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| - Came to Bakn with my son for a Father/Son Brunch. The location has no parking that I'm aware of, but we were able to find a spot on the street. We were greeted immediately upon entering, and being we were a party of two, the hostess asked if we would mind sitting at the kitchen bar, which we agreed to.
The high granite counter looks right in at the kitchen. The high 'bar-style' chairs are uncomfortable.
We sat down and scanned the one sided menu. After about ten minutes, a waitress came and took our drink order, my son a lemonade ($4!?!? With NO refills?!?), me a water. When she walked away another waitress came and asked us about drinks.
Our beverages came quickly, and that's where the experience went down hill. After waiting 25 minutes, I flagged down a bus boy and explained it was our first time there and asked if I needed to go somewhere to order... He asked me to hang on and went towards the wait staff counter. Five minutes later, one of the waitresses came over and offered a 'I thought she was taking care of you....'
I ordered the #1 breakfast sandwich ($10) and a side of hot sausage ($4). My son ordered the three bacon pancakes ($10).
Again, the wait. It was busy, and the kitchen appeared to work efficiently. After about 15 minutes we finally saw my sons pancakes get poured on the grill.
One of the line cooks looked at us and commented that we had been there for a while, and asked what we ordered... He was the ONLY one that showed any sense of urgency.
My sandwich was served on a metal bowl, with a small
Mound of fresh hash browns. My side sausage was on a plain saucer sized dish. My sons pancakes were large, and on a plate with a small amount of fresh fruit, and coated in powdered sugar. 55 minutes from seated to food coming to the table.
I tried the hash browns first. They were potato slices cut thin. Some were under done, some dry. They had A TON of Rosemary on them. I ate about half and tried the sandwich. This was the highlight of the meal. The sourdough bread was fresh and perfectly toasted. The bacon was complimented by roasted tomatoes, jarslburg cheese and arugula ('It's a veg-e-table.').
I ate a few bites of my sandwich and attempted to break a corner off of the sausage. I was unable to penetrate it with my fork. I cut it with the knife and tried a bite. It wasn't very spicy, but it was VERY dry. Nearly inedible. I considered sending it back when I saw how they made it... A refrigerated, fully cooked sausage patty was placed on the grill under a metal lid with a squirt of water. I reluctantly ate it.
I looked at my son- he had cut the corner off of one of the pancakes, and was digging the bacon out of the center of the others. I asked them how he was enjoying them. He said they weren't good, and told me to try them. The pancakes were chalky, tasted like they used too much Bisquick in the batter. He ate half a pancake.
I really wanted to love Bakn. I asked a co-worker who frequents the restaurant scene in the area. She liked the food they got, but said the service was excruciatingly slow for them as well.
Gab n Eat, just a mile up the street remains our favorite breakfast in Carnegie. Try there first.
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