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| - Let me just say first off, I don't think I will be able to say enough good things about Isaly's in my review.
Once I verified their hours (7am-2pm but closed Tuesdays and Wednesdays) I planned a visit with some friends after an overnight shift. Isaly's has a classic diner feel and the staff is very welcoming. One of my friends was looking over a list of breakfast places I had created. (i.e. a spreadsheet that included the names of places, their location and any helpful hints or recommendations. This spreadsheet was created as part of my New Year's resolution to try different locally owned breakfast spots.) Our waitress/one of the owners told us she and her husband (our cook/the other owner) do the same thing, but she was impressed with my list because they "just write things down." She also complimented me on my shirt and asked me where I bought it (online at LOL Mart). It has a drawing of a sunny side up egg and a strip of bacon holding hands and underneath it says "BFF" - and it has become my designated breakfast shirt. The owners were very friendly and accomodating, engaging us in conversation during our meal about other breakfast spots in the the Pittsburgh area. They joked about how we would rate them and our waitress paid special attention to us, perhaps nervous of what we might tell others. A few other patrons came in, but only for take out orders or to pick up some chipped ham.
They bragged about using real butter - one of the few places to do so. When I got my meal, it was beautiful - the real butter from my bread was dripping onto my bacon. I think I shed a tear. I asked how many eggs are in their omelettes because they were pretty big. The answer I received was, " We don't know, we just crack and pour!" They pride themselves on not measuring anything. I have no complaints because my food was delicious. After eating our meals the three of us decided to order the chocolate chip pancakes to share since we had heard so much about them. When the owner brought them over, she had individual plates for each of us with one pancake each. And the best part? She told us they were on the house.
I think we spent close to 2 hours there, which really says something about a place. Especially when you consider that we had just worked a 12-hour overnight shift and exhaustion was setting in. It was comfortable and a good time, perhaps the best breakfast experience ever. We left telling the owners we would pass the word along and that we would definitely return. They were happy to hear it, but told us not to expect more free panckakes.
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