Best Historic Restaurants in Lorton

We went to Cedar Knoll for a late Thanksgiving lunch. They offered a family-style preset menu of traditional dishes. The good was quite good (turkey a bit overcooked, but not tough). The coordination of the meal service was superb: it's not easy to serve an entire Thanksgiving meal for two family-style. The staff was friendly, attentive and efficient!

Lovely Thanksgiving lunch. I had to work in the hospital that evening so this delicious blend of traditional and gourmet made Thanksgiving special for my little family. Of course I'd rather be with my extended family at someone's home but under the circumstances this was a lovely consolation.

I arrived at 2 pm and was seated immediately since I had a reservation. The waitperson came right away and handed me a menu and left to give me time to look it over. I ordered the peanut and water chestnut soup, the turkey pot pie, and the colonial bread pudding for dessert. What can you say about peanut soup? Okay I had it, it tasted good, and I never need to have this colonial specialty again. No knock on the restaurant, it has other appetizers to choose from. The turkey pot pie had chunks of roast turkey and vegetables swimming in gravy around a circular piece of baked bread. I thought it was pretty good and the serving was big enough for two to share. The colonial bread pudding was quite good raisins and with vanilla ice cream. I had an enjoyable time celebrating an early Thanksgiving. They are completely booked for the holiday.

We ate outside and while it was humid it wasn’t terrible as there were fans. There was live music and we could hear it but couldn’t make out the songs. Nautical gnocchi was delicious for me. My husband had the dirty chicken. Portion size was good and we each could have finished our meals but saved some for lunch tomorrow.