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| - Came here for breakfast before McMichael's. It turned out to be a poor choice. My husband had the traditional breakfast and I had the Western Omelette. We both also had coffees.
First the good -- great patio on a beautiful day, eggs were fresh and coffee was good.
Now the rest --
1) The one girl should consider a career in the police force rather than hospitality. It was not yet busy, so they had many open tables. This did not prevent her from busily directing customers who are couples (sometimes after they already chose a table and sat down -- I saw this twice!) -- against their wills -- to smaller tables in the sun because she did not want 2 people sitting at a table for four. She tried to get us to sit in the sun (when we had already picked a table in the shade). Meanwhile, there was a group of 10-12 bikers who would just randomly spread out at different tables, sometimes 2 people would move to an empty table and just talk with no food/drink at all... so clearly, there are different service experiences here.
2) Questionable food safety. Our first ketchup bottle was just on the table and felt warm to the touch and hasn't been cleaned in several months. When we pointed it out and asked for a different one, a similarly looking bottle with caked on dried ketchup and banged up cap was brought back. I'm not sure how many times the bottle has been "warmed up" in the sun and brought back inside, and out again... their definition of "clean" is a little different from most other people in the food services industry.
3) Food was meh. Other than the eggs,the potato and the toast, were really not that great. The Western Omelette was actually semi-scrambled and folded rather than a true omelette with a filling. It just seems that not a lot of effort goes into the quality of their food preparation.
4) Nickel & Dime -- $10 for breakfast (~market), but +$2 if you want rye toast, $2.50 for each cup of coffee (husband had a fill-up and was charged for 2 separate cups of coffee)
It's too bad. It looked like a cute place, I really wanted to like it there...
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