5 /5 McInnis Megan (Lava Toad): This is a great place to go as a treat on your way to the courthouse—and on your way back, as my husband and I did today—but it’s also worth going out of your way for. Their mochas are astonishingly good. I hate to be a Seattle snob, but I am one, and before now I’d never had such a good mocha in Lewis County. These are perfection. So is the banana cake—dee-licious, especially warmed.
I have only two tiny complaints, obviously not important enough to change the rating. One is about their barstools, though they’re beautiful, and the bar itself is gorgeous; it’s just that the stools need something on their feet because they’re very screechy. The other is that there’s a surprising drop going out the door that’s hard to notice, and both times I went out I almost fell. A “Watch-your-step” sign might be good. EDIT: I returned just four days after writing this review and there was a lovely little “Watch-your-step” sign right there on the door, so either I missed it the first two times or these folks were amazingly quick to respond to my complaint. Either way, good for them!
