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| - Stopped by while I was in town visiting my parents. My father is a fan of Momocho, and I've eaten at and enjoyed El Carnicero, so I had high hopes for this breakfast spot owned by Eric Williams. We came on a Monday to avoid the crowds.
It was about 10AM when we arrived, but the waitress was as sluggish as if it was 7AM. She even informed us she was "Still very tired" after my father asked her to speak up so he could hear her over the music. I'm not sure why The Shins were blasting at 10AM, but it was pretty darn loud for a restaurant with only three tables occupied. I get it Jack Flaps, you think you're really hip.
So they were out of the smoked deviled eggs and the korean breakfast sausage, which seemed odd for a Monday morning, but would have been fine had we been told upon being seated, but instead the waitress waited till we ordered and had to come back to tell us they were out of things- twice.
The pancakes were fine, but nothing to write home about. I had high hopes because they all sounded so interesting, but the execution was only so-so. There needed to be more strawberries on the strawberry shortcake, and more lemon curd on the lemon curd pancakes. The pancakes themselves were totally fine, but if you're going to open a pancake themed restaurant, shouldn't they be awesome, not just good?
The pork belly bacon was good, but for all it's boasting of being coke-glazed, it didn't have very much coke flavor.
All in all, I think Eric Williams is overstretching himself with this place. It's trying way too hard to seem hip, while serving food that is good, but not exciting. Probably wouldn't return, but it wasn't exactly a bad meal either, aside from the lackluster service.
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