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The Food:
The Place serves some of the biggest portions of breakfast food I have ever seen. The quality of the food is always average to above average. It's nothing amazing - not even consistently excellent quality similar to somewhere like Mimi's Café. The portions definitely make up for that. I usually order the same thing: Meat and Eggs, which all consists of the following:
* 2 Strips of maple smoked bacon
* 2 eggs prepared to order
* A pile of potatoes
* 2 buttermilk pancakes
* One cup of EPIC coffee
The bacon is very good. Tasty, sweet with hints of maple and savory thick pieces of delicious bacon. Very rarely burned, and never undercooked. The eggs are decent, prepared to order (I like mine scrambled rough) and the potatoes are actually surprisingly tasty, crispy and have a spice to them. The pancakes are ridiculous. They are almost the size of hubcaps...sometimes they are too big. It's hard to get the butter spread evenly on them because they are so big and thick! The pancakes are served with two types of syrup: Maple and Blueberry.
The problem with such a bountiful feast is that I usually can't finish all of this so I am forced to start picking and choosing like a selective fat pigeon, and I usually just giving up on everything.
One thing I wanted to take a special moment to mention is the coffee. Usually I don't find it necessary to showcase a specific drink (unless it's exceptional) and believe me when I say, this coffee is...epic. It's +50 to all stats, no doubt.
I one time asked our server what the coffee (brand) is, so that I could procure it for my own sinister intentions but I was told that it is sold only in 5lb bags and is some sort of unusual brand flavor. I want to say it is called "Royale" by Sara Lee, diner brand or something...but don't quote me on that. I was appreciative of the server telling me the brand and everything but I started to think to myself: If I had access to this amazing coffee ALL the time, it would make going to The Place less special.
My wife orders almost exclusively the French Toast with extra powdered sugar and a side of hash browns. I have had the pleasure of trying both her hash browns and her French toast and I find them both to be very good for the value. The hash browns are crispy and delicious, served on a plate the size of a brick. The French Toast comes in a giant pile of 6 pieces (what is that, half a loaf?) and has never been too soggy or undercooked.
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