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After reading many of the hundreds of reviews talking about the size of Matt's, I was still surprised when I pulled up with my family and the restaurant was the building that looked like a small shed. LOL. Forget small, the place is micro. It has a bit of an urban chic/diner-vibe, but there is nothing to the appearance that would make someone ooh and aah. Our table was two tables for two, butted together with two chairs facing the window/wall, and the other two facing each other, an odd, but space saving layout. We were in the first room where there is also a tall bar to sit and eat, however that bar is also part of the "list".
The Food:
I ordered the Hog & Chick with scrambled eggs, bacon, wheat toast, and home fries. The bacon was as good as most have commented, a little sweet, smokey, and peppery. The wheat toast was thick-cut and super grainy and served with raspberry lavender jam, both super. The eggs were fresh, but just scrambled eggs. In my opinion the highlight of my dish was the home fries - these potatoes were cut into chunks and fried with fresh rosemary twigs and onions. I thought I needed ketchup for them, not hardly. My wife tried the pancakes and wasn't particularly impressed, nor was I when I tried a bite. They were okay, just not amazing. Since there is no kids menu (which is an oversight in my mind) my older daughter ordered the waffle. It smelled great, and she polished it off before I could get a taste. I thought it looked good - and she said it tasted great. Nice touch is that both waffles and pancakes come with REAL & VERY HOT maple syrup. My other monkey, er daughter, had the Hog & Chick as well, however she had the hashbrowns and country ham. The ham was good, but salty like good ham should be. The hashbrowns were REALLY soaked in oil/butter. They were crispy on both sides, but whoa ... really soaked.
The Bottom Line:
We got REALLY lucky in that we got there and were able to get seated within about 5 minutes. This was around 8:30am on a Thursday, as soon as we were seated, the crowd showed up and there were at least 20 people milling around outside waiting to eat. The parking stinks, micro lot behind the restaurant, and other than that it's metered parking. $.60/hour is still cheap though.
I enjoyed the food and the experience was a little to crazy for my family of four with two squirmy kids. I'm not a hater, but I'm not going to tell you it's the best breakfast I've ever had either. The prices were fair, but again with a family of four with two small kids we tend to appreciate a place with a kid menu.
If it was only adults and we weren't so wiggly it might have been a different story. I'm not sure I'm headed back there any time soon with my little wiggle worms. That being said, you should try it and see what you think.
(big plus is that they took AMEX - one of the few small shops that do)
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