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| - On a recent breakfast outing, we ventured up 7th Avenue to try the recently opened Two Hippies Breakfast Joint. The concept is the newest of the Two Hippies ventures, which seem to be popping up all over midtown. Breakfast offerings include standards like French toast and waffles, a coconut-crusted hot jam sandwich, and breakfast bowls. Lunch selections include burgers, sandwiches, hot dogs, and salads. Also available are vegan smoothies, an array of flavored lemonades, and the ever present soda fountain.
The breakfast bowl sounds pretty impressive- 3 eggs scrambled with a choice of 6 toppings selected from an extensive list of cheeses, veggies, sauces, and meats- but fell short of expectations. Three of us ordered the bowls, which come with Texas Toast and hash browns, and none of us were impressed. Sure, the scrambled egg mess was tasty, but the potatoes were bland, cubed, and definitely not hash browns. In short, the bowl is nothing special and it could have been done better at home.
Two Hippies do a few things right- the prices, the flavored lemonades, the waffle, and the mere existence of fried pickles on the menu. Unfortunately, there are so many more things that they need to improve here. The menu clearly states that lunch is served all day, but a request for lunch items was refused. All orders are packaged in to-go boxes, which is extremely wasteful. The dining area is so cluttered that it borders on claustrophobic. No credit/debit cards are accepted. Maybe they are still working out the kinks, which would explain things like messing up my order and taking ten minutes to find a knife for a customer.
The verdict? Two Hippies should have stuck with burgers and tacos. Breakfast is just not their forte.
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