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Edison's Restaurant provides good food with a few surprises in a lovely historic setting. Its elegant atmosphere is not often found in the Dearborn area. The Dearborn Inn makes a nice meeting spot and Edison's restaurant provides a relaxed Sunday lunch.
Atmosphere
Edison's restaurant serves American-style food in a small, elegant room off of the beautifully restored lobby. Edison's is open for breakfast, lunch, and dinner, while another on-site restaurant, the Ten Eyck Tavern, is open for dinner only.
Edison's is filled with light from floor-to-ceiling windows; hung with photographs of Henry Ford; and decorated in subdued yellow, gold and green tones. The seating is very comfortable with over sized chairs and ample table space. The restaurant has a full bar and serves a breakfast buffet. Dining in the historic setting is very pleasant but becomes a bit jarring when the extremely casually dressed hotel guests wander through, complete with backpacks and luggage.
Menu
The food is definitely American with little ethnic influences and some interesting regional twists, such as Braised Venison Crepes and Wild Boar Quesadillas. For lunch, appetizers, sandwiches, burgers, salads and some entrees are available. The dinner menu is more extensive with steaks and seafood choices.
Buffet
The breakfast buffet offered standard fare without anything particularly different. Omelettes made to order were the standout, as they were served filled to bursting with many fresh and flavorful choices.
Menu Selections
The Dearborn Inn Salad was quite good, very generously sized, and served with a slightly sweet maple vinaigrette.
The Roast Turkey, served with mashed potatoes, stuffing, vegetables and gravy, was hit and miss: the turkey, while attractively carved into large skin-on chunks, was fatty and a bit bland, as was the gravy. The vegetables served alongside were brightly colored and fresh -- broccolini, asparagus and glazed carrots with the greens attached.
The Turkey Pot Pie was very good with large chunks of well-seasoned turkey that, in this dish, was not fatty at all.
Dessert Selections
The Crème Brulee was served with a homemade shortbread cookie. It was excellent, creamy and delicate.
A triple-chocolate Napolean was also good but not served in the standard way. Instead of puff pastry, a chocolate cookie was used at the base and chocolate sheets as the layers. It was also wrapped in a chocolate shell. Served with raspberries and cream, the only false note was the drizzle of what tasted like Hershey’s syrup on the plate.
Pros:
- Beautiful historic hotel setting
- Nice touches included warm fresh rolls served to the table and house-made potato crisps served with sandwiches
- Attentive service from both hotel and restaurant staff
Cons:
- A bit of a walk from parking lots
- Odd mixed feel of refined dining and extremely casual guest attire
- Expensive for lunch
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