Stopped for a little breakfast before a meeting in Kent and had seen
some positive comments about Little City Grill. It’s a nicer place
inside than I had expected but most of the rest of the experience
was a disappointment. It feels like a restaurant with a small bar
but there are signs that it likely goes full bar later in the day.
They are packed early on a Saturday and we seem young by comparison
in a strange twist. I guess Saturday morning breakfast isn’t a big
thing with the undergrads. |
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Our servers appeared harried and under equipped to manage the influx of early diners. Simple things like a spoon with coffee, remembering what you had just said you were going to bring to the table, remembering the order, etc., were more than they could bear on this morning. Apparently, the kitchen was also struggling, easily 40 minutes for a couple of simple breakfast orders.
All this can be expunged with yummy goodness.
I still remember. I ordered an omelet (the sausage skillet omelet
style actually) which was going to be my big cheat for the week.
Omelet shell filled with sausage and hashbrowns then topped with
sausage gravy and cheese. Cheat big or eat rice puffs. The egg was
well done but needed seasoning. They included a serious portion of
sausage that needed seasoning. There were hashbrowns, I’m sure you
get it by now. (A side note of caution: their salt and pepper
shakers work extraordinarily well…but didn’t help as much as I would
hope.) I grew up in the clean plate club but nowadays I am prone to
just let it go (first world guilt). A little ways in, it just wasn’t
worth the calories. |
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Steph ordered a croissant sandwich with ham and cheese and they were willing to sub feta into the middle. This was so much better. Buttery layers of dough, salty ham, bitey cheese and some egg, it was truly tasty. They forgot her crispy hashbrowns and while they did arrive “on the fly” they didn’t taste any better than mine.
I don’t know if they are consistently lost and prepped for bland.
Maybe the bevvy of blue hair prefer it that way...high blood blood
pressure/ G.I. distress and all. Could always be an off day but it’s
important to make a good first impression and I didn’t walk out with
burning desire to return. |
Pretty But Impotent |
It Took A Lot Of Shaking To Make The Omelet Into Something |
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Sandwich Looked Boring But Was Really Pretty Tasty |
And The Late Hashbrowns Weren't Worth It At All |
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D | D- | B- | B | F | D | ||
Sammy &
Frank's The New Rat Pack |
100 Ingredient Omelet With 0 Flavor |