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| - Given that Montecito is super close to both the Lightbox and the Scotiabank, I'm surprised it took me this long to check it out.
We arrived at around noon on a Saturday and the place was completely empty. I perused the menu and quickly decided on Joe's Special, which is advertised as "chopped sirloin, wild mushrooms, greens, onions, eggs, parmesan, grilled toast."
As I've made clear many times before, my biggest beef with restaurants is food that arrives at the table warm. This was absolutely the case here. The food tasted as though it had been sitting out for several minutes and was barely even warm let alone hot. The cheese was, as a result, one big piece (rather than the stringy, gooey mess I was expecting).
Far more egregious was the fact that the two sunnyside-up eggs were overcooked. The yolks were completely hard, which is totally unacceptable in any scenario (let alone in a place where I'm paying $18 for a simple dish). The meat was chewy and overcooked, as well.
I feel like the cook was recovering from a Friday-night hangover and consequently didn't put even a modicum of effort into the dish. What a disappointment.
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