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| - I wish I could LOVE Local Breeze; like several other reviewers, I was a Palatte regular. Oh sigh, I soooo miss my Sunday brunches at Palatte. Been to LB twice at lunchtime, and I've tried Sunday brunch at Local Breeze twice now. Major disappointment is: food is too big and too expensive and too rich. I think my server today might have been first day on the job so I won't gripe too much but, I'd like some fresh squeezed orange juice. "Okay." .... Back to the table: "We have fresh squeezed orange juice, but we didn't squeeze it, is that okay?" Huh? So it's not from concentrate, is that right? Right.
Next: I'd like a cup of hot tea. (I don't drink coffee, just tea.) "Sorry, we don't have hot tea, only iced tea." Hmm. How difficult to bring out a teabag with a cup of hot water?
No oatmeal. (I loved the oatmeal at Palatte.)
So I've had the french toast which was ABSURDLY huge. It was fine, but, soooo big. I could only eat about 25% of my serving. The waitress informed me at the end of the meal that I could have ordered a "half" order. Oh, that would have been nice to know ahead of time; it's not on the menu, you have to ask. Still got charged for the full order of course.
Next I had a shrimp omlette. It was quite good, but again - 4 eggs - HUGE. And $12. The shrimp were in an interesting sauce - flavorful, like a bearnaise perhaps- very, very rich. Came with huge piece of toast (no butter) and some pretty good rosemary potatoes - yummy because they were pretty greasy/oniony probably not good for you though.
I'll be back, I'll keep trying. It's okay, and the atmosphere and location is still marvelous. I really hope this place succeeds but I'm not wowed so far. Next time I think we'll split our meals. I miss Palatte.
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