the first town in the first state

We drove down to Lewes, Delaware the other night for dinner and drinks. It is a lovely town and it reminds me a lot of Lambertville with all the restaurants and historic homes. We have read that Lewes is a good place to live and since that day we have been looking into the plausability of relocating the VFH central headquarters to the comfy confines of the "first town in the first state".

That evening we parked on 2nd Street, right in front of the old St. Peter's Episcopal Church and strolled down to Front Street and stopped to read menus and window shop and look at the Cannonball house with it's British shell still embedded in the lower wall, fired there during the war of 1812. We admired the pastoral scene of boats moored in the canal and beyond the placid waters of Delaware Bay and watched the Cape May - Lewes Ferry, aglow in the waning golden light of the day, slowly make it's way towards the terminal before we turned to the Agave Restaurant and Tequila Bar on Second Street. Small with limited table space, people often endure hour long waits for seating, but we got a place at the bar and had our meal there.

The lovelier half of the adventurous VFH team is not a fan of Mexican food, but I have been slowly turning her to the intricacies of this fine cuisine. It's just not mushy beans and rice and fajitas and Agave was another pleasant discovery. I had Chilies en Nogada, which are poblanos stuffed with meat, fruit and spices served on top of a creamy peanut sauce and Janet had a mango and lettuce salad with grilled shrimp. She and I were pleased, but not just with the food but also the margaritas. We watched in awe as the bartender took a long time in preparing them for us. After first chilling the glasses with ice and combing tequila and Grand Marnier he squeezed lime after lime and sweetened the concoction with agave nectar. They were large and strong and very tasty. Agave also sells "flights" of tequila and a couple of people had them lined up before them at the bar. Agave doesn't have a website though they have a page on Facebook.

After our dinner we gave a wide berth to the crowded King's Ice Cream
(www.kings-icecream.com) where people were lined up on out the door and we strolled the streets of the quiet town looking at the lovely homes before heading for our chalet in Milford. It was a good evening.