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| - Came here on a Friday morning with my wife for a usual Friday brunch/lunch date. We've been trying new spots around town and up on the list was this place.
Let's dig right in. The menu was very limited, and it's obvious this place is either from the Northwest or is aiming towards a Northwest crowd with Tillamook cheeses, "northwest" hashbrowns, "Ivar's" clam chower, and dungeness crab fare. Other than a few unique dishes, the menu is limited, and overall unappealing. I chose the chicken fried steak skillet, and my wife had some sort of Southwest omelet. Since I'm from the Northwest and grew up on Ivar's seafood, I opted for a bowl of the clam chodwer to share for a warm up.
Well, the chowder, which claimed to be Ivar's, was not even close. i hate to be one of those people from Philly who rips every cheesesteak in town, or Chicagoan who rips every deep dish pizza and italian beef sandwich, but this was not good. It had the consistency of grandma's sausage gravy, which is thick and floury. I seriously felt like I swallowed a dough ball just after a few bites. Ivar's might want to look into the claims themselves, because it's not even close.
As far as the Northwest Hashbrowns, I can't remember ever eating them burnt to a crisp and tasting like the oil used to cook them in, nor has it ever been a preference of fellow Northwesterners and Seattleites. Maybe the potatos are from idaho, bu that's the only NW part of them. They had a cheap, oily, burnt taste to them, and were not very appetizing.
The skillet was.....meh. Very low quality. It was similar to a dish you'd get at a place that rhymes with Penny's. And that might be a low blow to America's Favorite Diner. The skillet came with scrambled eggs and it appeared they couldn't be changed to over easy, at least that's what i got from the reaction of the waitress when I inquired into a scenario which would substitute the scrambled for over easy. NOTE TO EGG & JOE: SKILLETS COME WITH OVER EASY EGGS, NOT SCRAMBLED. Sheesh...
The omelet on my wifes plate was folded so neatly into a little envelope like shape it almost looked processed, like a piece of American cheese folded into a plastic cover. Again, hasbrowns burnt, and avacados which may have been picked a little early. Not impressive, and definitely a disappointment.
The service left a little something to be desired. The lady who took our order was kind and friendly, and obviously overworked and overloaded, because she was running like crazy. the food runner who brought us our food didn't say a word, and just handed me the plates instead of at least asking where to set them down. Unimpressive, and I'm not a snobby diner who expects the moon. There were two high school age, too cool for school teenagers working the front. Neither of them were really welcoming or friendly, and when I was paying my bill, they obviosuly weren't into doing their jobs.
Overall, failing grade E&J. We will not be back, despite the NW flare, or attempt thereof. I will stick to my hole in the wall diner and local QC spot for breakfast. Yet another strip mall joint who thinks they can get with lackluster products and no emphasis on customer retention.
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