January 30th, 2021

Exotic Mushroom Soup, Buckley’s Tavern, Soup, Centreville, Delaware, Neighborhood Tavern, American Food, Good Food Will Travel

Continuing my motto of “Good Food, Will Travel” we found ourselves this past week at Buckley’s Tavern located at 5812 Kennett Pike, Wilmington, DE 19807. http://www.buckleystavern.com

This area in northern Delaware has beautiful rolling hills. It is historic Centreville. Buckley’s is open for lunch and dinner. Even though we showed up without a reservation for lunch it would probably be best if you did that. We love sitting at the bar so that is what we did.

Starting with a Bloody Mary, our lunch had just begun.

This Tavern has been here for a very long time. The food is delicious but there is one item on that vast menu that to me is just amazing. They call it Buckley’s Exotic Mushroom Soup. Centreville is adjacent to the mushroom capital so getting the best mushrooms is what they do best.

It is cold and this is soup weather, for sure. The soup has a depth of flavor, but you do have to like mushrooms. The recipe does not change. It has a wide variety of wild and exotic mushrooms, blended and topped with crispy leeks.

You will not leave Buckley’s Tavern hungry. They are very generous with their portions.

My appetizer looked like a regular lunch portion. Seared Tuna served with baby fennel; orange segments, yellow pepper, kalamata olive tapenade, baby arugula, honey-shallot orange vinaigrette and light wonton crisps. If you like seared tuna, you can even split this offering with a friend.

It was hard to pick because there is so much that attracted my attention.

Another hit was the Curried Chicken Salad Sandwich. Walnuts and dried cranberries on a croissant. You could pick a side. Very nice.

Social distance is very much in order at Buckley’s. It is a popular lunch and dinner spot.

If you find yourselves around the area please don’t hesitate to stop. The Tavern is near museums in that valley. And, very close to Longwood Gardens, as well.

In the meantime, have a great weekend.

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October 23rd, 2010

Doc’s Riverside Grille, Centreville, Maryland, Restaurant, Review

I found myself in the town of Centreville, Maryland.  Incorporated in 1794, this town is in Queen Anne’s County.

It has the oldest Courthouse in continuous use.  It also was home to 3 franchises during the existence of the Eastern Shore Baseball League; The Colts, Red Sox and Orioles.

I was a little hungry and did not know where to go.  The center of the town is very small and it is a square.  I also wanted to sit down at a restaurant.  They suggested I visit Doc’s Riverside Grille, 511 Chesterfield Ave., tel. 410-758-1701.

It is a casual place.  I chose to sit at the bar area.  There were more patrons on that side.  This restaurant will be very lively on Sunday.  It is football season and these are Ravens’ fans.  So am I.  Could not help to take the pictures of my son’s favorite team.

The service was great and Lana told me that they make their own potato chips everyday.

I chose the Surf & Turf Burger and the Messy Burger was ordered as well, but without a bun.  No way you would find a gluten free bun here.

My Surf & Turf was very good.  Underneath all the cheese, the burger had shrimp and crab.

The messy burger was good too but I think it would have been better if eaten with the bun.

Later on as I walked around the square in the center of town I did see other cafes and small restaurants, but Doc’s seemed the preferred  locals’ hangout. 

Please note that every Wednesday night they have Prime Rib Night for $10.95!!

 Note:  Some info. for this post was taken from Wikipedia.

Talk to you later….Go Ravens!!!!…