queen of the meadow blooms tearoom

A hearty homemade breakfast, served on 1940s era Homer Laughlin china, is served in "queen of the meadow blooms tearoom", an 1890 railroad passenger car. Kitchen utensil mobiles and old hankies tied onto lampshade frames hang overhead tables covered with mismatched vintage linens. Food is prepared with organic and locally-grown ingredients. I receive a weekly basket of freshly picked produce from our local CSA farm and hand-select fruits, vegetables, and herbs from Brainerd's weekly farmers market. I pick berries at a growers farm outside of Brainerd. In-season bounty determines the week's menu. I also purchase organic items from our local food coop. Our free-roaming black and red "Red Star" brown-egg laying hens are fed organic chicken feed and garden veggie scraps. A signature entree, Flossie's Eggs on the Rails, was named after our most prolific laying hen and the railroad car where guests' breakfast is served. The recipe was one of three selected from submissions thoughout Minnesota's bed and breakfasts that was included in the jacket insert of an instrumental music CD.

Pour a steaming cup of coffee or tea, which is set up every morning at 7:30 a.m. on an old baker's cupboard, and set yourself down in a chair at a table of your choice already set and waiting for your arrival. Do you feel the cool morning breeze passing through the windows and hear the birds greeting a new day just outside your window? To prepare you for a busy day of scouting the local area, a breakfast consisting of a muffin, scone, quick bread or coffeecake, fresh fruit, hot entree, and juice is served at 8:30 a.m. Fresh carrot juice is available upon request.