McFarland House Cafe

I go down to the MHC often to get get ice cream. The service I get is great and they have a huge selection of choices. The prices are also really cheap. I recommend the MHC to anyone who needs to just re

This place is quite cute. Historic farmhouse building turned into café. Nothing fancy, but has a decent variety of menu options; something for everyone. It’s one heck of a nice deli.
My friends and I have only had sandwiches. They are good sandwiches, but nothing wow’s me. Portion size is small to medium — no footlong sizes here. The chefs take their time and really seem to like what they are doing, but the sandwiches just seem to miss on the details. For instance, I ordered the Maui Chicken sandwich. Awesome! I thought. I wanted the Cuban Club, BUT I don’t want the pork. The Maui is all that WITH chicken. While the sandwich was piled high with moist, real PULLED chicken (in a red seasoning), it wasn’t really that flavorful. The Asian «slaw» was barely one millimeter in depth, I couldn’t determine what made it Asian, I couldn’t find any red onions, the Angora-​BBQ sauce was there but not tangy/​mesquite/​BBQ-​y; and lastly, the red seasoning on the chicken might be perceived as a «buffalo-​style» but I really couldn’t feel any «heat» from it, so I still don’t know what that seasoning was. The only thing that helped for flavor was the bacon (extra charge), but even that was on the blander side: no «smoke». As a whole, the sandwich needed a flavor profile: something with more slaw (quantity), more vinegar (in the slaw) and/​or tang (from BBQ), bacon with flavor, and definitely more onions!
Even at the bland side, I still liked this sandwich. It’s not horrible; it’s good, BUT it could be SO MUCH better. 3.5÷5
My friends got the Tuna cheddar sandwich and the Asian turkey wrap. The tuna should just be flipped into a melt/​panini (esp in winter) and the Asian wrap looked as described. The friends thought the sandwiches were «good.» But I did not witness any excitement.
Coffee — you either like Angora coffee or you don’t.
Latte — great! I asked for Soy milk and they had it. As you can see, I have the bar set kinda low. No fancy images in the froth = ⁴⁄₅.
Overall, I WILL eat here again, the coffee is bitter, the latte is good, the pulled chicken really is PULLED, great beer selection, and it’s a charming old farmhouse with great insulation. I just need to keep trying the different sandwiches and hope the chefs add a little more pizzaz to them like they do the coffee.

Coffee was very good and cheap. Breakfast sandwich with sausage was wonderful. Owners are wonderfully friendly.
This is a must stop for locals as well as someone just passing through.

As a barista, I go into coffee shops with certain expectations. Because I know exactly what goes into a good coffee drink, I look for exactly that.
I went into McFarland House Café, and felt immediately at home. It does help that it is in an old house, but still. The two baristas working were very friendly, especially considering I went in within 10 minutes of their close. The two girls tour-​guided me through their drink menu, and answered all of my questions. I ordered a vanilla-​caramel-​raspberry latte, and warned them it might be a little weird. They said that wouldn’t be a problem. We talked about working as baristas, swapped recipes for drinks, and when I continued to ask about their menu, they were happy to talk to me about it.
Enough of the service and experience, onto the drink!
I ordered a two-​shot (16 oz) 2% raspberry vanilla caramel latte. It was delicious!!! There was a perfect ratio of coffee to flavoring syrup to milk! It wasn’t too sweet, and I could still taste the coffee. The espresso was not over or under extracted (under and it can taste a little raw or weak, and over it tastes burnt– personally I prefer a weaker to perfect shot to avoid the burnt taste). The milk was beautifully steamed. It had a perfect microfoam (ideal for making latte art– if your foam can make latte art, you steamed it correctly). It wasn’t chunky, or burnt (the reason you never ask for extra hot lattes, people). It was perfectly smooth, so much that I would consider going back for a steamer (just steamed milk with the option for additional flavoring). I savored this latte till the very last drop!
5 stars from a picky barista. Will definitely return and will definitely recommend to friends!!!

Great place to eat lunch and get a cup of coffee or ice cream. Kid friendly with a couple of high chairs available. Always friendly and always good. Great place to stop in if you are in McFarland.

Just had lunch there. This place is wonderful. The owners are very friendly and always chatty. The food has always been exceptional, especially their soups! Will definitely keep going back.

Lovely!
Housed in an historic building, the café makes good use of the charm of its location. Original windows & wood floors, calm, muted colors on the walls. But the bathroom is modern and very clean.
The coffee menu is extensive, as is the ice cream menu. Tea is a bit limited, but at least it’s good (Tazo). The selection of baked goods is very small for a coffee shop — at the moment only carrot cake, two muffins, and one kind of cookie. But the pumpkin muffin I ate was delicious — and served warm with real butter!
There’s plenty of seating, including a beautiful back yard, and the counter staff were friendly, quick and helpful. They were even attentive to the kids who were asking about the goldfish on the counter and not buying anything.
It’s pretty far from home for me, so I’ll never be a regular, but I’ll definitely be back.

Wonderful and warm atmosphere. I am a «regular.»