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Falls Village welcomes new eatery

Falls Village welcomes new eatery

Guests line up for food and drink at the Off the Trail Cafe soft opening Saturday, July 5.

Patrick L. Sullivan

FALLS VILLAGE — Just in time for the regular monthly “First Saturdays in Falls Village” event, the Off the Trail Cafe had a soft opening Saturday, July 5.

Proprietor Liz Ives was scooting back and forth between the serving area and the kitchen at around 10:30 a.m., as three or four groups of customers sat at tables inside and out and another knot of half a dozen people waited to place their orders.

Ives said the cafe is offering a limited menu for the moment, with more to come.

There were four other employees besides Ives working.

There is also a notebook in which Appalachian Trail hikers can log in with trail names such as Moxie, Frogger, Candyman and Leafy, who all visited recently.

The cafe is in the town-owned 107 Main St. building, sharing the ground floor with Furnace: Art on paper and the building with the Senior Center upstairs.

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