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| - This was the second time I've been to a Village Inn, but the first time I have actually ordered food. Both trips involved bad service or at least service that was understaffed for the crowd. My husband had seen a commercial for a breakfast skillet on TV that was apparently very enticing. So we mapped out our chores for the day and found a Village Inn along our path.
Our waiter was very friendly and helpful, but obviously frazzled. He helped me narrow down our choices by answering our questions about the menu. I ordered 2 eggs, hash browns, sausage and rye toast. The husband ordered a sausage skillet. To our amazement, the plates that were presented to us a short time later, LOOKED EXACTLY LIKE THE PICTURES ON THE MENU.
This is the first time in Arizona that I received hash browns that were actually brown. What a concept!! And not just brown on the top. Nooo, these babies were browned on both sides. Crispy, yummy and BROWN hash browns. And I didn't ask for them to be cooked that way. Every other restaurant in Arizona does such a pisspoor job of browning hash browns, that I've completely given up on asking for my potatoes to be done "dark." I usually end up with a plate of mushy potato shreds dripping with butter substitute. Gross. I've come to the point that I ignore that the potatoes are even there.
But before my very eyes is a plate with the potatoes cooked just right, eggs exactly how I asked them to be cooked, tasty sausage links and two thick pieces of marble rye. That's a lot of food when you plan on actually eating the potatoes.
My husband was equally pleased with his skillet. We both couldn't believe that there was a chain in Arizona that actually had a decent breakfast, and that we failed to realize it until 5 months before we leave the state. :(
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