Cold Shoulder, NY?

Don't you love it when the signage at a place makes you feel welcome? We drove up to Cold Spring today (mostly just for the drive) and ate at Foundry Cafe on the main downtown drag. At least three "no cell phone" signs. Restrooms for customers only. A number of tables with "This table is for parties of 3 or 4 only." A drawing of a crying baby with a no screaming sign. A sign near the self-serve coffee sternly instructing that only to-go customers should use the paper cups. Signs that the tables are for table service and the counter is only for to-go customers. In case you were homesick for New York, I guess (maybe someone who works there is).

The food was basic: I had a cucumber, sprout, tomato, Swiss and lettuce on whole wheat with jalapeno mayo and Todd had curried chicken salad on rye (no nuts or raisins, which he liked but I was disappointed in). The rusty-looking coleslaw had sesame seeds and the prices were Manhattan-like. The cheesecake, which they make there, was creamy and fluffy (not dense enough for Todd) with a great, thick chocolate cookie crust and just the right amount of coffee flavor (it was a cappuccino cheesecake).

Maybe the attitude's the charm, or maybe they're sick of cityfolk like us coming up there and messing everything up because we don't understand how their system works. (The staff were not particularly mean or nice, too.)