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| - We're big fans of the Pineville location so we were thrilled to see one opening closer to where we live and lucky enough to get an invite to the soft opening today.
Honestly can't say enough good things about this place, everything is wonderful, the food, the service, the restaurant itself. Today we met Julie - the managing partner of this location - and she and her staff really seem to have it together.
The food: (I'll upload some photos!) - I had the Yo Hala on the Square. Delicious item I was really hesitant to try in the past, but it was amazingly tasty (and huge!). Hubby had the Charleston Shrimp and Grits, also fabulous - I had a bite, definitely the best either of us has ever had. Teen daughter enjoyed the pound cake French toast (it's her *usual* from the many trips to the Pineville location), teen boy ordered the grilled three cheese with bacon and tomato, and then after he finished his, he finished my Yo Hala and his little sister's chicken tenders and macaroni and cheese and his Dad's shrimp and grits (he'll outgrow this phase, right??) - and his opinion was that it was all wonderful.
If I had a complaint (I really don't!) it'd be that having a location here in Matthews really isn't encouraging me to cook at home more. Not at all!
Full opening is Tuesday, counting the minutes - and I'm going back to *my* usual - because as much as I enjoyed the Yo Hala, NOTHING compares to their fried chicken and waffles (with strawberry butter to die for... SO GOOD!). Trust me, this is the place you want to go, breakfast, lunch AND dinner.
****** Update: back again yesterday and now (sadly) I've had to go gluten-free for health reasons. Never fear - they have a great GF menu and were able to get me some seriously tasty eats! I had the breakfast pie (I'll upload a photo) - eggs, mushrooms, peppers, cheese.. all kinds of yum and the fresh fruit on the side was wonderful despite the upcharge. Hubby had the Monte Cristo (photo of that too!) because he has no gluten issues and he also was thrilled. Definitely will be back (likely before next week lol!)
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