Overlook Farm - Clarksville

We started with the Caprese Salad, which was excellent, featuring fresh tomatoes and mozzarella. We also ordered the smoked chicken nachos, and I appreciated the use of fresh tortilla chips—they were a nice touch. My farm-fresh burger was decent but not particularly memorable. For dessert, we couldn't resist trying the seasonal fruit cobbler, which included peaches, blackberries, and blueberries, served in a small cast iron skillet with a scoop of vanilla ice cream on top. While the cobbler was delicious, it seemed to have come directly from the pizza oven to our table because it was extremely hot and took about ten minutes to cool down enough to eat. By that time, the ice cream had melted into a puddle on top. Once it reached a reasonable temperature, it was quite tasty. We look forward to returning next year to explore more seasonal dishes. If you're in search of a unique event space, Overlook Farms is the perfect choice! Just a note: there is bridge construction on HWY 79 at the moment, so expect some detours for the rest of the year.

The server seemed unaware of the menu offerings and was unable to make any suggestions. I ordered a French 75 martini, which turned out to be a huge mistake—it had an unpleasant taste. The highlight of the meal was the pimento cheese served with bacon jam and sliced French bread, but when we asked for more bread to finish the appetizer, it never arrived. As for the entrees, they were terrible. My friend ordered the chicken dish, which came out looking like a watery mush over equally watery mashed potatoes and rock-hard vegetables. I opted for the trout with polenta and corn salsa, but the fish was clearly not fresh and was overcooked. My husband ordered a pizza that, inexplicably, tasted sweet despite him only requesting meat toppings. Our fourth guest had a hamburger that was just mediocre. Overall, our best advice is to turn around, save your gas, and head to a pub in St. Charles for chicken wings instead!

The restaurant has a really lovely ambiance and is beautifully decorated. However, there were quite a few gnats around, which wasn't the biggest issue during our meal. To start, I had a French 75 that was overly sweetened with syrup, and then I was served the toughest steak I've ever tried to cut.

Absolutely amazing. We knew we were in for an adventure when our host gleefully jumped at the opportunity to take a 45 minute detour around a downed bridge, through the fields and gravel roads and the countryside he'd grown up in, knowing just where the little county road would empty us into small town America. Even then, he didn't know what the night had in store. The Overlook Farm Cafe is part of an operation that includes bed and breakfast accommodations back over the hill and a giant plot of land that serves as a farm to table source for a significant portion of the cafe's menu. It's associated with Nathalie's, in St. Louis, and quite frankly, after the night we had here, we'll make a trip east from Kansas City just to try the flagship. We pulled up to a couple of weekend bikers getting back on their rides, but otherwise, the parking lot was relatively empty. The exterior of the building immediately puts you in another world, and, in retrospect, I couldn't honestly expect everyone in the tiny little town around the cafe to step into a place I can only describe as halcyon every night of the week. Walking up, the low slung tresses and rafters are strung with vines and flowers, and the large assembly room to the immediate right had the two of us very thankful we were already talking wedding plans, or the eyes on us might have started making them for us right there. The modern kitchen kept our attention with its long bar, busy staff, and steel glinting every time they opened the pizza oven. We were led along a placed stone pathway into the dining area and that's when it hits you it's all outside. There are rooved areas, of course, but it's three walls short to be anything else, and beyond a couple of river mosquitoes, it was a wonderful way to spend the evening. The furniture made me think of the most elegant patio furniture I don't have the tax bracket to imagine yet comfortable, but rugged, given the environment. Sure, the cafe is only open during the growing season, but that does include rain thankfully, none on the agenda that night. The bistro lighting, the quietly jogging fans, and the acoustic guitar player going through a selection of more modern but still subdued hits made us feel right at home. Our awesome server obviously has a a huge passion for what she's involved in, and answered all of our questions with a fervor. It wasn't a surprise to any of us that they were actually closing for the season the following weekend to concentrate on the fall wedding season coming up. As the fried shiitake and wine came, we just kept looking around in wonderment at where we were, knowing the world just beyond the blacktop was out there, watching a Cardinals game and not in Tuscany or Napa like us. Here's the thing though remember those folks in the ZIP code? The menu was not priced out of line for an evening out for anybody. An older couple got up and danced to the guitarist and as our meals came out, we'd already made the plans to bring our families together here. The eggplant parmesan was perfect in a little cast iron skillet, and Ms K's kale salad was the perfect refresher she'd needed after two straight days of good old country cookin'. Our host worked through his smoked pork loin, and our GF pal went through her meal as well. As the plates were cleaned and moved away, we all just sat and marveled at the experience. It was the type of immensely satisfying meal that you talk about the people you want to share it with and you talk about the people you wish you could. It was an easy decision, as the last ones in the place, to take our drinks to the adirondacks around the firepit for a few more moments of quiet comradery. The cafe's head chef came out and talked with us a bit about the operation and the process of sourcing things the farm around her couldn't. As the last embers died down, we all had a good laugh at the owl in the rafters keeping the birds out of the open venue, and headed into the night, already reminiscing about where those gravel roads had surprisingly led us.

We had a wonderful time at Overlook Farm Cafe. We arrived in the afternoon after driving for many hours. It was hot outside, but the server really kept our water glasses full. The fried shiitake mushroom appetizers were excellent even though I didn 't think I 'd like them. There were 8 in our party so I got a chance to sample a few dishes. All were excellent. We enjoyed appetizers, wine, our dinner and some pies. They had extra desserts, so they let us sample them. They grow much of their own food at the on-site farm, so I love the idea of cooking what is in season. This means their menu changes. I 've never been to an outdoor restaurant, so I had to adjust my idea of what to expect, but it was great. It seems that they are continually adding new features. We were treated so well and got to sample some extra food. We were traveling all day and enjoyed our dinner for 1.5-2 hours. At on point I said something like this is how every meal should be .