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| - Like much of my latter scholastic career, about a 3.3 that could have reached a 4.0 on my scale with just a couple details attended to. This was our first trip to this VI on T'bird this mid-Saturday morning. Everything was good, the portions were satisfying without being overwhelming, the service was polite and friendly, and the prices as always for this chain, very reasonable.
Scrambled eggs with cheese, bacon, grits, and strawberry crepes for me. The scrambled eggs with cheese had shredded cheese more sprinkled on them than cooked within, but were tasty enough. The bacon was a reasonably sized serving of good flavor, and the grits with large pad of butter were sufficient to satisfy Southern cravings, if not quite to perfection. As to the strawberry crepes, Paris may have better but these were delicious, and at $8.60 with tax included, this was a perfectly fine meal for me, and my housemate sends his compliments on the French toast.
The place was near full when we entered, and full with a waiting line by the time we left. Service was polite and friendly with a smile, and efficient. The place was busy and my water glass went dry for a brief few moments, but on being tagged in passing, our server immediately attended and checked on our status again within a few minutes. No problem in splitting checks and no delay or wait in receiving.
This is a take-your-check-to-the-register place. The register being right by that big pie display case stocked with all the salivation-worthy pies for which VI is known, but being well-filled, we were able to resist the take-out temptation.
The line was about 5 deep but moved quickly. The young cashier was polite and efficient, and asked the right "was everything alright" questions and paid appropriately attention to my mention of the condition of the men's room. It was not "bad", but paper towel waste filled in-the-counter waste receptacle to just slightly overflowing, and two packs of still-wrapped paper towels sat in a plastic bag on the counter, along with a key-on-a-stick that just didn't belong there, but the overall condition was basically clean and stocked with TP, hand soap, and paper towels, lots of paper towels - but lots is better than none. Will definitely return.
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