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| - Went here after about a week they were open. It was around 8am on a Friday morning. The line was short, about 3 people in front of me, but, since everyone is trying to understand how the restaurant works, it takes a while for the cashier to conclude each order as they take their time to explain the menu items. It took me about 7 minutes to get to order something (not bad). I think this is okay, but, ideally people need to decide BEFORE getting in line. Maybe the restaurant should put someone before people walk in line to avoid such back up.
The food: A bit "strange". Not your typical breakfast place. Their focus is obviously biscuit. The menu shows items that are a bit complex. My conclusion is that their key items are the biscuit, gravy and chicken. The food items reminded me about a biscuit place in Asheville that we were not even able to get in due to the line.
Since it was too complex for me to figure it out at 8am after a full week away from home, I decided to order something customized and simple: Bacon, Egg and Cheese on a biscuit. Since this is not something on the menu, took a while for them to understand what I wanted and to enter the order. I also asked for a medium coffee. When the total came up, it was a bit shocking: close to US$ 10 ! Yes, this is not a fast food place, I would expect to pay more for better ingredients, but, this was way too much in my opinion.
The coffee wasn't great. I don't like flavor in my coffee. Coffee is supposed to taste like coffee, not maple with coffee.
The manager came in and asked for my experience and I told him exactly what I wrote here. He agreed with me that what I ordered is not exactly what they are focusing on, and asked me to not give up. He was nice enough to give me the cinnamon biscuit with glaze. It was really good !
Overall I think that this place is not worth 5 stars but not terrible to deserve less than 4. I'll give 4 specially because of the very friendly personable staff. The food was mediocre, not really worth the price. The staff and service is what makes me want to come back and hopefully give other menu options a try (such as the waffles).
Another update from 5/30: Tried to get a quick breakfast today, at 7:30am. About 5 people in line. I waited about 10 minutes, only 1 cashier, and again explaining all the items. I had to leave as I had a meeting at 8:00am and could not wait too much for breakfast. They need to change that quickly or people will start to get somewhere else.
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