Briar Patch Marketplace & Cafe — Restaurant in Galax

Was in town chauffering a friend's step son to General District Court. No visitors allowed in the court room. Had my pal Shell with. Was incredibly hot & humid that day. After waiting for about an hour, we decided to try to find breakfast. The Briar Patch showed as being very close to our location in downtown Galax.

I've visited subsequently, as well. Initially, we both ordered the homemade biscuits. Shell got biscuits/gravy. I had a bacon, cheese, egg biscuit. I also ordered an iced mocha latte. They actually have an espresso press on site! Coffee was yummy. Breakfast was yummy too. A tad expensive for two people. At 10am the place was popping with business.

The marketplace is quaint with all sorts of antiquity trinkets & treasures to be found.

I will add that my next visit to the Cafe was not quite as good. The bacon man can grill bacon for me, anytime. Just perfect! The espresso was a little bitter on my second visit and they were out of biscuits by 10 am. I did have sourdough toast with my order but it's just not the same.

This spot is located right on main street. Definitely. a favorite cafe of the locals or frequent court visitors. There is indoor/outdoor seating available. Go early, the fluffy, homemade biscuits do not last til brunch.

If you're in the area browsing shops or visiting court, definitely...

First time coming to this Cafe. First, I called to find out what kind of salads they had and was greeted by a lady on the phone with a bit of an attitude. As I started to ask her about the salads she acted like it was an inconvience for her. Even said here and passed the phone off to a guy as she said someone had come to her line. He finally gets on the line and is no better at helping with an I don't care I have better things to do attitude. But, he finally answers my question . So I decide to order . He starts demanding a time I would pick up the order & rushes off the phone. Picking up the food was no better . Same snot nose attitudes. If this is how u treat new customers then u definitely need new employees. Or maybe a lesson in how to treat customers with respect. As customers are the ones that keep ur business open. Food was ok. Nothing great about it. I could've gotten better service elsewhere but wanted to help out a small business. Lesson learned.

Update: Spoke with the owners and they made things right. ( Huge respect to...

10/2024: This is an interesting place. Huge thrift store (or maybe they would prefer 'antiques') which also includes a restaurant and a couple of independent vendors (used records and sports cards, maybe others) downstairs. Largest selection of (at least a thousand) country and bluegrass records I have ever seen anywhere, and the vendor seems to know every record there. They usually have several really nice old pieces of furniture. The restaurant has couple of dozen different sandwiches, ice cream, coffees, soups, and other stuff. No fries. Everything I've tried has been freshly made of good ingredients, generous portions, and a good value for the money. But for me the main attraction now that I've browsed it all is that they have a free music show with a different local artist most every Saturday afternoon. This place definitely needs to be on your list of places to investigate when strolling through...