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| - Decided on going to Carnegie Kitchen & Dining after I passed it on the way home from work. The following Saturday I went.
From the restaurant's exterior it looks as though it will be a prototypical greasy spoon but when I entered the restaurant I was surprised to find that it was quite trendy. At the time, around 11:30am on a Saturday morning, the restaurant was in a lull with patronage and we were seated immediately.
Being a massive fan of bunch I ordered a supreme omelette with hash browns. Thankfully the order was put in when it was because at that time around 40 individuals came into the restaurant at once. They were coming from a religious convention across the street at the Wolstien Center. Outside of the review, it was hard not to have a great deal of sympathy for the cooks and wait-staff. The look of panic was pretty apparent though totally understandable.
This is where things got impressive: our food came out in about ten minutes in spite of the bombardment. In fact, all forty people from the religious convention got their food by the time we left the restaurant. Many had gotten their food as we were eating.
The omelette was good but the potatoes were incredible. The surface was brown but the inside was perfect. I actually don't think I've had better potatoes. They were buttery, soft and warm.
Though, there were some issues: the wait staff, prior to the bombardment, were a bit inattentive and seemed distracted. In addition, when the food runner gave us our plates, we asked for condiments, the individual acknowledge the request and then never came back. Thankfully, the food was great but small things like that enhance the experience.
I was still extremely happy with the experience and plan on visiting again. With the way some of their sandwiches looked, the place certainly deserves another visit.
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