Gathering Grounds — Restaurant in Town of Patagonia

While selecting my order, I was told the chorizo was still frozen and that I would need to choose something else — no recommendations or apologies, just a “pick something else.” After some consideration, I decided I didn’t want to order anything and would simply try food from the two plates already at our table to see if it was something I liked. This seemed to upset our server for reasons I still don’t understand.

After that, the service completely stopped. No one came to check on our table again. When I ran out of water, I went to the front to ask for a refill. The server ignored me and turned her back without acknowledging me. Another woman at the front said someone would bring water to the table, but it never came.

It honestly felt like we were being punished because they didn’t have an item available. There was no thank you, no goodbye, and no follow-up during or after our meal. It was extremely uncomfortable and unprofessional — not the welcoming experience we usually expect and enjoy when...

We stumbled on The Gathering Grounds, quite by accident...WHAT A FIND!! We were in the Market, and happened to ask the Cashier where we might eat lunch. A young man, who was also a customer, told us about this place, singing the praises of their fare. He then disclosed that his wife actually owns The GG, but told us we won't be disappointed. HE WAS SO RIGHT!! We were cheerfully greeted, as we walked in, and asked a few questions...turns out it's a whole family of folks who just totally ENJOY their group effort to have EVERYTHING your heart desires!! We had an IPA, took in the ambience, chatted with the staff, and ordered the BEST BURGER EVERRRRR!! Homemade potato salad and the juiciest, most flavorful beef! Goodness from start to finish!! Btw...the cookies and carrot cake were DIVINE! We are going back to get more shots of the Hummingbirds, but The Gathering Grounds will DEFINITELY be our eatery!!...

We stopped for lunch today after getting some ice cream & key lime pie to take away a few days ago.

The restaurant was crowded at 1:30 - we waited a couple of minutes for a table. The place was clean & friendly and smelled great!

Our server was friendly. We ordered cups of soup and a sandwich each.

The food was a bit slow (it was busy and the lone cook was hopping) and the soup a little cool, but the soup tasted great and the sandwiches were splendid.

It was nice to be able to get a little baking to go on the way out!

A great place for a take-away muffin or a very satisfying...