Dewey's Mills Café

08/02/2023

We have permanently closed. We are grateful to all our clients, and to those many who graced us with 50+ 5 star reviews on Google. We are especially grateful to those who helped us along the way. My mom, sister, and my niece, Sophia, Cheri, and my buddy Leigh. We couldn't have done it without you. Big Thanks!

06/05/2023

04/28/2023

There is nothing I like cooking more than birds. Quail, pheasant, squab, hens, capons, goose, chickens, turkey, duck. All of them share the same skeletal structure, but are vastly different in terms of what you can do with them, and how you can cook them. We served hot fried chicken sandwiches at the lounge at my previous property. In order to do that, on a large scale food operation is controlling the quality through consistency. And to avoid any chance of a junior cook sending out undercooked chicken, and to make sure everything is seasoned correctly, we would season and let marinate the skin on chicken thighs, which are the best for sandwiches, and then cook at a low temperature long enough to reach 165F degrees internally. This would cook the meat all the way, yet preserve the juiciness of this bird. Then after it's cooked, we gently removed the thigh bone, then stored under refrigeration on the hotline. When an order comes in, we freshly bread the chicken, twice so it's crispy, then deep fry, toss with franks red hot sauce. It goes so well on a toasted King Arthur brioche bun, Cole slaw, fines herbes mayonnaise, and pickles,...perhaps a chilled Fiddlehead IPA or an RC Cola.

(proof of 21 years of age required for the beer... we don't ID anyone getting the Hot Fried Chicken Sandwich or an RC Cola)

We wanted to share our new hours, we have extended our opening hours from 12noon to 6pm.

Open Thursdays to Mondays.

We're located at 5945 Woodstock road, in the old Dana's by the Gorge location in Quechee on route 4. We have local beers and offer drinks.

Thanks
Eren

04/20/2023

My dad was a general manager/chef at a place in Georgia called the Green Jackets in 1975. There he was inspired by their house salad that they made table side in fancy attire. When then years later at The Point in and subsequently at Sevi's he insisted on the hyper freshness of the preparation of the house salad, he even moved the salad station out of the kitchen into the air conditioned dining room as to aid in prolonging that extra bit of crispness from the lettuce before it went to the table.

Tomatoes freshly cut in the salad bowl, add oil vinegar scallions croutons freshly cut lettuce seasoned together, topped with grated cheese. There was a write up about it in Bon Appetit in '81, apparently dad was a big deal, in our house anyway. So we better keep making the salad his way, still do.

Come by and have a Sevi's Salad, maybe add some shrimp or avocado, maybe roasted chicken, or just a brioche bun and some butter? You might even see Sevi sometimes, helping her son not to completely forget how to take care of all the plants she helped me decorate with.

We wanted to share our new hours, we will be extending our opening hours from 12noon to 6pm. And we'll open up on Thursdays to Mondays, starting tomorrow.

We're located at 5945 Woodstock road, in the old Dana's by the Gorge location in Quechee on route 4. We have local beers and offer drinks.

Thanks
Eren

03/13/2023

Getting a new roof installed today. Unfortunately because of the noise and debris we've decided not to open today. We'll see you Friday!

02/12/2023

We still have availability at 6:30 and 7:30 pm.

Valentine's Day we will be offering a special 3 course dinner menu, by reservation.

First:
Sevi's house salad, romaine lettuce, oregano red wine vinaigrette, tomatoes & scallion.

Fresh bread and sea salted butter.

Main:
30oz dry aged bone in prime rib, dry aged 45 days, carved table side.

Half roasted boneless chicken with seared foie gras.

Roasted parmesan potatoes with truffle oil, preserved lemon & arugula.

Sauteed chili garlic broccoli.

Fried button mushroom with sherry wine aioli.

Dewey's Mac and Cheese.

(Served family style)

Dessert:
Baked lemon cheesecake, low bush blueberry compote, chantilly whipped cream.

This menu is designed for two guests and is served to share.
$59 per person + tax.

12/24/2022

Ho Ho Ho! Merry Christmas! We have a nice new pellet stove, and it is warm and cozy here ALL WINTER. Please come by and check us out! Moreover, we finally have our liquor license and can offer beverages from our modest selection. We have Vermont Craft Beers, a Bar Cart selection of spirits to choose from for cocktails.

If you're alone on Christmas, or perhaps you don't have access to a kitchen, swing on by! We will be open on Christmas Day serving Roasted Ribeye of Beef. I will be cooking for my family. We will be serving from 12 noon until we run out, about 2:30ish.

(normal a la carte menu not available this day)

Menu:
Dry Aged Beef Ribeye 12oz
Duck Fat Roasted Potatoes
Sherry Wine Mushrooms
Creamed Kale & Parmesan
$38.75 (+ 9% meals tax)

also available...

Sevi's House Salad
Romaine, Tomato, Scallion, Crouton
Red wine & oregano Vinaigrette
$12.75 (+ 9% meals tax)


Thanks,
Dewey's Mills Café, LLC
5945 Woodstock Road, Quechee, Vermont, 05059

11/24/2022

Happy Thanksgiving!

If you're alone, or not, and you're in the mood for Thanksgiving eats, swing by.

Turkey plate with all the fixin's, available until 3pm. Takeaway, or dine in. $29

11/22/2022

We're open this winter season. It's Thanksgiving, and you would like to enjoy a meal, but don't have the time or the kitchen space to make it happen, we have you covered. From 12noon to 3pm, we will be serving Thanksgiving Turkey Meals for Take Away. I'll be preparing Thanksgiving for my family, and will have a takeaway option for our guests. If you'd like to dine in, that would be fine. Regular a la carte menu is not available this day.

Turkey Take Away for One
Roasted Stonewood Farms Vermont Turkey (light and dark meat), Housemade Cranberry Sauce, Sage & Giblet Gravy, Brussels Sprouts with North Country Bacon, Turkey Stuffing, Spiced Potatoes
$29

Additionally you can reserve an entire 16+ pound Vermont Turkey as a last minute option.

Roasted Stonewall Farm Vermont Turkey (good for 8-10 ppl)
16+ pound bird (about 8+ pounds of meat)
1x quart of Sage & Giblet Gravy
$197

for Turkey Take Away will be First Come First Serve from 12noon onward until we run out, or 3pm, whichever comes first.

for Whole Roasted Stonewood Farms Vermont Turkey, kindly reserve via email ([email protected]) indicating your preferred contact phone number, and what time you would like to pick up (12noon-3pm). We will be taking orders until 4pm Wednesday, and sending out confirmations for the following day.

Thanks,
Eren Guryel