Daniel Von Seggen : the final artist!

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Check out Mary's Of Course on public television!

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Check out Mary meeting her culinary idol, Alice Waters!

Welcome and so long to Mary's Of Course! (updated 5.25.10)

Anything concerning Mary & Samb's honeymoon, wedding and other travels has been moved to Mary's new Food Blog.

Mary's Of Course held our last Sunday Brunch on May 23! It was a Pajama Brunch and everyone was supposed to wear PJ's! An awful lot of people played along and wore their jammies, and then there were those who'd never eaten here and asked, "...umm...do people here wear pajamas to this cafe all the time?!" We put Mary's to bed with style (mary's funky style, that is)! Thanks to everyone for an unbelievable 10 year run. The new restaraunt at 723 Trade Street will have a big Grand opening on June 4th! Big love to all our regulars, we're excited about serving you in our new, amazing space!

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Mary's Charity Auction Is Over!

Mary had a Charity Auction featuring memorabilia you've all seen displayed around the cafe! Toys, tea, Hello Kitty collectibles, a salt & pepper set, a cream pitcher, a thermos, Pez dispensers and MORE! A number of items received amazing bids from people who wanted to support our charity and buy a piece of Mary's Of Course! If you placed a bid, we will be contacting you, or you can still call our number (725-5764) to set up a time to come pick up your winning bid. (click HERE to see what was available.)

There were SOOOO many things going on in the final week of service at MOC, including Mary posting a daily journal on her Blog !! Check around on the NEWS page, Mary's Blog and right here on the Index page for any new information. Thanks for being with us to the end!

If you want to see when news of Breakfast of Course, Mary’s Too first hit the front page of the Winston Salem Journal under the headline "New school, restaurant are likely to draw attention to Seventh Street, Arts District"; click on the red headline above to read the article.

Then there's the fact that we're finally linked to the segment that North Carolina Weekend did on Mary's Of Course! If you missed it, MOC was on public television and you can now see it by scrolling down and clicking the link on the extreme left of this page (which will take you to Youtube), or by going to our NEWS page (where you can watch the segment without going to Youtube)!

As always; thank you for being part of the restaurant dream Mary had 9 years ago. You might have noticed we've been exploring the camcorder side of our digital cameras lately, and you can expect more in the future. For now, check out how much art we have cataloged in our ART-CHIVE! Also check out the video of Mary's meeting her hero, Alice Waters (click the image of Mary to the lower left).

There are many recently added items on our NEWS page, including; Mary's Of Course! featured in Southern Living, Mary's Of Course! winning runner-up for brunch in Yes Weekly's annual poll, footage of Mary meeting her culinary idol Alice Waters (see below to the left, under this months artist), a photo-montage of The Seeds Of Love Benefit For Errol that happened on September 19th, Smitty’s Notes 2009 “Best of Winston-Salem” Awards ( MOC won two categories and is runner up in two others), and Samb's new blog dedicated to the music of the Wherehouse (which he will not be able to update until after the big move). If any of these piques your interest, please check the NEWS page for more info.

You might also want to check out the newest entry on Mary's Food Blog, from our trip to Charleston, South Carolina. We visited some great spots, ate delicious food and visited America's only Tea Plantation!

Mary has tweaked the menu once again to keep things fresh and current and has added several sandwiches to the Standard Menu! In addition, there's a new Tea Menu with updated descriptions and new selections. We hope you'll stick with Mary's Of Course, and our commitment to bring you the most nutritious, least processed, lowest priced and most delicious food we can!

Something about Mary's . . . It's only been ten short years in which we've gone from Winston-Salem's best kept secret, to the areas worst kept secret! And now we've moved on the other pastures. Ah, but Southern folk rarely keep secrets well; anything worth being a secret, is probably worth telling someone else. We are blessed that so many people feel we're worthy of gossiping about! Now, don't let me mislead you with all my talk of 'the South'. Our reputation spread worldwide; with some of our biggest fans living as far away as Seattle, Las Vegas, Switzerland and Japan! Though these customers sometimes found us by lucky accident, they always let us know how much they appreciate the great food and unique atmosphere. In fact, some of the wonderful memorabilia and decor once displayed in Mary's arrived in the mail as gracious gifts from afar, in recognition of our amazing food and downhome hospitality. So, thank you SO much to our regulars and long distance supporters! Perhaps you have come to our website and never had an MOC experience. If that's the case, don't disheartened; we now have a bigger and hopefully better location at 321 Trade Street called Breakfast Of Course (BOC for short)! If you're wondering about the groundwork that got us there; we encourage you to continue reading and browse our website to find out more about Mary's Of Course! Keep in mind, that most everything you read about here has been further explored and developed at BOC.

Mary's Of Course was a family-owned and run Cafe that served breakfast and lunch 6 days a week (being closed on Mondays). Nearly everything was made from scratch and assembled at the time of your order. It came to our attention that these two simple ideas; 1) fresh food from scratch, 2) assembled while you wait, were practically a novelty to many people. We can't begin to count the number of times Mary has been asked WHAT she put in the soup, eggs, grits, etc. Many people found it hard to believe she hadn't rigged the food with some 'special' ingredient. Perhaps it was the LACK of strange ingredients that blows people's minds and taste buds.

What goes in the grits? Water, grits, butter, salt & pepper. Why are they SO good? Because they're stone-ground grits from a local mill, with unsalted butter, kosher salt and coarsely ground black pepper. Sure, these things are a bit more expensive than instant bleached grits, cheap butter (salt covers up the impurities), and standard salt & pepper; but that wouldn't be the quality meal Mary wants to serve you. This explanation, applies to the entire menu, of course. Mary's goal is to make delicious, fresh comfort food that will feed you; body and soul. As a result, you won't find any deep-fried items, soups out of a bag, canned fruit cocktail, or dressings out of a bottle. And even though you may think there can't be THAT much difference between what you'll get at Mary's and what you may find elsewhere; your BODY will know the difference. Come to Mary's Of Course Cafe, and you may find yourself asking, "What did she PUT in this?!?"

Be prepared to spend a little time with us; it's not good for your digestion to inhale your food and run. We encourage you to have a different restaurant experience. Bring a friend, have a conversation while you eat, take a moment to enjoy your food, make new friends, bring your sufficiently behaved children, absorb the atmosphere and relax.

Please feel free to browse the website we've put together for you; we hope you find it entertaining and informative. Thank you for visiting the official website for Mary's Of Course Cafe; the original proud home of the Apple Butter Baby sandwich (now found at Breakfast Of Course)!

<<< To see more of this month's art go to the Art Shows page above (or just click on the picture to the left).