Glorietta is an Italian Trattoria with a focus on housemade pasta and wood-fired cooking. Located in the Anvil Hotel they offer both indoor and patio seating. Inside the medium room the tables have a lot of space between them, which is good for slowing the spread of virus but leaves the room feeling empty. The focal point of the room is the large bar with the kitchen and wood burning fire behind it and another seating bar in front of it. They finally seated someone at the front bar but without much overhang it looked pretty uncomfortable. The floor is tiled, the ceiling is painted wood and bench seating is on many walls to match up with chairs on the other side of the good sized tables. The bare wood tables are set with a large cloth napkin and lighting is lowered, but there are a number of windows in the room so that is only an issue after the sun sets. Service was friendly but rushed. We wanted to try a number of things and I specifically asked that it not be served on top of the last one but it was. In fact the main plates came out before all the appetizer plates were cleared. I realized with limited seating they want to turn the tables quickly but in these times we must find a way to make the experience pleasurable for the diner and profitable for the restaurant. Continue reading
Dametra Café specializes in Mediterranean and Middle Eastern food. The small cafe opened in 2008 and is even smaller now having only outdoor dining due to Covid 19 restrictions of California. The same table set up runs along the street in front of the building with tables divided by planters and heaters and separated from the street by a wooden fence. The narrow, small tables are covered with bright yellow oil-cloth tableclothes and set at street level rather than sidewalk. It makes some difficult to get in and out but didn’t seem to keep the crowd away. It’s reputation is that there is often a line for walk-up guests but we were lucky and got a table when we arrived. They offer the same menu at lunch and dinner but add sandwiches to the lunch offerings. They also have a more limited menu for curbside pickup. Service was friendly, helpful and efficient. Even with an ever-changing supply of table guests they did not rush us to finish up our wine so they could reseat the table. 
Our second evening at Restaurant Beck we got a table next to the window and the view was spectacular. The tables were configured slightly differently to accommodate the guests, but they were still well distanced from one another. 
The original caramel corn shop in Depoe Bay, Oregon has been also named “J’s Caramel Corn” and the building has had various paint jobs, but all say it was established in 1940. It’s a tiny shop that also sold salt water taffy, a few other candies, books and toys. It’s a one woman shop that uses Kettle corn for their product. They also sell plain and cheese corns but no mix. This corn was well coated with caramel and very sweet. It pops into really large pieces and I found very few hard, unpopped kernels in our bag. It’s not greasy and your fingers will have more of a stickiness rather than glisten after eating. The owner used to make the cheese caramel mix but found it too messy and didn’t sell as well. Either way, it was a really good caramel corn and she was very friendly and offered samples. Do note, it’s not a mis-spelling in the title here – it’s spelled without an ‘a’ in the middle. 
