Apple Wood Cafe

The GLEN PARK ART FESTIVAL is first and foremost about traditional forms of art, such as painting and jewelry making. But therell be edible art on hand, too, from some of Williamsvilles best restaurants, including the Irishman, Eagle House and Creekview. The Apple Wood Cafe (5385 Main St., 630-5950), which opened in May, is offering dishes such as... its roasted pork belly sandwich. For $8, festival participants get slices of slow-roasted pork belly in a smoky rub, touched up with barbecue sauce, brown sugar and local maple syrup produced by the father of co-owner Becky Morgan. (Mike, her husband, is the chef.) The meat is piled onto a toasted brioche roll and topped with cole slaw thats jazzed up with peppadew peppers. (The original, bigger sandwich is on the cafes menu for $14.) Anybody that has had it has come back multiple times for it, Morgan said of the sandwich. Weve had a really good response to it. The third edition of the Williamsville event is from 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. Saturday and 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. Sunday along Glen Avenue, which crosses Glen Park and the creek at its heart. Apple Wood Cafe features modern, creative menu Becky and Mike Morgan are owners of Apple Wood Cafe and Catering, 5385 Main St., near South Long Street, Williamsville. The menu features an assortment of modern items. Photo by Jim Smerecak Simple and modern two aspects that new restaurant owners Mike and Becky Morgan want their customers to experience. At Apple Wood Cafe and Catering, 5385 Main St., near South Long Street, Williamsville, the menu features an assortment of salads, entrees, and flatbread and club sandwiches as well as desserts. So far, its been really good for us, Mike Morgan said. Weve had a lot of people here for dinners. The husband and wife team had been wanting to open their own restaurant, and when they realized there was a vacancy in a Main Street storefront, they jumped at the opportunity. Apple Wood opened its doors to the public on May 8 after the Morgans took ownership in March. We had been looking for a ...Read More