Gourmet Catering and Restaurant — Restaurant in Clarksburg

Jason Jackson's review is correct! This was our first time there and it was all good. This reminded me of another sandwich shop that received very positive reviews from its rather snooty, selective, and very competitive restaurant area called the Carving Board Cafe Inc, in Charlottesville, VA.

I did have the fish sandwich and the pineapple cake. I base this review off those two items because Jason Jackson covered all the peripheral yet still semi-important aspects of an eat-in place.

Fish sandwiches can go any which way depending on the quality of the fish, type or fish, factory produced, or freshly battered. Another factor that is distinguishable is the type of batter and sometimes breading used. The last factor is the oil. If the oil is old and has already cooked other fried items, at the incorrect temperature, longevity in the oil of the item you are cooking, all these can have quite disastrous effects on the dish ranging from heart burn, to having to ask for extra napkin to sop up the grease. Either one of those is a LOSE / LOSE in my book. Lastly, the bread and the way the sandwich is dressed come into play with the bread having a supporting roll while the dressings can sometimes be distracting in the form of having to worry about your tomato sliding out of the sandwich and so on, there are other things that should be synonymous to the main part of the sandwich such as in a chicken sandwich at Chick-fil-A. Would you recognize the uniqueness of the chicken there without the Chick-fil-A sauce? I cannot yet say that about this fish sandwich's sauce but did have to argue a bit with the tomato :-) . The fish did not appear to be hand battered but I could be wrong. In any case, the quality was top notch of the fish. The portion was generous. The amount of frying was precise. The best part of the fish patty itself was the first bite hanging out of the side of the sandwich. No dressings, no bread, nothing. The color was golden to perfection and the moment you bite into this fish, your teeth know they are about to penetrate the golden fried shell of the casket which holds the gems of this sandwich and in an instant, you are gastronomically transported to a place of sounds of fog horns, ocean buoy bells ringing, albatross and seagulls cawing, and a fresh ocean breeze of saltwater.

Now for the bad. The sandwich came with a bag of potato chips. I personally do not think a fish sandwich should EVER be served with potato chips.....ALWAYS fries. But thats just me.

The pineapple cake: I almost want to tell you that IT WAS THE WORST PINEAPPLE CAKE I EVER ATE...so to ensure its there next time we go back. But I would be a liar if I said that. I would need a blog to post my comments on this cake as it was possibly the best pineapple cake I ever had in my life and I have traveled the world and know many foods in many countries and love desserts. I will sum it up....Moist ✓, Sweet but not overly sweet ✓, fresh ✓, appearance ✓. The only thing that could be done to make this a good desert to a great desert is to use fresh pineapple and make the sweetness out of pineapple juice condensed from a...

A co-worker told a couple of us about this place, so with a menu in hand a few of us set out on a stroll to find this place. We thought we were going to the wrong address b as we were walking more and more into a residential area, but low and behold there it was sitting on a corner on 7th st.

Inside was nice and clean, you order at the cashier. There were several specials but two of us settled on a steak hoagie with waffle fries and a third on a fish sandwich, they both got the freshly made pineapple cake which they said was fantastic and the fish sandwich got high remarks.

The steak hoagies with mixed peppers and waffle fries were excellent and filling, with perfectly baked bread and cheese. Service was excellent as well and friendly.

I don't recall the hours but they were not standard so I would call them....

Atmosphere- 3 stars- popular local place. Not a ton of seating but clean. Seemed to be a lot of takeouts.

Service- 4 stars- waitress was very friendly but admitted to being short staffed and said the kitchen was hectic. She did a good job considering this issue.

Food- 3 stars- not bad but nothing to brag about. I got the French onion soup which seemed to be an everyday item. It was pretty salty and not the quality I am used to when ordering this soup at other places. It didn’t have the melted cheese covering the soup however there was cheese in the soup. We also had the chicken salad and a steak hoagie. Both were just ok. Prices are decent but not a place to get...