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Signature Dish
Try The Gabriel Salad At Gabriel’s Café, The Oldest Restaurant In Wellington Story and Photos by Julie Unger
“It has a nice presentation, it’s a nice-looking dish. It’s well known, and people like it,” he said. “There’s a variety of items in the salad that pleases customers, and it is light, healthy and tasty at the same time, with the cheese and the pecans and the cranberries, and of course, the chicken.” With 26 years under his belt at Gabriel’s, he has seen three generations of customers. It’s a family tradition for many within Wellington to visit the café. “The kids, the neighbors, the friends get together. It makes them more comfortable than going to a place where nobody knows them,” Finocchietti said. Many of the staff members have been working at the café for more than 20 years. wellington the magazine | september 2016
20 YEARS OF EXCELLENCE
Serving breakfast and lunch every day, it’s almost like Wellington’s own Cheers bar. They know your name, what you like to eat and how you like your coffee. There’s a friendly atmosphere and a familiar face at every turn. One of the dishes that makes Gabriel’s special, Finocchietti said, is the Gabriel Salad, with chicken, gorgonzola cheese, cranberries and pecans, cucumber, tomatoes, carrots, onions and olives over a bed of mixed greens. Chef William Camacho, who has been with Gabriel’s for 15 years, said it is a signature dish because “everything comes together with a good flavor.” Finocchietti chose the Gabriel Salad as a signature dish because of how well his namesake salad comes together.
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A staple in the community, Gabriel’s Café & Grille has been operated by Gabriel Finocchietti and his family since 1990. That alone puts it among Wellington’s oldest eateries, but the location as a restaurant dates back even further, to the late 1970s.
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