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| - I really, really wanted to just get my Sunday NYT and go to Wildflower Bread Company (next to Changing Hands bookstore) for breakfast/brunch. They have the best menu and it is open till 2pm for us later birds. Problem is on Sunday, everyone else has the same exact idea. Peeked in, no tables. Sure, it can open up fast, but seeing the endless coloured flags on people's tables meant no food, no turnover for a while.
So, my brother in his Jet's jersey, sad we were already 45 minutes into the game against the Patriots saw the Mac's Grill & Tap serves brunch and snagged a booth while I surveyed the sad, busy, non-turnover rate at Wilflower.
Sometimes getting a seat fast at breakfast is the only thing to be happy about. Oh, and they had like eight tvs set up so he could watch the game. Both of these traits earned the star.
The waitress gave us coffee (and a beer) quickly. Water took a while. Out of grapefruit juice. Let me get you oj. This goes on for like 15 minutes. And she hasn't taken our order yet b/c everytime she notices something, she runs away in panic and comes back an average of 5 to 10 minutes later. So she is trying. But there are two other servers, four other benches, a bar, two high tables and tables in the front that serve maybe 15 people, not including outside. Okay, there was another server besides then. Breakfast was meat heavy, but cheap. Don't have homefries (panic button!), only hash. Bad sign, b-fest people.
It ended up being at least a 25 minute wait. My pancakes were huge, rubbery (obviously microwaved), the eggs were runny, the hashbrowns greasey-and no freakin toast-apparently have to ask seperately for that (?!?). The bananas and pecans to be folded in-there was a generous topping of 4 banana slices and 5 pecans on top! Score! Unappealing.
I have passed by this place a lot since I frequent Changing Hands, Trader Joes and Wildflower in the same complex-and I will continue to do so. Catch a beer and some greasey food to watch the game if you are into that and happen to be at Guadalupe and McClintock. But for christs sake, next time, I will gladly wait the 10 minutes for a table at Wildflower!!!
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