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| - I moved from Tempe to the east coast in 1999. Whenever I come to visit Arizona, I am invariably asked, "Where do you wanna eat, Jill?" and I always say, "If I don't get some protein cakes from US Egg, there's gonna be trouble."
An example of my love and dedication: A few weeks ago I was flying to Portland and I had a 2.5 hour layover in Phoenix. My friends came to pick me up at the airport, drive 1,000 MPH to US Egg so we could get our protein cake fix in, and then they whooshed us back to the airport. That's love, man.
So yeah, it is some of the tastiest brunch you will ever eat.
I don't care what you order; make sure you get some protein cakes. Yeah yeah, sure, they go fine with a Santa Fe chicken sandwich. Stop overthinking it and just eat it.
So in case you don't know what a protein cake is, it's like this:
Think of the most delicious pancakes you've ever had. Now replace the crappy white flour with some whole wheat flour so you're not unknowingly killing yourself. Now add a very generous scoop of fresh blueberries into the pancake batter. And now add a significant quantity of almonds and granola. And now add an unholy amount of cinnamon and spices. Notice that it is bigger than your head; notice that you get two of them. And then top it off with about 903 metric tons of butter and real maple syrup. If you haven't found love right there on your plate, then dare I say you have a non-functional tongue.
Try the hot skillets, too-- super-good.
But everything they have there is really good. Very fresh ingredients, lovingly prepared, good coffee (decent decaf, too!), and served by waitstaff who are in impossibly good shape (ever notice that?).
The owners are really great guys; they always make you feel welcome and appreciated, even when the line is long.
Speaking of lines, there is often a pretty big crowd on the weekends. Waiting for your table is no biggie; in the cooler months they have hot coffee outside for you, and in the summertime they have water and lemonade. The wait won't be that that long anyway, I promise.
I love that place.
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