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Dragonfly Cafe & Bakery (Closed)Don't even think about eating breakfast/brunch anywhere else.
Latest visit: February 18, 19, 2012 The Dragonfly Café and Bakery is a European-style café and bakery located in the heart of historic Taos, New Mexico. Chef and Owner Karen Todd instinctively creates unique and inspired menu items that combine homemade flavors with exotic flair. She does it right. We visit our dear friends Sally and Andy Wasowski, who live north of Taos on a mesa top, as many times each year as our (and their) schedules allow, and invariably have at least one meal at Dragonfly with them and assorted guests. I have never had anything there that was less than great. Karen prepares specials made from whatever catches her eye when she shops. Last winter she bought a mess of liver, and on a cold, wintry night when we were there, turned it into one of the tastiest dishes I've had there. Gently sauteed morsels of very tender liver in a lovely port wine reduction served with a velvety risotto, this dish returns liver to an exalted place on the food medalist list. "Liver," you cringe? "Exalted?" "Darn right, it ain'r your granny's cardboard imitation," I retort. Trust me. Superb dish. I reminded her recently at brunch one Sunday about this dish. She allowed that if she decides to do it again some cold winter day, she will tell Sally and Andy, they will tell me, and I will make a special trip from Corrales just for this meal. HistoryThe Dragonfly Cafe & Bakery occupies a 1920's bungalow style adobe originally home to the Tarleton family. The Tarletons tended gardens, livestock and an orchard on the back of the property. For 20 years, it was home to Dory's restaurant, host to many local artists and writers. Founded in 1998 by Chicago native Karen Todd, The Dragonfly Cafe and Bakery is the result of Todd's 20 years of experience in restaurants and bakeries. Todd also spent several years traveling the world familiarizing herself with many types of cuisine, influences now reflected in today's menu. The Dragonfly Cafe is committed to providing the highest quality ingredients, procured locally and organically whenever possible. All of the dairy and non-cured meats are hormone and antibiotic free, and all of our baked goods are made in-house using local organic flour, the highest quality sweet cream butter and natural sweeteners. Taos Roasters supplies the Dragonfly with organic fair-trade coffee, and the local Rasband Creamery provides RBGH free dairy. The Food — LunchesBison Burger. If you think that Bison Burgers are tough, dry, and tasteless, you have been going to the wrong places. You need to try this excellent creation at Karen Todd's Dragonfly Cafe & Bakery in Taos. Gumbo. French Country Beef Stew. Bibimbap. Chicken Pot Pie. BrunchEggs Dragonfly. Eggs Benedict. House made English muffin opped with ham, poached eggs and hollandaise sauce. Sausage Omelet. Steak Breakfast Tacos. BakeryBread Pudding. But wait, there's more... Sally and Andy eat there at least three times each week. The Sunday brunch is not to be missed. Don't even think about eating breakfast/brunch anywhere else near Taos. And the pastries and other bakery goodies will amaze you. This is the very best bakery in Taos, and possibly anyplace in Northern New Mexico. The scones are sinfully delicious. The only better scone that I have had in New Mexico was at the Gold Street Caffe. That's pretty far piece away. If I lived in Taos, I would eat here at least three times a week. It's that good. What others are sayingGil Garduño 2 — New Mexico's Sesquipedalian Sybarite "Outstanding recommendation, Larry! The Dragonfly Cafe & Bakery is a real gem, one of the most exciting and fun restaurants in Northern New Mexico. The bakery certainly is without peer–much better than the bakery at Michael's just down the street. You've got to try Dragonfly's white chocolate and cherry bread pudding. It just might make your top five list." (505) 737-5859 402 Paseo Del Pueblo Norte |
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