Mona Lisa's Dessert House

Mona Lisa's is a unique concept: an upscale dessert-only restaurant with a curated wine and cocktail program. TripAdvisor gives it a 4.9 rating under the Wine Bar/Café category. Wine selections are chosen specifically to pair with desserts: Key Lime Pie, Mona Lisa Mocha Cake, Peanut Butter Cup Cheesecake, Secret Garden Apple Cake, and the Van Gogh Mousse. Wine options include Luna Nuda Prosecco and Joliesse Cabernet Sauvignon, with bourbon options like Noble Oak Double Oak and the local R.M. Rose Blue Ridge Blackberry Bourbon. Signature cocktails include the Chocolate Martini and Creamsicle Martini.

Mona Lisa's is the after-dinner stop. Dinner at Black Sheep or Ferraro's, then walk down Main Street for a dessert wine pairing here. The wine list is small and purpose-built, not deep and exploratory. That's the point. Open Thursday through Saturday evenings.

The wine program is intentionally narrow but perfectly matched to its format. Every selection is chosen to complement dessert, which is a more thoughtful approach than most restaurants take with their full dinner lists. Small but purposeful.