. "5"^^ . "5"^^ . . . "4"^^ . "Oh Hillside Spot, how I love your delicious food, your corner location, your wonderful patio with that fantastic fireplace, your simple yet quirky decor. I inhale my food when I sit down at your tables. I smell, I observe, I look, I simply fall in love at first bite and then I do this thing with my fork, my mouth and the plate until the plate is clean. \n\nYour coffee is that of the coffee gods, my blood veins literally come alive at first sip, only to have my body leave comatose some time later! \n\nHillside Spot, why on earth did I ever try your pancakes... Why did I try letting you \"Hit the Spot\", whoa there Yelper.... that's Hit the Spot pancakes. I DON'T eat carbs. What's wrong with you serving me those? The sugar, the whipped butter, the syrup, the pancakes, the bananas, the caramel, the everything you put on any of your pancakes. I've tried them all and I'm just not sure I can stop eating those pancakes and it scares me. The warm soft cushy pancake smeared with the butter that has been drowned in syrupy goodness. The way I insanely start from the middle and eat the pancake from the inside out, leaving the rim on the pancake. Its all so sinful... Sinfully good that is.\n\nThank the breakfast gods for your omelettes, I can redeem myself and exhibit some self control when i have the farmer's omelette or the El Jefe, sans the potatoes with egg whites. I even get tickled that you charge me 50 cents for the side of salsa with my omelette. \n\n I'm still hopeful that one day, the service at my favorite breakfast place in Phoenix will improve and I can update this review with some fresh bling! Until then, you're actually saving me some carbs, because I'd be back so much more often if the service were top notch."^^ . "3"^^ . "2013-03-03T00:00:00"^^ .