Jasper's first "Farm-to-table" dining experience

By Nona Whipple
Next time your errands take you off the reservation to Jasper, work in a lunch or dinnertime visit to the newest café on Main Street.

Chef/Owner Jenna Schreiber busy preparing salads for lunchtime diners at her new "61 Main" in Jasper

Having been fans of the Three Sisters Café for about a year, and The Crow's Nest before that, we were recently very surprised to see a name change there to 61 Main. The Three Sisters are no more, and Chef/Owner Jenna Schreiber has taken over the helm.

Chef Schreiber is a great believer in farm-fresh produce and has developed relationships with local growers, Dig-it Farm near Grandview and Whitestone Farm in Talking Rock, so that her offerings are the freshest and best she can put on your table.  Don't be surprised when she even offers vine-ripened tomatoes in January!

The menu has been revised, offering a number of new things (try the Pressed Veg sandwich), but Chef Schreiber did keep my favorite lunchtime treat - three croissants filled with your choice of chicken salad, tuna salad, egg salad, or pimiento cheese

The Caesar Salad with grilled chicken and the Spinach Salad we sampled were also delicious, both made with young greens and fresh dressings.

Three croissants filled with your choice of chicken salad, tuna salad, egg salad, or pimiento cheese

We topped off our lunch with Jenna's personally baked Mocha Chocolate Cake - as luscious a dark chocolate, sinful dessert as I've had in a long time, accompanied by their Foggy Hollow Gourmet Coffee.

While we haven't tried it yet, the dinner menu looks just as good:  seasonal soups, seafood, Shrimp and Grits, Lamb Stew among other entrees and nightly specials.
 
A very good wine and beer list is available as well.  Sounds like another trip to Jasper very soon for us!