An antique six burner stove sits in a sunlit dining room, tacitly dubbing the restaurant. The reflection on the hard wood floors accentuates the art work hung about the room. House plants lean towards the glass of the bay window. The murmur of patrons and soft music mingles with the snaps of wood burning in the fireplace.
The new Six Burner Bistro is owned and operated by Rob Kelly, situated at 13 Main Street here in Plymouth. The gourmet soups, salads, sandwiches, and desserts are highly recommended by students and locals alike. “We have tons of college students, a lot of faculty, and prices are low enough that any one can come here,” said chef and owner, Rob Kelly. “We get quite a few high school students that come here as well. We still get plenty of people who have never been here. You really can’t get sick of this place.”
Rob has been a chef his whole life. He went to culinary school in Clearwater Florida. “I moved up here eight years ago and came up here to ski. I really haven’t had time since I started up this place though,” Rob laughed.
What makes this restaurant unique to the other restaurants in Plymouth, besides the ambiance, is the ever-changing selection of gourmet food. The low prices will keep any customers’ wallet and stomach full.
One of the Six Burner Bistro regulars, Jared Carleton, loves that there is more variety now, but, like most students, wants more restaurants in the area. One of his new favorite dishes is the goat cheese steak sandwich. “I always do takeout; it is a great hangover remedy,” said Jared, “I think that their service is one of the best in town, and the prices are very reasonable for the portions.”
Another Bistro regular, Lianne Houde, said, “I don’t think I could pick just one favorite, I always have to get a soup and something else.”
The newest addition to the typical Plymouth pallet is the roasted vegetable and mozzarella stuffed risotto ball. The Six Burner Bistro also serves a variety of seven soups every day. Four of these types of soups change daily. There is a mouthwatering variety of both salads and sandwiches for lunch. Ninety-eight percent of the food served here is made here. The roast beef and turkey are roasted fresh on the premises and the mozzarella is homemade.
Along with the soups, salads, and sandwiches, the Bistro also offers specials and the chef’s combo. The chef’s combo gives the customer a choice of a half of a sandwich sided by a small soup of choice and a warm roll. These specials range from two to six dollars.
On a typical day, the Six Burner Bistro will serve things like scallop and shrimp bisque, steak tip quesadilla, blackened salmon Caesar salad wrap, or a seaweed salad with ginger dressing. And for dessert, customers can enjoy an oatmeal chocolate morsel cookie bar, lemon square, or homemade chocolate mousse. The desserts also change daily and prices will range from 75 cents to two dollars.
“We pretty much got lucky,” said Rob. “I had an opportunity I couldn’t pass up.” He didn’t have doubts about the business even though it did have to start out rather small. “Once I get over this hump,” he said, he will be able to hire more people for delivering. He is also welcoming to people who need catering. He will personally deliver these large orders to the house or business when ordered ahead of time.
There will not be too much expansion in the menu as the Six Burner Bistro grows in popularity; it will just continually change daily and seasonally. As the weather gets warmer the Bistro will go lighter on the soups and add a few more varieties of sandwiches and salads. The restaurant will soon be serving dinners on the weekends and customers will be allowed to bring their own alcoholic beverages. This menu will entail more of a dinner menu and will change every weekend. However, the dinner menu costs may go up a few dollars more than the lunch menu.
Rob is hoping that his employees and partners, Bobby Quinn and Adam Ghallager, will start a couple more of these types of restaurants possibly further north in the near future. The Six Burner Bistro already has two very comfortable dining areas, there is also an additional room being repainted and decorated. His restaurant will be able to accommodate a capacity of fifty people. Rob is always looking for students who would like to use his dining room walls to sell their art work, such as photography, graphic design, sketches, etc. The Six Burner Bistro at 13 Main Street is open from 11 A.M.-5 P.M. from Monday to Thursday and 11 A.M.- 9 P.M. on Friday and Saturday.
New customers, step into the sunlit rooms of the Six Burner Bistro. Sit by the red brick fireplace, admire the brilliant artwork on the walls that fellow students have created, and experience the new tastes this charming restaurant has to offer daily.