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Recently, in addition to the Traditional Benny, we tried the California Eggs Benny, Traditional Breakfast and Breakfast 222. Also, we tried two dessert items---Brandied Cinnamon Bread Pudding and the Lemon tart.
This place, generally speaking, is consistently good. The only thing, IMO, they could improve on is their poached egg preparation. Sometimes the eggs get poached just right, other times they are overcooked. All that said, the California Eggs Benny is a delicious and unique breakfast. In addition to the English muffin and Hollandaise sauce, it has spinach, bacon, avocados and tomatoes. It all works well together and is very tasty.
The Traditional Breakfast and the Breakfast 222 are very similar. Both have 2 eggs and your choice of meat. Where they differ is that the Traditional has potatoes plus toast, although you can substitute pancakes for the toast for a little extra cost. The pancakes are buttermilk and, IMO, are better than IHOP.
One day we got tempted by the dessert menu. I ordered the Brandied Cinnamon Bread Pudding while my husband ordered the Lemon Tart. The bread pudding was delicious! Our waitress got it right when she said it didn't taste like typical bread pudding. It has a blackberry sauce and is topped with fresh whipped cream---it's simply decadent. The lemon tart, however, was not your typical one. It's thicker than usual and the crust not as crispy. Still, my husband enjoyed it.
You know, we've never had a bad server in the place. In fact, most have been friendly and efficient. If we thought we were treated badly, we wouldn't go back. In fact, we think that this is a great breakfast restaurant!
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