Come for the breakfast ... only get the breakfast. I came for the breakfast. I was in the area about three years ago and many of the smaller Mom and Pop diners that I actually liked had closed. Thankfully this place was still open and I was hungry. Located near the top of Mount Washington, this little diner benefits by its proximity to the Mount Washington Parking garage.
Rather stark inside, the locals and owners like to dress up the interior and exterior for the holidays. While we were looked at suspiciously at first, we were accepted into the fold when we placed our order:
Chicken and rice soup
Ham and cheese with homefries
Big Country Breakfast: eggs (poached medium), bacon (soft), and blueberry pancakes with toast and homefries
The chicken and rice soup had very little chicken and A LOT of vegetables and the broth was rather flavorless. I would like to take this time to rename it to Vegetable and Rice soup -- now if only it had some flavor. As we muddled through the soup, our entrees came to the table. Did I mention I was hungry? The Big Country Breakfast looked great.
I went straight for the blueberry pancakes and enjoyed their flavor. They were good and fluffy and the blueberries had good flavor that just popped in my mouth. After eating about a quarter of them I moved on to the eggs. They were cooked perfectly -- egg whites fully solid and the yolk slightly viscous in the center. I love eggs when they are cooked perfectly like this since a majority of the yolk will adhere to the whites and then I can come in with my toast and mop up the rest. OH SO GOOD! And back to the pancakes....then the eggs...and then the bacon. They listened to me and brought out my bacon soft. I swear that I am the only person in the world that dislikes crunchy bacon.
I looked over at the omelet but decided not to try it. It had been browned. I know it is a psychological thing, but if my eggs are browned I will not touch them. I will accept my friends comments that it was good. He finished it and appeared to enjoy it. The only other down point about the meal were the homefries -- not a lot of flavor to them at all. I decided to just leave them at the side and eat the rest of my meal.
I enjoyed this experience and will return from time to time. Even though there is the garage, it can be hectic to find a parking space. I think that the only reason I would choose this diner over O'Leary's is the pancakes. They were so much better. That is fine, though, I go to O'Leary's for the French Toast.