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Service & Atmo = 5 stars
We came here because of my DD&D's app, which maps out all the places Guy Fieri has visited. Yes, there's a wait, but not so bad. They quoted us 25 minutes and we got in in something like 8 minutes. The tables & chairs are 50's style retro. Very clean with a fun look. The place is a little crowded and you'll be sitting almost elbow to elbow with your neighbor, but it's friendly and kind of fun.
Gotta say I was pretty disappointed in the French toast with "caramelized" bananas. I'm not a big French toast fan but our server encouraged me to order it saying that it was the dish that made them a star on television. The menu says "caramelized bananas" but really they aren't. They are fresh bananas with some very bland homemade caramel sauce on top. When I mentioned to the waiter that I thought the bananas were supposed to be caramelized, he said, "yeah, they're bananas in caramel sauce". Sorry, but that doesn't qualify as caramelized.... when I told him the "caramel" sauce wasn't really sweet and was more like a neutral gravy, he again countered the comment and said that customers had complained that they caramel was too sweet so they changed the recipe.... ok, fine, but it doesn't really qualify as "caramel" when it's almost neutral tasting, barely sweet.
Just figured first timers should know this about their signature dish. The bread was so-so, the caramel sauce isn't sweet like you'd expect and the bananas are fresh sliced. The dish in my book was pretty bland and not worth spending the calories on.
To make it up a very boisterous friendly man, probably the owner, brought me something else and really made it up with his attitude. Another plus is real maple syrup on the table in a squeeze bottle.
Would I come here again? For the freshly made pancakes which were awesome, yes, but I'm a little skeptical now when eyeing other things on the menu since they are a little loosey goosey with the descriptions... "caramelized" may not mean caramelized and caramel might mean "non buttery gravy."
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