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| - Gross. Moldy bread and dirty celery. My hubs and I popped in for brunch today before catching the matinee showing of Hamilton. Service was prompt, we were seated quickly, but I was surprised to see a shortened menu in contrast to what I had seen online. We each ordered a bloody mary to start, not the over-the-top one that's in so many other Yelp reviews (that one wasn't on our abbreviated menu), but just your standard, average bloody. This would have been fine had it not contained a dirty celery stalk. Whatever, I took it out, laid it on the table, and crossed my my fingers that the vodka would kill off any potential hazards. Plus, we were in a hurry. Hamilton, remember? The hubs ordered the minimum wage breakfast, which was just about as average as our bloodys (minus the dirt). I was a little fancier in ordering avocado toast, which looked like it would have been okay, but was served on moldy bread. Like moldy baguette. Someone in the kitchen picked up the moldy loaf, saw it was moldy, and still sliced it open, smeared some avo spread on that ish, and served it up. Not cool. I flagged down our sweet server, showed her the mold, and went ahead and mentioned the dirty celery, too. She felt terrible and had the manager comp our meals, offered to bring something else, but I just wasn't feeling like taking the risk of being served more dumpster-bound food. We paid for our bloody marys (because she couldn't "give away free alcohol") and headed down the street to grab a sammich from Jimmy John's before the show. While a convenient spot to grab a bite before a show at Gammage, we won't be returning to Normal Diner.
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