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| - Made it back to my old college stomping grounds after a several year hiatus, and all I gotta say is Chompies, it's good to be back! Why oh why did I stay away so long??
Went there for lunch the other day with the always lovely Gabi K., after I was hit with an insatiable desire to have breakfast for lunch. We arrived at 12:30 and the place was pretty packed but we were seated right away.
Now, I should probably fess up to the fact that I have been ordering the same exact thing at Chompies for 8 years now, and see no sign of switching any time soon, because it is perfect. I get the greek omelette with American cheese, an everything bagel, and hashbrowns, and it is an instant party in my mouth.
Gabi ordered a soup and salad combo (which I didn't even know they had since I never get past the breakfast page) and it truly looked delicious. Seriously looked like one of the better looking salads I've seen around Tempe.
In the business of full disclosure, our waitress did falter with both of our orders. She forgot Gabi's soup and she did not make the sub to American cheese in my omelette as I requested. Neither of us are difficult diners though so we rolled with it and continued our gabfest.
What really pushes Chompies over the 3 star line for me is all of the extra goodies in and around the display cases in the front. Black and white cookies? Check! Real, authentic chocolate rugelach? You better believe it! And my personal favorite, acutal Wise brand Cheese Doodles!!! Not Cheetos, of Cheese Puffs, or any of that knockoff crap, actual delicious, heavenly Cheese Doodles, my favorite snack of years past when I lived in the Northeast. You wouldn't believe how difficult they are to find in AZ!
But not to worry, I can get them every time that breakfast for lunch craving hits, and I almost always do.
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