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Monday, July 6, 2009

The Perch

Posted by Heather / no comments » / brentwood, coffee, crepes

In another testament to the power of Twitter, we have been drooling over The Perch in Brentwood, TN, particularly the staff’s updates about their crepe offerings and finally made it out to visit on a Friday early afternoon. The tiny shop is located just south of the big intersection of Franklin Road and Old Hickory Boulevard, on the right if you’re coming from downtown.

Two of us had individual entree-type crepes. I had the ham-and-muenster, and Josh had the chicken and spinach crepe. Each were delicious. The crepes are folded into a triangle and the eating process is not unlike eating a slice of pizza, except everything is inside and the “crust” is a tender crepe.

We split the dessert s’more crepe. My goodness, it was so good! We liked that it stuck to tradition in some ways; the interior was filled with marshmallows, graham crackers, and a Hershey’s bar. But the outside was drizzled with a chocolate that was definitely NOT Hershey’s syrup. The barista was nice and showed me what chocolate sauce they use; the name escapes me now but suffice to say it was very good.

For a drink, I tried the orangesicle (candied orange and white chocolate) iced coffee and while it was a little too sweet for my tastes, I liked the idea of it and there are other interesting combos I’m definitely wanting to try out.

As others have mentioned, seating is a little tight, but if you can choose to go at off-rush hours, this shouldn’t be a problem. We went just after lunch hours and had no problem grabbing a table.

We really loved our meal at The Perch. The last time we were in St. Louis, eating at a creperie, we thought, “wow, someone should do a crepe place in Nashville.” And they have, and it’s even better. The creperies in St. Louis tend to overstuff their crepes, but the offerings at The Perch are just right. We highly recommend that you try them out!

117A Franklin Road
Brentwood, TN 37027
(615) 661-9008
Open Weekdays 6:30am-5pm; Sat 8am-4pm

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