I’m addicted to tomato aspic, chicken salad, pear with cottage cheese, shrimp mousse, and lots of homemade mayonnaise. That’s a.k.a. the Calvary Episcopal Church Waffle Shop’s “Salad Plate.”
I’m happy to announce that the Waffle Shop, a 93-year-tradition, will return March 3rd and will run through April 8th with its Lenten menu, including the Salad Plate, the delicious “Boston Cream Pie,” and “Fish Pudding,” which is actually tasty and isn’t anything like the name implies.
Connie Marshall, of the Waffle Shop, says there have been some adjustments this year. “We have cut back on a few things,” she says. But the aforementioned items, as well as corned beef and cabbage, turnip greens, and other favorites will still be available. “With a few exceptions, it’s pretty much everything.”
And the Waffle Shop will basically go back to the way it was operated before the pandemic, Marshall says. Instead of strictly take-out meals, which Waffle Shop offered in 2021, people will once again be able to eat in the Mural Room at the church at 102 North Second Street. “You go to the table, fill out your paper menu, and pay on your way out,” says Marshall.
You can still order to-go food, but all the advance to-go ordering over the phone has been done away with, Marshall says. “It’s, basically, back to the old way.”
Lunch will be served between 11 a.m. and 1:30 p.m. Wednesdays, Thursdays, and Fridays, as well as an evening meal from 5:15 to 6:15 p.m. on Wednesdays. The Waffle Shop’s tenure coincides with the Lenten Preaching Series, which is held at the church between 12:05 to 12:40 p.m. on Wednesdays, Thursdays, and Fridays, and from 6:15 to 7:15 p.m. on Wednesdays. Sixteen speakers will be featured.
COVID protocols will be announced closer to Waffle Shop’s starting date, Marshall says.
