Seven months ago, woodworker Jon Mogor started serving food at his Rogue Artisans gallery space on Portland Street in Morrisville. The menu at Rogue Artisans Café is simple but handcrafted: house-roasted meats stuffed into panini; French-toast sandwiches; pastries, cakes and cookies; soups and salads; and a handful of cocktails, beers and wines. Coffees come from Burlington’s Brio Coffeeworks, while juices and Italian sodas are made fresh in-house.
Patrons kept asking for brunch. Last Sunday, January 31, Rogue Artisans delivered, serving waffles and pancakes, eggs Benedict and crêpes filled with berries or wild mushrooms. Things went well — very well, Mogor says: “We ran out of food. One table ordered seven orders of eggs Benedict. The kitchen had to stop and make more Hollandaise … The mimosas were flowin’.” The Sunday brunches will continue.
The café’s hours — it’s currently open until 8 or 10 p.m., depending on the day — won’t change as it eases into dinner service. But expect the chefs to begin debuting more dinner-style entrées and sides to round out the café menu.
The original print version of this article was headlined “Crumbs”
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This article appears in Feb 3-9, 2016.
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