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| - I am a sucker for breakfast food. Especially breakfast carbs. So this place had piqued my interest on that fact alone when I searched "breakfast at 8 pm" on yelp in Madison WI.
Having been indecisive about dinner and finding ourselves hungry at 8 pm on a Friday night, we decided on Basset Street brunch club. We walked in, the restaurant being about halfway filled at this time, and were greeted and immediately seated. Being the carbaholic and general bottomless pit that I am, we opted to try the poutine. The fries were warm and I think the gravy was lacking in terms of seasoning and overall cohesiveness to the sauce itself, it could have been better. I ordered the lemon blueberry ricotta pancake and the bf ordered the eggs benedict. I've had great pancakes before. I've made great pancakes before. But I can honestly never say Ive had a pancake make me want to immediately go home and try to create the magic of this pancake. The lemon was subtle and the blueberries not too syrupy/sugary. The BF said the eggs benedict were good; I was too immersed in my carb fix to notice what he had going on.
We got in, we got out. I think that if this was another food fight restaurant that was just downtown, this concept wouldn't work. But as it is on the ground level of a hotel, and across the street from another hotel I have a feeling this will continue to be what works for this restaurant. We got in, were fed, were treated courteously. The price was about on par for any other similar restaurant (9-14 per entrée).
There are more unique places in Madison that I love (and prefer) but it can be awfully hard to find great breakfast food during dinner hours. So for that, you get my 4 stars.
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