Well Fed On the Town

I have been trying to expand my horizons by trying non-corporate but locally owned restaurants this year. It’s a bit of a challenge since my family likes to stick with the familiar. On a weekend in mid-February, we drove northeast to Everson because I have been dying to go to Black Forest, which is a German restaurant that serves Schnitzel (which everyone I have ever talked to who has been there raves about). Schnitzel is a breaded pork cutlet type of meat. Anyhow, we drove to Everson and found Black Forest easily (it’s on the main street in Everson, which is a small town). I will say it is definitely colder in Everson than where I live (same county but I hear the further east you go, the colder it gets!).

It took us forever to figure out what we were going to order. My husband settled on a Schnitzel plate that came with prawns, I finally decided on the Schnitzel Combo, which came with Schnitzel and Bratwurst. Unfortunately they did not have a kid’s menu (besides my daughter I saw no children in there) so we ordered from the “Bar menu” (they have a bar in their restaurant) and she wanted to try the Schnitzel as well. I had a hard time deciding because our table gave us a view of the cooks grilling up steaks that looked delicious, but I really wanted to try this Schnitzel.

My starter was a Goulash, which was a hearty stew with good-sized chunks of tenderloin accompanied by potatoes, carrots, celery and onion. There’s some spices in the background that I could not put my finger on, but it was delicious! (I apologize for the darkness of the pictures, the seating is very intimate there and I did not want my flash going off in the restaurant.)

After finishing my Goulash and the garlic Texas toast that came along with it, we received our entrees. The Bratwurst was nice and juicy and quite possibly the best I have ever had. The Schnitzel was delicious, but I was digging my daughter’s plate, which had a nice sauce with mushrooms on top of the Schnitzel. Our plates came with red cabbage, fried potatoes as well as fresh steamed green beans (which I never had before and I LOVED). While we were eating, one of the chefs (or possibly the owner? I am not sure) came out to greet everyone and asked us how we liked it, I told him it was fantastic and he asked us to come again. We definitely will!

Speaking of my daughter, she was charmed by the atmosphere (being that it was more grown-up than any place she had been to) and enjoyed watching the chef prepare the steaks on the grill in a room adjacent to the one we were in. They have a window people can look at to see the chef prepare steaks on a grill. The chef caught a glimpse of my daughter looking in wide-eyed amazement and flashed a grin at her (I thought it was cute how she was reacting to the ambiance of the restaurant). My daughter also loved her Schnitzel plate, and couldn’t seem to get enough of it or the food on my husband’s or my plate, all the while ignoring her potatoes and red cabbage (I didn’t think she was going to touch the red cabbage). While we were eating she behaved very well (for a 6 year-old, that is!), sat up the entire time, put her cloth napkin in her lap and didn’t act up once. I have to say that made our experience even more enjoyable!

The only thing I would recommend is maybe a child-friendly menu, however, if they don’t have children coming in often, I could understand why.

Fantastic food and good service you can’t beat!

Black Forest
203 W. Main Street
Everson, WA
(360) 966-2855