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| - Stopped for our first time visit to cafe. We went for breakfast and liked that it was a really bright and clean cafe. The prices were reasonable for breakfast. $5.99 sausage gravy and biscuits. $1.29 for two eggs added on. $7.98 for 2 pancakes, 3 strips of bacon and 2 eggs. Husband's sausage gravy tasted homemade with lots of sausage chunks. Bacon was crispy as requested. Only food complaint was the pancakes. They were so tough that it was hard to cut them. When I brought it to the servers attention, she told me that was how they make them, that their pancakes are dense, not fluffy. When I said that I could barely cut them, she offered to have them make another batch and they could try cooking them less time. The replacements were a little better but still pretty tough. (Note to cafe: maybe the pancake batter needs refreshed with baking powder or stirred less? This should result in a better pancake.) I opted for the blackberry topping over the Mrs. Butterworth's syrup. Great choice, topping had lots of blackberries. Now for my Tea Rant: Hot tea drinkers will get this. Two things ruin a hot tea experience. First is contaminated water. Water is contaminated when they use containers that previously held coffee, resulting in coffee tasting tea. Perk-cUp Cafe does NOT have contaminated tea water, but they hit on my other hot tea nerve. The second is tea refills. We were charged the same price for both coffee and tea, $1.89 each. Husband got his hot coffee and even a refill pot was placed on the table for his convenience. I got a tea bag and carafe of hot water. When server offered a refill, she wanted to charge me another $1.89 for a second tea bag. What? Husband gets a whole pot of coffee on the table? Coffee is way more expensive than tea. Anyway, she did give me a 2nd tea bag, this time, only because I had a problem with the pancakes. (another note to cafe: Rethink the policy of charging for a 2nd tea bag. Do you charge for refills on pop or iced tea?) End Rant.
I like supporting locally owned restaurants and will most likely return for lunch sometime. The menu offered many different sandwiches, salads, and soups. If I went for breakfast though, I would skip the pancakes.
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