The Scene: Sunday morning at the vibrant 7th Street Public Market in uptown Charlotte - front of the line at Hazelnuts Crêperie.
Occasion: A hungry Californian looking for a healthy breakfast in the Carolinas.
Me: "I'd like the Santorini please."
This contained eggs, feta cheese, Kalamata olives, mushrooms, spinach and red onion.
Cashier: "We offer that with feta AND mozzarella cheese. You ok with that?"
Me: "That taste good?
(She makes a face).
Then why do you offer it that way?"
She: "To make the crêpe fuller. Customers like it that way."
Me: "No thanks. I'll take it with feta only. You can throw in extra olives or mushrooms or spinach if you want to make it fuller."
She beams: "That'll be $8.39 please!"
Twenty minutes later, I'm enjoying a Santorini crêpe loaded with the good stuff, as tasty as any I've had in the Bay Area.
Thank you, Hazelnut Crêperie! Thank you, Charlotte, North Carolina!