Last night, a friend and I had dinner at the Stanford Creamery, located in the Stanford Shopping Center. The restaurant boasts pretty standard fare, from salads, to sandwiches and burgers, which we deemed perfect, since there wasn't a specific type of food that we craved.
The inside of the restaurant (see above) echoes the interior of an old diner, but since the weather was so gorgeous, we opted to sit outside; there's a covered patio section, with heaters for when the temperatures drop at night.
There was plenty to choose from on the menu, but since we are both apparently five years old on the inside, we ordered the exact same thing: grilled cheese sandwiches with greens on the side, and milkshakes—mine was chocolate, hers was peanut butter and chocolate.
As I've mentioned, I'm not too big on sweets, so I was uncertain about taking on an entire milkshake, but the Creamery is known for this particular item, so I decided to give it a try. I toyed briefly with getting the chocolate chip, but the waiter brought me over a sample, and I didn't think I could handle all that sweetness in drink form.
I don't think I've had a grilled cheese at a restaurant in years, so it was a refreshing change of pace—there's a lot of nicety in the simpler things sometimes. The milkshake was good, too—even my friend seemed to like mine a little better than her own—if still a little sweeter than I would have liked.
I'm not chomping at the bit to try other options on the Creamery's menu, mostly because all of them are pretty standard and can be found anywhere. But it's the perfect setting for a casual meal and definitely worth a visit.
And if you're normal and enjoy sweets, don't skip that milkshake.
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