The “Cinderella Story” of Café Cimino Country Inn…

Tim  and Melody Urbanic, entrepreneurs/owners  of Café Cimino in Sutton invite you to share their new dream come true, Café Cimino Country Inn, just 2 blocks up Main Street from the original location. Now, nearing its 9th year of business, Café Cimino, previously housed in the renovated and restored 107 year old “Lee Hardware Store”, has expanded to a full service Country Inn. Tim and Melody, opened Café Cimino on Valentine’s Day 1999. They created a restaurant that is considered one of West Virginia’s finest.  The couple recently acquired the 103 year old P. J. Berry Estate at the end of town, on the Elk River.  The property, once operated for a short time as a Bed and Breakfast, had been vacant for several years.  The Urbanics and their family and staff revived the beautiful Colonial Revival Mansion and surrounding dwellings on the property; breathing new life not only into the estate, but into the small community of Sutton. Tim and Melody always wanted to serve their guests in a “home ”-a real house, and now that dream has come true. And the lucky overnight guests at the Inn not only enjoy one of the finest meals to be had in West Virginia, but are now also waking up to Chef Tim’s wonderful gourmet breakfast. The typical breakfast fare is homemade scones with golden raisins and nuts, cranberry and almond muffins, a beautiful fresh fruit plate, orange or cranberry juice, great gourmet coffee, black and herbal teas, frittatas (Italian egg dish with any assortment of cheeses, veggies, meats), bacon or soppresata crisps, bread and butter.


 

In case you didn’t know…

Chef Tim’s culinary artistry has been featured by the following:

Ÿ         Michael Feldman’s National Public Radio show “What’ Do Ya’ Know”,

Ÿ         West Virginia Annual Culinary Classic held at the Stonewall Resort,

Ÿ        West Virginia Public Television’s West Virginia Cooks shows,

Ÿ        West Virginia Executive Magazine,

Ÿ        Wonderful West Virginia Magazine,

Ÿ        West Virginia Division of Tourism’s Official State Travel Guide,

Ÿ        Gourmet Magazine and Food & Wine Magazine,

Ÿ        Charleston Gazette and Charleston Daily Mail food and business reviews  at least a dozen times

Ÿ        Mentioned in The Washington Post Feature Article "Escapes" as the place to eat when in West Virginia

Ÿ        WCHS Channel 8 and Fox News 11 Television news programs several times, most recently as a guest chef.

Ÿ         Café Cimino honored as one of the “55 Good Things About West Virginia” by West Virginia Media,

Ÿ        Cafe Cimino on the list of “100 Things Every West Virginian Must Do” by The Huntington Quarterly.

Ÿ        Named one of West Virginia’s top 10 restaurants by The State Journal, Summer 2006

Cafe Cimino is also committed to the community and especially the young people interested in the Dramatic Arts and Culinary Arts.  The Cafe's support of these efforts is demonstrated by:

Ÿ        Guest Chef for St. Paul’s Episcopal Church Culinary Clinic (Homemade Pasta) Weston, WV 

Ÿ        Accompanying The Chair of Fairmont State University’s Culinary Arts Department to Tuscany to assist in the selection of a cooking school for students of the Culinary Program to attend during their degree program

Ÿ        Establishment of the Café Cimino Culinary Scholarship to be awarded annually to a Culinary Degree-seeking high school senior from Central West Virginia; the first of which awarded June 2006.

Ÿ        Instrumental in the development of  and full participation in a grant from West Virginia Humanities Council for The Collaboration for 21st Century Appalachia, dedicated to a partnership between West Virginia Chefs /restaurants and growers resulting in the promotion and support of  locally grown produce and other foods being supplied to West Virginia Chefs and their restaurants.

Ÿ        Chef Tim and Café Cimino sponsored and mentored Webster County High School’s Culinary Team in 2005 and 2006 and won 2nd Place in the Statewide WV  H.E.A.T. (Hospitality, Education and Training) Competition at The Greenbrier both years. The 2nd place wins resulted in all of the Culinary students receiving full scholarships to Culinary Arts Degree Programs from several West Virginia Colleges.

Ÿ        Chef Tim and Cafe Cimino won the 1st Place National Employer Award from the National Association of Technical Preparation Educators for their work with the Webster County High School students         

Ÿ        Cafe Cimino Country Inn partners with the Braxton County Convention and Visitors Bureau and other area businesses to promote tourism. The Cafe has participated in the WV Division of Tourism Direct Marketing Grant Program for six years, co-authoring several community grants, most notably, West Virginia Division of Historic Preservation for a Downtown Historic District Walking Tour Brochure and Historic District Signage on I-79. 

Ÿ        Cafe Cimino Country Inn is a Platinum Corporate Sponsor of the Landmark Studio for the Arts in Sutton, WV; this includes donating ing all of the Theatre's storage space for props, costumes, etc, donating a portion of revenue to the theatre from all theatre-goers who also dine at the Café before the performances, donating meals to actors/ tech crews,  including the Theatre in advertising and marketing at no cost, and hosting Landmark Theatre fundraisers annually.      

Ÿ        Cafe Cimino Country Inn promotes and co-sponsors community events in Sutton and Braxton County, donating over $4,000 annually to organizations and community groups.
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