We have been living in the area for the last year or so and have always lamented about the lack of "non-chain" types of places for breakfast. I lived in NJ for 17 years and I admit, I got spoiled.
Anyway, I decided to see if YELP could give us some guidance on a local place for brunch. Slice's came up with 4.5 star rating and almost 40 reviews, many of which were from last few months.
When we found the place we thought we could park right next to the place where the big pickups were. That did no work cause I was not going to take a chance jumping the curb in our new Impreza. We parked in the real parking lot and when we got inside it was pretty small and a little tight just as past reviewers had noted.
Our waitress was friendly and we could see and hear Alice and Scott doing their thing at the grill. We did not stray from regular bfast fare, eggs,sausage, bacon, home fries (yum) and Italian toast were pretty good. Coffee was ok.
I talked with Scott who is a regular guy supporting his wife Alice and their son, all bustin butt chasing the dream. This is as "unfranchise/chain" as you can get. Yea for them and us.
Best part was when a diner sneezed and Alice, working the grille, shouts out "bless you".
That was AWSOME. Your not getting that at Cracker B....