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| - I usually eat Saturday breakfast at Lucky's in Tremont. But today, for whatever reason, I decided to go see why Grumpy's always seems to have a line out the door. In hindsight, I wish I had gone to Lucky's.
I got to Grumpy's probably around 9:15am, and it was rather bustling, but no line had appeared as yet. I grabbed a seat at the counter and noticed the place was clean, and decorated well. It doesn't look like a large place; there has to be more seating towards the rear, because they had some 6 or 7 servers working. I was treated very well by the staff and everyone appeared to be smiling; I consider this a big plus.
The menu is interesting, lots of wheat based breads (for instance the breakfast burrito is listed as a wheat tortilla, one reason I didn't select it). Long story short, I decided to try the eggs benedict, which is served with potatoes. I also requested some sausage and a small stack of pumpkin pancakes.
Yes, I know it's a lot of food, but I wanted to get a taste of the place.
It took For.Ev.Er. to get my food. In fact, it was about a half hour. I could see the stress developing on the manager?'s face as the food from the kitchen was slowing. She apologized to me that it took so long. I wasn't upset, disappointed, but not upset.
When my food came it was quite eye-opening; for a few reasons. One thing, both my eggs benedict plate and my pancake "small stack" were served with their home fries. I didn't need/want two servings of potatoes. Also, they have a cayenne pepper shaker in the kitchen window and just about everything gets a final shake from the server who's bringing the food. So, yeah, I pretty well got maced from the aroma of the food. Another reviewer mentioned the potatoes could benefit from a lot less pepper and a good bit more salt. I agree.
My eggs benedict (and this is the first time I've had eggs benedict, mind you) was... meh. I suppose that's what a poached egg's consistency is like- soft all-around. I'd much prefer one prepared on the flat-top, with some bite. The english muffin was not toasted. It tasted like it came straight out of the bag, and then they dressed it up with the ham, egg and hollandaise. The sausage I ordered was overcooked pretty badly. It had a very tough exterior like it perhaps had been re-heated in the deep fryer and they left it too long. Lastly, my pumpkin pancakes; they were pretty good, but very heave and rich. I only ate half of the eggs benedict, one pancake, my sausage and about two or three bites of my mountain of double ordered potatoes and I wasn't able to eat anymore. I don't know if I was full or simply put-off.
Please understand this, nothing was bad, it just wasn't what I was looking for. The people are very friendly, the place is clean, but for me, it's the food taste/preparation that trumps all of those things.
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