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First, the waitress... it wasn't crowded at all, but it took her a good 10 minutes to bring his coffee and my tomato juice and take our order. Once the food came, she waited the requisite 5 minutes, came to ask how everything was, then completely disappeared until she brought the check.
The food was... okay. First, it was lukewarm by the time it got to the table, which I certainly didn't expect since they weren't busy. I had the spinach crepes, which supposedly contain "fresh spinach tossed with aged cheddar cheese sauce...topped with hollandaise sauce." Aged? No. Cheddar cheese sauce? From a can, maybe. Hollandaise? Yes, but not much. Also, the crepe batter was overly eggy and had a sweet taste that would have been better suited to the fruit or chocolate crepes. Savory crepe dishes need a savory crepe - or, at least one that's not sweet. The flavor combination was a little strange. However, the dish came with 3 potato pancakes, which for $7.29 made it a good, filling value. My husband's Belgian waffle, on the other hand, while quite yummy, was not worth $6.00, considering it didn't actually come with anything other than butter or syrup. Maybe it's because I'm used to smaller-town establishments, but at $6.00 for one waffle, it should at least come with a link of sausage or two.
Speaking of breakfast meat, you can order it as a side. But at $4.79 for a hamburger-sized patty of not-very-flavorful corned beef hash and $4.29 for three slices of thick-cut (yet tough and chewy) bacon, you may want to skip it. A Belgian waffle and a side of bacon should not come to over $10.00.
I'm not ready to write this place off yet - I'll give it another chance, because I've heard such good things about it. I'd love to see if maybe I just ordered the wrong thing.
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