A delicious and refreshing delight!

Breakfast is served in our elegant dining room at 9:00 am on Saturday and Sunday and at 8:30 am Monday - Friday.  Our large dining room table comfortably seats all 8 guests and our breakfast is the perfect way to start your day in our wonderful town.

50's Plus Magazine:

The Gables Inn was featured in the 50's Plus Magazine and here is a quote from the article:  "Breakfast was a delicious and refreshing delight with a perfectly prepared selections of eggs, French toast or whatever David, the chef, feels like that morning.  All presented on beautiful dinnerware and a "grandly" set table."
 

What to expect at breakfast:

We open the doors to the grand dining room at breakfast time and all guests come in and choose a seat.  We always start off with orange juice and you have your choice of a hot beverage of either hot coffee, hot tea or hot chocolate.  Next we serve either a fruit dish, muffin or pastry (this varies from day to day depending on the main dish).  Our main dish is served with much anticipation because a lot of times our guests tell us they have heard about our breakfasts or have seen some of our sample recipes on our web site.  The main dish can be anything from a ham and cheese omelet to stuffed blueberry French toast from a 3 cheese quiche to banana pancakes and more.  The main dish is always served with a side item of breakfast meat that varies from sausage patties, sausage links, bacon, etc.  We keep your beverages full all during and after your meal with our bottomless beverage carafes!  

Breakfast starts promptly on time...some guest hop right up after they eat so they can get started with their day, some guests sit around the breakfast table and visit with the other folks that are staying at the inn.  Usually, our guests have something in common with each other whether it is the state they live in, their occupation, their favorite football team, anniversary or birthday celebration, or just the fact that they all choose The Gables Inn for their special getaway!

Do we have to eat breakfast?

No.  We understand that some couples don't usually eat breakfast, they may just want to start their day really early or want to sleep in really late.  You won't hurt our feelings if you don't want breakfast or if you just want it one or two of the days you are here.
 

Do you share your famous recipes?

Yes.  We often get request for our recipes and we gladly share them with everyone. 
For some of our most requested recipes !

Guest Comments:

Cooking Tips - Common Problem/Causes of Problems:

We have also included some cooking tips that may be helpful. Enjoy!

Biscuits
        *Rough Biscuits/ Insufficient mixing.
        *Dry Biscuits/ Baking in too slow an oven & handling   too much.
         *Uneven browning/ Cooking in dark surface pan, too high a temperature and rolling the dough too thin.
          *Uneven browning/Cooking in dark surface pan, too high a temperature and rolling the dough too thin.   


Cakes
        Cracks; uneven surface/Too much flour; too hot an oven and sometimes from cold oven start.
        Dry cakes/ Too much flour; too little shortening; too much baking powder; or cooking at too low a temperature.


Muffins
        Course texture/Insufficient stirring and cooking at too low a temperature.
        Tunnels in muffins/Over-mixing.

Pies
        Pastry crumbles/Over-mixing flour and shortening.
        Pastry tough/Using too much water and over-mixing the dough.
        Pies do not brown/Bake at constant temperature (400-425) in Pyrex or enamel pie pan.


General Hints:

Preventing Boil Over
        Add a few teaspoons of cooking oil to the water and rice, noodles or spaghetti will not boil over or stick together.

Scalded Milk
        Add a bit of sugar (without stirring) to milk to prevent it from scorching.
        Rinse the pan with cold water before scalding milk and it will be much easier to clean.

Don't lose those Vitamins
        Put vegetables in water after the water boils - not before - to be sure to preserve all the vegetable's vitamins.
       
Salt
        If stew is too salty, add raw cut potatoes and discard once they have cooked and absorbed the salt.