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| - My fiance and I went to Cleveland for a Cavs game a couple of months ago and got together with a couple of friends who live in the area for brunch the next day. I'd like to preface this review with the fact that I was EXTREMELY ill from the night before (too much mixing of different alcohol - oops), which made the ridiculously long brunch even that much more miserable (we were there for 2.5 hours).
We arrived on time, and were seated right away. Two of us (including me) ordered the short rib hash, one ordered the free range toad in a hole and the other ordered a simple two eggs dish (with bacon, potatoes and toast). We also ordered a side of toast with truffle butter to share.
We patiently waited 30 minutes before I finally flagged down our waitress asking about our food, and again 15 minutes later. At around the one hour mark, the food finally started to come out, except they had messed something up on the toad in a hole dish and had to start over. We tried waiting for it but were told to just go ahead because our friend did not want all of our food to get cold.
Sadly, I could not eat a thing because I was so sick. Literally could not, even though I wanted to so badly. I managed to squeeze in THE TINIEST bite of the very yummy toast with truffle butter before I had to run into the bathroom. My fiance enjoyed his two eggs and bacon dish but said he didn't LOVE it, at least not for the price and the ridiculous long wait. His friend wolfed down his short rib hash in minutes, which meant that he thoroughly enjoyed it, though I suspect that it wasn't quite enough food for a big tall guy like him.
I can't remember how the toad in a hole dish was, or if our friend even got that. It's possible that she ordered something completely different after they had messed up her order, but I can't recall because I was too busy trying not to pass out from how sick I was feeling (cold sweat, extreme nausea, you name it). I got my entire dish wrapped up to go, and I'm so glad I did! I reheated it in the microwave the next morning and had it for breakfast - IT WAS DELICIOUS!!! I can only imagine how much better it would have been had I consumed it fresh out of the kitchen! Quite honestly, the entire brunch was such a disaster that the ONLY reason I am giving them a 3-star rating is purely for the amazingly tasty short rib hash.
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