Badge Of Shame

Sunday started off with another round of "the Quest". Surely today we would find something tolerable to eat in Augusta. Considering that the "Best of Augusta" moniker was laid upon the Mellow Mushroom as the "Best New Restaurant"...I am not putting too much stock in the "Best Of..." Not that there is anything wrong with the Mellow Mushroom - but it is a chain. If a chain is the "Best Of..." anything, then we are sorely lacking. Bottom line: Augusta is sorely lacking. Augusta Magazine's "Best Of Augusta" seems to be awarded to...pretty much everyone. I almost expected to see "Best Guy Named Larry" (I am sure it was there, if had only looked hard enough) Rhinehart's was one of our stops today. After a fairly decent pizza at The Pizza Joint on Broad Street, we went in search of coffee and desert. Surely one of the "Best of Augusta" would have a slice of Key Lime and some Java. This was not to be.... Scooter (no, I am not kidding, that was the kid's name) informed us that, "We don't got coffee." I guess sobering up drunks really doesn't rate high on Rhinehart's "to-do" list. We didn't stay. Instead, we drove on up Washington Road to R. Gabriel's Coffee Shop. Finally, a place where the girl (who had a certain Bridget Fonda thing going) behind the counter was nice....the coffee was good....and the cake was decent. Oddly, R. Gabriel's Coffee Shop did not rate in the "Best Of..." that we could find. This is a good sign! We will be back...and THAT is the highest praise I can give any restaurant in Augusta...so far.