Tomato Pie Cafe — Restaurant in Lititz

Quaint old home made into a restaurant with multiple small, intimate rooms. The room we were in had creatively added screw in buttons to help secure the ceiling tiles. For a few of them it was almost enough to do the job. From my vantage point I could see several dust/ cobwebs hanging from the ceiling. The light bulbs and fixtures (sconces) were rather dusty. There was flavored olive oil/ balsamic on the tables. They were also not cleaned as the cap was held in place by rancid oil. (See picture and zoom in) based on the wear on these bottles, I'm assuming they are left sitting out all the time and topped off when low, which would explain the rancid overtones.

I got the roasted mushroom tomato pie. I imagine the quality would be significantly better when tomatoes are in season. We all know how terrible the pink, hot house tomatoes are in the winter. Portion size was adequate. I chose the arugula salad, as did my wife. Portion size was essentially a slightly oversized garnish. Wasn't specified as a micro salad, but it essentially was...add the rancid flavored olive oil and it is quite a disappointment. The tomato pie was interesting, aside from the winter tomatoes, it was not loaded with mushrooms, but it had some and it was nicely seasoned. The "homemade" crust was interesting. The bottom crust was all but non existent due to all the liquid from the tomatoes and mushrooms. The top crust was a sort of batter style, which was good. My wife got a cup creamy ham soup, which was nicely done although the "cup" was probably a 4oz ladle. She got the meat quiche which was rather good... thought I should have gotten that instead. Her crust was good. Both were served with a block of rosemary bread of some sort with no crusts. It was rather dense but not dry... it was enjoyable. I noticed others in the room who ordered drinks other than water, (which came in a large, old-timey type bottle, probably right out of the tap as it was not even cold) and soda came in a can and it looked like the ice tea came in a 6oz cup. Canned soda seemed rather low brow considering the beauty of the building. With tip our...

OK, I normally don't do reviews, but this place is special. I went there with 5 friends during a slow Tuesday morning. The restaurant was fairly depopulated.

The decor was your standard kitchy old stuff, nothing to write home about but inoffensive. We were sat by the kitchen door, which seemed like an odd choice considering the time of day and current population of the restaurant, but whatever, right? Wrong, but more on that later.

The service was garbage. One of my compatriots water was empty the entire time we were there. The server stopped by the literal bare minimum of times.

The food varied from inoffensive but not really good (every egg was completely unseasoned), to acceptablee but very overpriced. Basically OK if unremarkable.

Here's where it gets interesting. We were finishing up our meals when we noticed some of the kitchen staff were conversing very loudly just inside the door to the kitchen. We were then regailed with the one employees escapades in ear irrigation. Apparently he didn't get it all, because he told this tale at the top of his lungs. I was absolutely riveted by the telling of it, which is fortunate, because he repeated it several times to different people in rapid succession. From the description of those events I'm assuming he could have made a decent sized candle from what he produced from his ear.

In all seriousness it was disgusting and unprofessional. Everyone in our party was mortified. The manager did go have a talk with the kitchen staff after we reported this to her, which is a credit to her, but it never should have happened.

Tl;Dr if your a fan of stories of gross bodily elimination have a go at this establishment. Otherwise I could...

First word that comes to mind for this place is "trendy". From the kale on my sausage flatbread, to the "fried carrots" (rather than fries), to the stylish hats on the servers, everything said trendy. Nice atmosphere - sort of nuovo rustic. Very crowded. Servers and staff were quite friendly and helpful. As I said, I got a sausage flat bread (naan bread - trendy) with kale, peppers and feta cheese. It was warm and very good. A nice mix of flavors, but a little heavy on the peppers. My wife tired the bacon corn tomato pie with greens and a scone. She found the pie pretty good. I thought it was very heavy on one spice that I couldn't quite place (I just had one bite). The dressing for the greens (on the table - a lemon white balsamic) was excellent. Overall the food was very good, but for the quantity of food you get, I found the prices on the high side. Since I had money left on the gift card (which I couldn't use for the tip) we got a strawberry cheesecake tart. It was not bad, but rather forgettable (especially for the price). One other note, the bathrooms are tiny. Definitely not handicapped friendly (my wife has some difficulty getting around). Parking was tough. All the parking lots around were reserved for other businesses. We got lucky and found street parking nearby (inexpensive metered parking), but had we not, it would have been a problem for my wife. Comes with being in downtown I guess. Bottom line, nice place. Definitely a place to go if you like trendy. For us, probably not worth a return trip...