It was once a garage where many of the patrons remember bringing their cars for maintenance or service, but today the purple building standing near the 901 entrance to Minersville houses the Lazy Dog Coffeehouse & Café, a trendy little place that serves up great food and entertainment.

First let me start by saying that the food served at the Lazy Dog is excellent.  The preparation and presentation were both top notch.

After a long look at the menu that hosted some of the most appealing salad and entrée selections I have seen in quite some time, I chose chicken skewers and a twice-baked potato to satiate my hunger. 

Both were quite tasty, and I couldn’t stop raving about my wildberry fruit smoothie.

Unfortunately I didn’t make it to the fabulously displayed desserts that evening, but since have found time to dive into some red velvet cake that tasted like it just came from the back of a southern kitchen – YUM!

As for entertainment at the Lazy Dog, this SkookOwl was able to see Rusty Foulke, a one-man band of sorts perform as well as a karaoke and open mic night recently and is quite impressed with the talent that appears there weekly.  Many of the performers who are booked on Fridays and Saturdays play local light rock, folk, rhythm and blues to name a few. 

On the evening I was there for karaoke I was surprised at the amount of talent that took the mic. 

What helped the mid-sized selection of karaoke choices was the face that performers could bring their own karaoke CDs, and the staff was more than familiar with how to use the sound equipment and system, which is not always the case with in-house run karaoke nights.

The funky little coffeehouse may have to become a regular stop for this SkookOwl, even if it is a well-kept secret from most of the rest of the county.

This is hoping, for the Lazy Dog, that the secret may now be out.