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BREAKFAST
As this short-lived second branch of Griddle Cafe is closing tomorrow afternoon, we decided to FINALLY try it, even tho it isn't the original in Hollywood. (My husband and I each lived in LA for 41 years, moving to Vegas in 2010, yet we never got around to trying the original GC, mostly because we weren't ready to do much of anything on a daily basis until around 4pm!)
What we had:
Friend 1: Tequila Sunrise. He really liked it, particularly the unusual "tequila" flavor strewn throughout it.
Friend 2: Scotch on the Rocks. This was a really great pancake "concept". She loved it, only ordered the single pancake ($3 less than the 3-stack standard priced item), yet left some of it because it was so rich. Yet very light and flavorful, I wish I had ordered it, I would've finished it!
Husband: Omelette "My Soul", selected it to include shrimp. This was perhaps the best omelette quality I had encountered in years. So damn fluffy, did they throw the eggs into a blender? It was wonderful. And the shrimps were rather large, and better than expected.
Me: Banananana. The famed bananas and brown sugar pancake. (Ordered only 1, that was definitely enough.) It was actually lacking in bananas, and very dense. The single most disappointing plate at the table, of the 3 I tried. (Didn't get any of that tequila dish, and now I almost wish they weren't closing tomorrow, cuz I could then try it!)
The bill came. The 2 bloody marys the husband and I ordered were charged $3 more apiece because we said to use gin instead of vodka, and considering it was probably well gin, that was completely ridiculous. And the bill itself, total with tip over $100 for 4 people, for breakfast, well, that's just too much.
So I've been there, done that. Goodbye, Griddle Cafe. We won't really miss you.
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