To Begin
For the tableWhispered Oyster & Pine
Chilled brine with cedar oil, smoked sea salt, and a clear apple shard.
Stonefruit Ember Broth
Golden plum consommé, charred fennel, and winter herb steam.
Mt. Lebanon · Storyborne Dining
The Cedar AND The Stone
A candlelit sanctuary of wood and stone, where every course reads like a passage and every moment lingers like a secret chapter.
The Room
A cedar-lit hall where stone remembers the fire.
The ceiling is cedar, warm with resinous perfume; the walls are stone, cool and patient, catching every flicker of candlelight in their grooves. Oak tables rest like quiet stages, while brass trims glint as if lit by a chapter’s final line. At the chef’s table, the open kitchen exhales its hush of heat and steam—an intimate balcony to the orchestration of flame, knife, and whisper.
Editorial Notes
The room carries the hush of old borough streets and the glow of late-night lamplight, a bridge between the city’s pulse and the hillside’s calm.
Location Whisper
Washington Road • Mt. Lebanon, a fictional threshold within the book’s geography.
Chef’s Table
The chef’s table sits closest to the open kitchen—a quiet amphitheater for flame and perfume, where the room’s story is told course by course.
Signature Experience
The Seasonal Tasting of Cedar & Stone
A seven-movement dinner shaped like a chaptered novel: ember-lit beginnings, wood-smoked hearth courses, and a closing stanza that lingers like candlelight on stone. Each plate is composed for the table and the reader alike.
Wood & Stone
Charred cedar, blackened citrus, and mineral salts evoke the hall’s ancient hearth.
Candlelit Service
Courses arrive as quiet scenes: steam, smoke, and a hush between pages.
Seasonal
For the table
Vegetarian options
The Fire
SignatureCedar-Charred River Fowl
Aged duck with black rye glaze, smoked chicory, and embered quince.
Firelit Root Mosaic
Carrot, celeriac, and truffle soot with a warm wheat emulsion.
Stone Basin Rye & Bone
Slow-braised lamb, charred marrow, and black garlic crusted grains.
To Close
FinaleCandlewax Panna Cotta
Vanilla bean cream, smoked honey, and a gilded shard of sugar glass.
The Library Chocolate
Dark cacao, inkberry jam, and cedar-smoked cream.
Tasting Notes
The menu shifts with each season’s narrative arc. A sommelier’s curation of botanical infusions and old-world vintages accompanies the firelight.
Reservation Request
Reserve a table in the pages between worlds.
Share the details of your desired evening and our maître d’ will craft a dining moment worthy of the story. Each request is reviewed personally to ensure the atmosphere, light, and table are in perfect harmony.
The Cedar & the Stone Salon
Warm cream linens, brass-lit alcoves, and a hush of cedarwood. Let us know your preferences and we will align the evening with the tone you imagine.
After the menu
A dining ritual shaped by silence, firelight, and the slow turning of pages.
The Cedar and the Stone does not rush its guests. Courses arrive like chapters, each with a measured pause, each with a note in the margin. The air carries cedar and warm spice, and the room moves with the discipline of a well-rehearsed scene.
A vow of quiet luxury
Each service move is deliberate, almost ceremonial—an homage to the stories that inspired this place.
Table cadence
The rhythm of the evening is measured by candlelight and a soft bell—never abrupt, always anticipated.
Final note
The last course ends with a sealed card, a fragment of the book-world to carry home, warm in the palm.
Visit The Cedar and the Stone
An evening address within the book world.
Step into the hush of Washington Road, where candlelight and narrative drift together. We welcome guests for intimate dinners, guided by ritual and attentive service.
Reservations
By telephone and online.
Reservations are kindly recommended. Call to speak with our hosts, or reserve online to secure your evening in the story.
Telephone
Online
Closed
Sunday & Monday
We reopen Tuesday evening to begin the next chapter.