parking is along the street. We had to go around the block just to find the FITA but we did and found a parking space fairly close. The ambience is quirky and fun. We were seated fairly quickly. The menu is pretty basic. We decided to order a Hawaiian Brick Oven Pizza. It was big and tasty. Our waitress was attentive and kind.

All in all a good restaurant to visit and would probably go again when I'm in Roanoke just to try their burgers.

This bench is outside the restaurant and if you look close you can see their logo.

Thanks for taking the time to read our blog ~ Kelly Jo