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| - Many moons ago, Flo's used to be on Cumberland, right in front of Sassafraz, nestled inside the Village of Yorkville Park . That joint looked like those curved yet Art Deco dinners you see in every 50's movie. Inside, you would find lots of booths and a bar shaded in bright reds, greens and of course, cheesy chrome. You were being sold the whole retro, greasy spoon experience and it was great! I remember at times going for just their floats, they were awesome.
Where that building used to be now stands a very tall, yet insidiously generic condo. Yup, progress, you gotta love it.
So Flo's relocated to Yorkville street into the second floor of one of most boring 70's looking building for miles around. In fairness, the 70's was a bit of a tragic era for architecture, nevertheless I digress, it could be argued it is better to have a Flo's than no Flo's at all. Even though the place now only looks --ironically, only about 50% of how 50's it used to look like in the past.
Unfortunately, the soul that made the place seems to have been left at the old building and what you are left now is a somewhat cramped, overly rushed and sadly, more generic experience.
My eggs benny seemed uninspired taste-wise, and... you too will question why on the menu, you are offered the dish in half portions or regular sizes. Ah... what?
A one egged Eggs Benedict? Wha...?
Or your basic egg dish comes in three sizes... so if the smallest size = one egg, ergo you are paying $6.25 for one egg. Really? I know this is Yorkville and all but this place does not merit Yorkville prices. For example, the home fries\wedges\chunks of potato where nothing to write home about so in the end, you tend to feel mildy ripped off. Sure I am not expecting a deal but I am expecting quality.
Back in the day you may have let some of it slide due to the different vibe but when the place now feels so packed and you have the distinct feeling the server is expecting you to just eat, pay and dash, well, it is harder to not get as picky.
Requesting more coffee seems like a task rather a natural service/customer exchange and in fairness it may be due to the place being so hectic. It is still not the best locale to go with a friend and catch up, specially if you want to chat for a few minutes after your meal is done and want enjoy what is left of your coffee.
Also, there is one rule all restaurants should apply themselves too:
"Do not ever present the bill to the customer until he has requested for it. "
That is basic common sense of service. Case in point, the last time I was there, my plate had just been off the table for no more than 2 minutes when the server, in a quick but well practised motion slid the bill as she walked away exclaiming the mandatory yet ostensibly false 'Take your time.'
Rushed much?
Unfortunately it somewhat sours the experience a bit as I wanted to ask for extra coffee and a side which was not dessert.
How? See, as she have had half haphazardly asked if we wanted some dessert to which we had said no, she immediately assumed that it was high time for us to be shown the door. So when she came back, she beat me to the punch by dropping the bill as she rushed by our table.
At that point we decided it was better to just go. So do I like this Flo's? Sort of, although I think it is due more to nostalgia than for what the place stands for now. Having said that, it would still not be my first pick... nor the second.
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