The Breeze: By the Bay is coming to Meredith

[MeredithMan]

Hit the Breeze Meredith for lunch yesterday. The renovation to the interior is amazing. The bar is now along the exterior wall at the sidewalk, so you can look out to the lake when seated at the bar. The top half of that wall is all windows, which are in garage door-like doors that can open up in the nice weather. The exterior wall on the Plymouth Street side is also all windows, so the whole place is very bright. Wide-plank wood floors and dark wood beams on lighter wood ceiling provide a great atmosphere, along with a fieldstone gas fireplace, and the face of the bar is fieldstone as well. Compared to the tired, dingy atmosphere of the old Lakeview, the transformation is stunning.

The menu is extensive with a lot of great sounding choices. I had the Caesar salad with grilled chicken, which was excellent. The boss had the clam chowder, (only comes in a bowl, not a cup), which was also very good, (a tad salty and not a thick as I would prefer, but still very good).

The only nit-picky thing is that it was very loud, and the place was not full. Definitely a great addition to the town's restaurant scene.