Electric Cafe provides good service, food

A St. George delicatessen welcomes guests in for a fun and relaxing time. Owners Linda and Steve McComb opened The Electric Café last April. Located at 36 E. Tabernacle Street, the café features an array of soups, salads and sandwiches for $10-15. I noticed the café months ago, but it didn't stand out as much more than an accompaniment on the hip of the neighboring Electric Theater. I hadn't heard anything about the little place, but the novelty of a new restaurant drew me through the doors. I fully expected white walls wrapped around a few scattered round tables, but I was met with a warm atmosphere that motions a guest to come in and stay awhile. The colors jump out at you first in tones of lime green and pepper orange sponged along the walls. While each table is splashed with a yellow tablecloth, each chair sports its own unique personality. Baby trees fill any empty space in the corners as twinkle lights crawl through the leaves. Wide windows invite light to spill through the cafe and the bustle of Tabernacle is a view from your table. Linda McComb described the atmosphere as bright and cheerful, and decorated like a garden. She said she chose soft Italian background music for an upbeat sound to add to the restaurant. "I want people to come here to sit down and relax with friendly servers," she said. Linda McComb said The Electric Café is not a corporate cookie cutter restaurant. "We cater to people more than a franchise does," she said. "We're able to be more flexible with customers and better fit their needs than a franchise could." Linda McComb said The Electric Café has an extensive dinner menu that includes steaks, salmon, mahi mahi and pecan crusted chicken, as well as other things. She said the spinach salad is a must for lunch, and the chicken marsala is great for dinner. I had envisioned a cashier upon arrival where I would place my order and then sit down to wait. However, I was swiftly led to a table, and a server introduced me to the soups of the day, french onion and tomato bisque. Indecisive and unfamiliar with the menu, the kind server guided me to a meal that fit my taste, but I was surprised to hear that they were out of three menu items by noon, including the french onion soup of the day. It seemed as if they were still uncertain about how much food is required to meet demand. My turkey and cheese sandwich was excellent, and the tomato bisque may just have been the best soup I've ever had. However, I felt I should have gotten more food for the price I was paying. For me and my date, our soup, sandwiches and single soda cost nearly $25-a total I did not expect from a small café. Had I remembered my Dixie Direct card I could have enjoyed a buy one, get one lunch special that would have made a big difference to my wallet. The Electric Café was a pleasant lunchtime experience that I'm sure I will re-visit in the future. The cafe is open Monday to Friday 11 a.m. to 3 p.m. for lunch, and Tuesday to Saturday 5 p.m. to 9 p.m. for dinner.