Rexville Grocery and
Cafe
19271
Best Road, Mount Vernon
360-466-5522
Open
Monday - Friday 7 a.m. to 7 p.m.
Saturday and Sunday 7 a.m. to 5 p.m. |
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| Chef Judith Horne and owners
Stuart and Joyce Welch team up at one of Skagit County's
best kept secrets. |
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| The indented spatula doesn't
waste a drop. |
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you offer Swedish pancakes in south Skagit County, you'd
better be serving the real deal.
Joyce and Stuart Welch, owners of Rexville Cafe and its adjacent
grocery, did their homework and came up with a recipe from
an old Valhalla Lodge cookbook. It features a scrumptious
topping made with locally grown lingonberries. It's
a treat you can enjoy only on weekends when the cafe is open
for breakfast from 7 a.m. until noon.
Chef Judith Horne will whip up eggs for a party of one just
as easily as cater a party for 100. After working at Sorrento's
in Seattle and in Nordstrom's catering department, Horne
can handle the heat.
During the week, customers can order at the grocery counter
and enjoy their selection in the art-filled dining area or
out on the picnic tables. The ambiance couldn't be called
highbrow - the emphasis is on the food and company.
In spite of its off-the-beaten path status, the Rexville
business still booms. The site is a community hub for the
area with a cast of regulars that saunter in and make themselves
at home.
"Although it's great to have the seasonal traffic,
we learned early how important it is to pay attention to the
locals - to learn their names, to take care of them,"
Stuart said.
They have a diversity of customers - refinery workers,
artists, farmers and "foodees." The Rexville League
of Gentlemen, an informal men's group, meets for morning
java and camaraderie. A wine-tasting event is held in the
spring and fall, and a chocolate/champagne affair in February.
The adjacent store stocks an eclectic mix of local goods,
organic produce, fresh (as in live) crab, international flavors
and novelties. A farmer's market is the newest edition
to the Rexville complex. It's the creative mix and the
comfortable, friendly atmosphere that has helped establish
the Rexville since the Welches opened in 1999.
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