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| - Let me preface this by sharing that I don't even live in Chandler and I'm sure I will be back at Brunchie's. Yep, it's true. My fiance and I deemed this spot as worthy of the 45 minute drive it takes to get there from where we live in North Phoenix. But I'm ahead of myself...let me begin by sharing that I was not a happy camper this morning as we left for our Sunday Brunch tradition. Late start, unexpected stops, blah blah blah...it seemed like everything was preventing me from getting food in my tummy.
Despite my grumpiness, we made it to Brunchie's and sauntered inside. I was pleasantly suprised by the short wait which my grumpy self was extremely grateful for (but note that it was about 12:30 when we arrived). The joy of perusing such an appealing menu while we waited also helped tremendously. The bad mood was subsiding. Then our food came and, seriously, I couldn't remember being grumpy in the first place.
The fiance tried the special of the day, the Wild West Burrito, and he was more than impressed. The size of the burrito itself was hefty and every bite had a generous portion of fillings. This place was not sheisty with their carne asada. Bonus points in my man's book!
I ordered the most hearty meal that my empty stomach was craving - chicken fried steak. Umm...talk about homestyle, comfy cooking! The gravy was legit - creamy, flavorful and with bits of sausage. The biscuit was large and in charge and just as legit as the gravy on it. Even my potatoes were delicious - definitely not the Ore-Ida frozen in a bag kind. The chicken fried steak had quality all over it down to the perfect breading and thickness of the cutlet. Imagine the Denny's version on super steroids - better quality and flavor, for sure.
The fiance and I even shared a short stack of pancakes (so we like having both the savory and sweet parts of brekky, can you blame us?) which were fluffy and hit the sweet spot craving. Obviously, we couldn't finish all the food in front of us and, honestly, that was the only thing we were upset about - NOT being able to eat every last bite because we were so happily full already.
Long story short...we were happy with our Brunchie's experience. From the short wait, the service and our food we left the place extremely happy campers. We felt like we had just had a great huge homestyle meal just like the ones my dad makes when we're visiting. How much more comfy and happy can you get? Like I said, we plan on making the trek back here again in the future because it's THAT good.
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