A High Spot and more

Well since last we noshed with the Brunners aka Ol Hot T and Smoj, MSue and I have been around a bit.                 We last chewed with Hot T and Smoj when we ate at the 5 Spot in QueenAnn , twas my latest blog! and like I stated previously, MSue and I have been around, the weekend following that last episode, MSue and I went to the Cafe we were supposed to have gone to when we we mistakenly  dined at the 5.     We met some friends of hers from work and went to the HI Spot Cafe in Madrona, its between Cherry and Whatever on 34th.       Long story short .... Damn Good!, bit of a wait it was, but worth it!   MSues coworker and his wife along with their little boy, (3 or 4 yrs old)" Milo". .. Its a cute little place, and old house,but arnt all the cute little cafes , old house conversions?, The Cafe specializes in baked goods, muffins , scones etc.which  looked scrumdidlyishes, but lo I did not partake, for I was just gettin over a bout of case of the Yuk and Pukes,and still a bit queezy.      MSues friend Scott did however and ordered a Savory Scone ( they have sweet as well ), a chicken and cheese affair, that passed his inspection with flying colors,for his breakfast, he ordered the biscuits and gravy, the gravy was Chorizo sausage and quite spicy,but pretty good, his breakfast also came with eggs, he ordered over easy,they arrived over wiggly, a little to runny in the whites for my likin, but all mixed up with the gravy, it didnt seem to bother Scott much.  His Wife Andrea had a Smoked Salmon , dill and caper omlette, which she seemed to enjoy,their little boy Milo, had lemons and milk, and water and fruit and eggs and cheese and crackers and anything else that was put in front of him.... cute little guy , good appetite and very well behaved.    MSue had a customized scramble of sorts, Tomatoes ,spinach, feta cheese , probably a shroom or two.. oh yeh, sideosalsa! as for me? well my tender constitution had the Brioche French toast with almond butter and REAL syrup, it was pretty darn good, and the coffee was tasty as well "Fonte" I believe was the brand, and brewed to perfection I had about a gallon. We will have to go  back with Smoj and Hot T... I gotta get me a scone!     The following Weekend again without our cohorts, was a visit to Voulas Offshore Cafe, this time Msues Sister and her husband were drug along for our Sunday ritual, MSue had her usual... Greek Hobo, eggs ,taters,veggies,feta cheese, all mixed up like a dogs lunch, although no side o salsa,as Voulas makes their own hot sauce... mmmtastylicious! Her Sister Theresa, we call her Weeweese, (dont ask, we just do) had the Pinata benedict, which is assembled on a muffin with Voulas own pulled pork,(they smoke it on premises) poachy de eggys and covered with a chipoltle hollandaise .... Holy Caloric overload!! and some of the best cripsy browns around! , Weeweese's husband Herb, we call him Herbie(cuz we do ) had the Greek Hobo, just like MSue, he liked it,but I think he would have rather had the Pinata Benny.like I and his wife had... cuz its awsome! Yep Yep Voulas is goood!             So the next Sunday Cuisine I believe MSue and  I flew solo, ya see, were goin to have breakfast on Sunday, even if we have to go by ourselves, MSues rules!! I think we went to Maggies on Meeker (Kent), nothing really special there quite frankly, but my Girl likes their Bacon Waffles , yep bacon in the waffles, along with?.... Yep a side o Bacon ( her favorite fruit), I had the Bacon (see the theme here) and Eggs along with browns  , pretty good.        Our next trip out was to the Browns Point Diner, one of my very favs, although we had not been there in a while due to a particularly awful plate of eggs benny,(normally outstanding there), yes we gave it another chance..... also solo..... Total Redemption!!! although we both went  old school basic Bacon and eggs, it was pretty amazing, mine anyways, for my Lovely Wife orders her eggsscrambledwelldonesideofsalsa!, thats a tough thing to cook!...mine were over perfect and full of yolky goodness soppin it up with sourdough toast...... MM!............... And almost finally we were in Portland, (weird little city)   Dog sitting for our daughter  Cassidy and her boyfriend Brian, (she calls him Bri Bri)... I however do not! it was Brians birthday and Cassidy surprised him with a trip to the Ocean,which they could not bring their cuddly little boxer Stella to this particular hotel, soooo Msue and I (Gramma and Grampa to Stella)...... so breakfast? ooooh Portland may be weird , but you can sure eat good there, and it seems no matter where we have gone down there the food has been exceptional and the coffee is caffeinogasmic!!, This time we went with our friends Eric and Patty Baker (Lake Oswego) to a tiny little cafe called SteppingStones...... HolyMolyScmoly! another gem in the weirdness I call Portland, MSue had an Omlette served as a Scramble and..... a side of bacon ( she likes bacon), Patty had uh..... I cant recall quite frankly, something basic,but along with her something basic.... she ordered a Mancake, its like a pancake, only the size of a manhole cover,... butter and syrup oh my but it was gihugent! Eric and I ordered Identically... Country Bennedict.... Homemade Biscuit, sausage patty, eggsdelapoachy, all covered and smothered in their homemade Sausage gravy...oh yeh and a pile o homefries.....Caaarb up! yep and some really good coffee as well .       I try not to like Portland, but I think its working its weirdness on me , lotsa good food, and of course Cassidy and Brian live there, as well as my Nephew Brian and his Wife Michelle and there little dude ," G Man" Gabrial! My one regret that weekend is we didnt get to see them, bad planning on my part, next time fo sho!...... This Sunday the whole gang was back together! Yep Ol Hot T and Smoj Graced us with their presence  and joined us for our sunday nosh.    We went to Charlies in Puyallup its been a FF(Famished Four) staple for quite some time now, I wont  get to into it , but its just a good place to eat, they have some signature dishes called Squares... which are really scrambles on square plates, and a  a dish that I call MM!.. its their "Chicken in a Biscuit" it consists of ..said biscuit,along with a piece of crispy fried chicken breast,fried egg annnnd covered in country gravy, forget that waist line Jimbo cuz weez goin to Charlies!.     Msue this time had CFS along with some pretty good Browns, Val had the Chicken in a biscuit , Ol Hot T Had the Pancake breakfast.... cakes ,all you can eat !,meat de jour and eggs,    Guess what I had ? nope Eggs Benny! Ive never had it there and while it was no Chicken in a biscuit it was pretty good.  Yeppers Charlies in Puyallup Great grub Great service!...... All you can eat pancakes!!! how frikkin many pancakes can you eat? at my age the answer is Two! yep Two its all I can eat!   I want to know where was this kinda place when I was in my twenties ? I'd a been there all day!!!

A pleasant mistake " 5 Spot Cafe" Queen Anne

So, I have this friend of mine at work, for the sake of privacy lets just call her Theresa.     Any way , she knows of  the "Famished Four"  (FF) exploits and our pention for all things breakfasty (ooh good word)  often times she asks "Where did you go this last Sunday?" followed by you guys really need to try the 5 Spot, my daughter gos there and she just loves it....... Yeh Yeh, its on our radar, we 'll go there at some point, frankly we have quite a few favs lately, such as Paddy Coynes (Tacoma) , Chelan Cafe (West Seattle) and close to home is Maggies on Meeker (Kent) so we havent really ventured into new locales lately. Last Sunday was our day for newness, we the FF decided we'd try  sumpin new, so off to Queen Anne we scooted, thru the Mercer mess and on up to the top of the counterbalance sits our quest.         Holy Crap do people really drive thru this part of Seattle during the week?, my GPS was constantly telling me to take the next legal U turn , which all could've been avoided , by taking 99 to  the Q A neighborhood or just following the Detour signs might have helped, ( as suggested by M Sue) but eventually we did get there, parking is on the street by the the big KIRO tower so I dropped off my driver assistants at the door and parked in peace, bout a block away, I havent been up in that area for a long time... its nice, Cool Houses, narrow streets, quintessentially Seattle!.        By the time I ambled in to the 5 Spot,  MSue and Ol Hot T and Smoj were at a charming corner table by the window, beverages in tow, my Coffee on the way..... Holy Mackeral!..... they  tout  that Stumptown is their Caffeine Du Jour, this is gonna be Epic!  I have one word for Stumptown Coffee.... MM!  ( yes its a word, I use it when somethings awsome).      The 5 Spot's Menu changes every quarter, or as it suits them, and we happened into a celebration of the Carolinas, southern cookin?... MM!,( theres that word again) needless to say, I for one was excited.       The Service was cute and prompt, bevs were on point and full, The food choices for the Famished Four went thusly ,Smoj along with her namesake oj ordered the Biscuits and gravy, as did MSue (they copy all the time) with the exception of beverages, hers of course was Ice Tea W/lemon , Ol Hot T ordered Eggs Val Verde,.... a Scramble sort of thing with avocado  and cilantro and a Chorizo Chub standin guard over his grub...and Hot T of course, mine was as usual, the best of the bunch.  I had me the "Low Country Benedict"  Split homemade biscuit, thick cut ham, fried green tomato, a pair of perfect poachers, all smothered in a pimento cheese,as opposed to the usual hollendaise, crispy froasted red spuddlies, I say froasted, cuz they appeared to fried and roasted ... whats that word again? oh yeh MM!.     Now I know what your thinking... another great grubfest for the Famished Four... Not so fast my Bloggerphyles, twas not all twinkles and goodness, Smojs Skits and gravy were cold, bless her heart, when the waitress asked how things were tasting? Smojs reply was the Gravy supposed to be cold? of course not! came the reply ,soooo it was whisked away and promptly replaced with a steaming pile of breakfast much more to Vals (Smoj) liking, MSues same breakfast, was not as hot as she would like, but she did not send hers back, although she did state that it was not the best sausage gravy she had eaten, which in itself is a tough sell, for MSue's sausage gravy is beyond reproach!! she did however like her side of Bacon.            The biscuits were good.... the gravy? not so much Ol Hot T enjoyed his meal, and mine was outstanding!  will we go back?  , I might , but its along way to go by myself, and after all this is a group thing.    I can tell you are a bit perplexed by the title of this "A pleasant mistake"     well let me splain it , I was looking forward to telling my friend (Theresa) that yes ,we finally went to her suggested Cafe, and that while not perfect, i did enjoy my meal... I might go back for Fried Green Tomatoes....MM!, so that following Monday I marched into the office and boldly stated, I bow'd to your constant requests and we ate at the 5 Spot yesterday!..... She said back, 5 Spot? wheres that? noooooo, I suggested you go to the "Hi Spot" in Madrona...... Crap! Oh well My bad...... apparently the "Hi Spot" has to die for baked goods , I guess another Blog another time  :)            JR.  

Super Blog!

Yeh, you dont have to tell me, I'm aware my many followers that I am not keeping up on the Breakfast Posts.         So I'm gonna try something thats never been done before.... Wait.... I'm going to Blog on 3 Restaurants at the same time, so hang on get a cup o jo, here we go!   The time frame is fuzzy but lets just say we visited these places between August and now.          Ok the first joint the FF(Famished Four) prescence graced was a little place in the  Columbia City neighborhood of Seattle. called" Geraldines Counter", I remember  it was a sunny , beautiful day and we were starving! the whole area down there is going thru a bit  of revamp, homes, restaurants etc, its becoming nicer and people are showing up!        We had a bit of a wait, seems to me, not to bad, 10 or 15 minutes tops, the joint was jumpin lets just say.       So we were seated and bev orders were taken...do I have to say?... ok Msue ,Ice T w/lemon, Ol Hot T oh cmon! yep Hot T, and Smoj had H20 , and of course got to have My Coffee, after all its the whole purpose of this bloggin thing right?  .... The perfect combo of Grub an Jo........ and quite frankly, I really could stop anytime, for there are a few places that rank pretty high , but alas I will not stop, to dissapoint my many fans out there?, (all five of you) well, its would be selfish!              So Food you ask?  Msue had the Bfast Casserole, eggers cheese veggies all baked, kinda quiche like, but no crust..... welldonesideosalsa! of course, Rave reviews until she tasted mine, which I will get to in a moment..... Smoj.. along with her water...yawn... had the small french toast, crispy and delicious ! was her comment, and  I gotta say, looked pretty good, thick,kinda small, but something I could see my self ordering at some point, only perhaps a larger version .
 Ol Hot ordered the "Homemade CB Hash"    H Tizzle likes his hash , he duz! along with eggs poached I believe, and the toast of the Rye persuasion, nice lookin plate o groceries for Ken.                  You know me, I hate to be the star attraction all the time, but heck someone has to right? its my damn blog is it not?....... Big surprise here ..... CFS, sausage gravy, crispy browners, eggs over perfect... and the coffee? well lets just say it was Jotastic!, its funny I at first thought my portion of cfs was a little tiny, until I realized they had to fold it in half to fit it on my plate! Yep Yep! , darn good food, great service. Geraldines Counter, a return trip? most Def!                                     Right onward we go, so after that weekend,again not sure exactly,but after. we dined at the Portage Bay Cafe (U Dub district), I know ,faithful followers will remember we dined at the Ballard version of said Cafe and did not care for it, as far as Im concerned the whole organic thang! is a little overrated , an excuse to charge more.... that bein said it took a bit of convincing for me to go here, but go we did and this time we ditched OL Hot T and Smoj for some other friends..... Ok Ken and Val were in Portland or camping or had other plans, they just couldnt make it.      Lucky for us we have back up !     Tim and Kate Guerrero were are guests today.    Msue and I stayed at the Alexis Hotel that Saturday, a friend of hers got married and had their reception at the Hotel, so we stayed the night, we after all are quite fancy folks and like to turn it up up a notch from time to time.         Tim and Kate picked us up at the hotel sunday morning and off to the Portage Bay Cafe we went.         First off we called ahead to get our name in, on another beautiful sunday in Seattle, I dont really know what good it did, we still waited about 45 min, but the weather was nice and the coffee was good, no heavy biggy.      When we finally did get in and seated we learned it would be worth the wait.     I believe MSue had an Omlette, ordered as a scramble, eggswelldonesidosalsa! crispy hashbrowns and toast, dry wheat(yuk..dry wheat?) but thas how she likes her toast.    Kate on the other hand ordered the French Toast, which is famous there, its made with Challa Bread! thank you my jewish friends, your egg bread is delish!, thick and chewy! and cooked to a crispy perfection! what makes the F Toast here so special is they have a fixins bar for toppin yer toast! along with sryup,there is berries of all kinds ,whipped cream, apples, nuts and more fruits than I recall plus granola! afterall it is the Portage Bay!       Tim had the cornbeef hash! big chunks of meat and taters plus eggs over perfection and coffee as well he said it was Yumtastic!     (see, all my friends talk like that now)          I , not to brag, but my food was the best again!    hah hah nut in yer eye! I had the" Country Breakfast" which consisted of Three perfectcly cooked eggasaurus's over medium , sausage, bacon, brownersdecrispy....and a choice of pancakes or french toast, I of course opted for the latter, cuz it meant a trip to the fixins bar, and did I say the coffee was great, well it was .      So the second time to the Portage bay Cafe was a huge success great food, good company, it sounds sort of cliche ish, but it doesent get much better.       We did miss Ol Hot T and Smoj,but we will return, with em  in tow at some point.                     O k !!!!  next up is Voulas Offshore Cafe ,just a few blocks down the the street from Portage bay cafe, and right next door to the Famous Northlake Tavern!  , now weve been to Voulas many times, in fact its MSues Favorite place, she loves their Greek Hobo, but this time was differant,this time we had Patty and Eric Baker with us, great friends,they were up from Portland for Cassidys college grad party,and speaking of Cass, she came along as well, her boyfriend Brian did not attend breakfast he was playing golf with his Bros and his Pop, this time we really had to wait along time....easily an hour, but again nice and sunny not a big deal.     MSue of course had the Greek Hobo, eggs potatoes, and veggies all mixed up and topped with Feta cheese and baked to a crisp deliciousness that my wife so dearly loves, and Ice T w/lemon by the gallon,  what Patty  had escapes me, I guess  I need to take notes, i do remember she liked it a lot. Eric had the Irish Hobo, just like MSues but with cornbeef and cheddar, coffe as well for Eric.  So this time the Star of the meal was twofold, Cassidy and I both had the Chipoltle Bennedict! which consisted of  Voulas homemade smoked pulled pork (so good)  ridin topside of a muffin and smothered with their Chilpoltle hollandaise  , the food here is so good I sometimes forget the coffee is crappy, it doesn't really matter, Im gonna get it any ways............ so thus ends the bloggin for today I hope all five of you fans o mine got their fix, I will try to keep up a better pace... it is October, which means my birthday, which means, Charlies in Puyallup, Ima member of their exclusive club(I get bfast free for my bday) maybe I'll write about it!                                                                                                                                                 

A we bit o Irish nosh!

Well I have one word to say about our Breakfast at Paddy Coynes (Tacoma Version) MM! . Yes its a word, pronounced mm!! as in mm good!, ok I have more than one word.... duh.   Last Sunday, Ol Hot T and Smoj arrived at  Casa De Robey, bout 9ish, not too early not too late , just right.        The decision to go to Paddy Coynes was governed by a "groupon" that our uber thrifty friends (Hot T and Smoj) brought with and supplied... saved a few bucks... thanks guys.           Paddy Coynes  the Tacoma version is on about 8th and Pacific , super easy to find, parked right across the street , walked right in sat right down, sounds like a song does it not ?     We  were not the only ones  in the bar ,but it was pretty close, the young waiter approched the table and informed us of the 2.99 Bloody Marys and Mimosas.... Yeppers, bring us a round! I boldly shouted....well I think I said yes please, but they came and they were delish! probably the best... well a close second ( Nolas Bainbridge Isl), and get this they have a make your own Bloody Mary, where you can add anything you wish, condiment wise... sooo if you want 10 olives?... Spear em up! We however elected to let the bar create our Bfast Libations... excellant they were! Spicy and nicely balanced, served tall.   The Chickas opted for the Mimosas, the champagne version, also offered was a spiced rum type...interesting.         The Menu was interesting , what with Bangers and rashers and all things Irished up, Smoj ordered the Irish Bennedict, served on toast with Rashers (Irish Bacon) eggs your way, Hollandaise of course and some superterrific spudalinos, along side... crispy and delicious!     Hot T, did not have Tea, figured the B Mary would suffice, as far as chewable fare he opted for the Cornbeef Hash, eggs his way (over easy)... and topped with Hollandaise... What? Yep thats how it came,and it looked awsome!    Ol Hot concurred that it was , might just be my choice next time.         Now as far as MSue's , she ordered the Steak and Eggs, weird wild stuff huh?, usually if her food doesnt come all mixed up side of salsa, it dont come at all, but Steak and Eggs it was... eggsscrambledwelldone...no salsa?  same spuds as all, Steak ordered medium rare , and it arrived MEDIUM RARE!  nicely cooked piece of cow!  Sirloin, breakfast sized, but nice and thick, it also came with a brown pan gravy(country gravy they called it) on top of the meat, which she did order on the side, alas it did not arrive as such, the waiter was very apologetic... its ok MSue stated, good thing it was awsome, toast as well and plenty of Iced T,happy happy girl, and you know when MSues happy the whole day just goes better for all concerned.           My food is gonna sound a little anticlimatic, for I ordered the same breakfast as MSue, or she as I for I did order first, with the exception of my eggs were over perfect, and there was three of the little darlins right between my perfectly cooked med rare sirloin, covered in smacklippin gravy and the crispy taters ala awsome, along with toast and some darn fine coffee as well. Orange Marmalade Butter?  yep it came with the toast, Hot T said it was really good, big marmalade fan that I am, I was to enthralled with the yolky goodness of the eggs and the  yumtasterrific gravy, that I just couldn' be bothered with jam and butter, too much good soppin goin on!..... Sooo yep!   One word describes it all right    MM!     Second trip on the horizon no doubt!

Bloggin! Portland Style on Fathers Day

Well , well well...

Guess who has one functional thumb but who is still writing about what he had for breakfast? This Guy! Yep its been a while, but I've been a bit hobbled for a month or so, as most all of you know, for those that do not, a month ago I was struck by a car while commuting to work,broke my ankle, leg and my thumb... but I digress.       We ate at a restaurant in Lake Oswego, The Biscuit Cafe, ( Sorry Duane) I have a buddy who lives in West Linn, just adjacent to Lake Oswego.  We've talked about next time when in Oregon we'd get together for Bfast.  We were helping Cassidy move to an apartment in Beaverton, you know recently graduated, and very proud parents Jim And Marysue along with Mike and Sheri Brown (Brians Parents, Cass's boyfriend) helped out the kids with some furnishings, groceries etc.    Yes indeed it brought back memories for me, moving in to my first apartment... yada yada.       So next time Duane, I will definately call.             The Biscuit Cafe is in a sleepy little alcove of a Lake Oswegian version of a strip mall, that came highly recommended from our friends Eric and Patty Baker ( who live in Lake O) and after all it was Fathers Day and what better than to share our morning nosh with all involved as well as our friends Eric and Patty.   Alas, Ol Hot T and Smoj were not  in attendance, their daughter Amanda graduated from Oregon St that weekend so they were in Corvallis.          So breakfast?    Yep it was delicious, tho there was a bit of a wait to get in and a little mix up about who, what ,where how many , I dont know quite frankly I am just along for the ride considering my incopacitation , I just do what I'm told.      But in we did get, and once in the staff at the Biscuit was quite accomadating .       Sooo  the 8 of us had a nice table by the window, beverages poured, orders taken ... all was good.       Msue of course ordered a scramble of sorts, sausage,ham , cheese, veggies eggswelldonesideosalsa, and Browns  extra crispy and of course plenty of Ice tea w/lemon to was it all down. ( I ate the leftovers this morning) Cassidy had the Southwest Scramble, same kinda thing her Mom had , but coffee instead of the Ice T, Brian ordered up the Chorizo Scramble,it was all gone so I expect it was good, coffee as well for Brian. Mike  ( Brians Dad) had the Chicken fried Chicken, just like CFS only with chicken ,eggs over easy, along with buttery browns, again a dissappearing plate of food , coffee and a diet coke were his choice of beverage. Sheri went all plainjane , Eggs and potatoes... no meat, until Msue talked  her into bacon, so she could have some . For some reason what Patty and Eric had escapes me, but you know the routine, Patty ate part of hers... chicks huh? Eric ate all of his, it was delicious and the world continued to turn.      As for the Crippled Guy, I was pleasantly surprised to see a Southern Benedict on the menu, the only other place I've seen this is at the Chelan Cafe ( its delicious).      What  the Southern Benny is , is a homemade biscuit (also delicious) split. sausage patty, poached eggs ridin missionary style under a blanket of sausagetastic gravy mmmmmm   MM! crispy Browns as well, washed down with coffee that was a bit slow in coming at first but adequate, a little dissappointing as it was not Stumptown Coffee, something I've grown accustomed to in P Town.      So all in all it was pretty darn good and I will def  return , for  the french toast looked amazing, and the fact that Cassidy is there I have even more reason to head south.   Also by the time I go back hopefully my leg cast will either be gone or at least a differant color, its green and yellow, I was trying for University of San Francisco colors.... in honor of Cass's Graduation,.... sadly its more University of Oregon than San Fran... needless to say Jim got a little tired of the GO DUCKS remarks... (again sorry Duane) poor guy's a Duck till death.... Happy Fathers Day to all the Dads.... 30 plus years since mines been gone... still miss him. Gone from here but still in my heart...

Nikkis

Well its been a while, since last blogged, and frankly I was gonna skip this one.... but I guess any new place deserves a comment or two.   My Buddy Tim,yes the very same Tim from "Tims to go" catering. one heck of a cook! His girlfriend Sara were at Nikkis, the former 272 in Covington,for dinner and from what they said,had a great meal, Tim said the bfast menu looked good,so what the heck lets give er a go shall we? So we had a few more with us today, not the usual FF trip, so along with Ken and Val (Hot T and Smoj) also in attendance, were my daughter's Jessica and Cassidy! yay! and of course Cassidy's boyfriend Brian.       Cassidy ordered the Eggs Benny, Brian, the Taco omelette. Jessica ordered the Eggs Benedict, with a few variations, Egg scrambled well done,.... but please only 1 egg split between the two muffins... Really?  Sound familiar? apparently the Tomato doesn't fall too far from from the bush ay? Ken had a sausage and egg scramble.  The name of what Smoj ordered escapes me, but it consisted  of a couple eggsters, slab o ham, and biscuits and gravy,and I'm pretty sure she walked right through it , for her plate was as empty as a Mariners box score!          Msue ordered one thing ,then changed her mind and received Bacon and eggs instead,(eggsscrambledwelldonesideofsalsa)  not exactly what she ordered but stayed with it any way. Along with his meal Ken,  ol Hot T had the Hot Tea, weird huh? Water for Smoj... Ice Tea for MSue.   Coffee, (I think it was coffee) for the rest of us.     Cassidy's Eggs Benny was good, tho not spectacular, Brians Taco Omlette was really good, he stated, and as with most men his age (22?) really gone, Brians a good eater! Jessicas funny order of eggs benny arrived with two eggs insted of one,( no sh--) and both girls only ate half of their food .  Hasbrowns on all plates were crispy and good! MSue said the bacon was good! ( she does love her bacon).       I, as is my usual, a new place always dictates I order CFS, this I did, it arrived with the same crispy browns and eggs over medium, most was pretty good...... yep I said most, the Chicken fried Steak was probably the worst Ive ever had, while it looked good , it was tough, overcooked, and the gravy was tasteless , not a happy eater Jim...although the coffee was plentiful, I think it was made in the same pan as the country gravy, it had no taste as well.      Some of the food was good, we really should go back at some point, not sure we will, If Im going to Covington for breakfast, I'll go to  "Draft Choices" the home of the best CFS around!

Rubattino's in Renton

Well this morning the Famished Four were back on track, hungry and ready to strap on the ol feedbag. Governed by the entertainment coupon this am, we picked Rubattinos ( "best b fast in town") as quoted on the coupon. We had our great niece Mackenzie in tow this morning, while her older brother Keegan went to his ski lesson, along with Ol Hot T and Smoj, in we walked, bout 945 ish, special reader board out front beckoned us with such bfast delights as steak and eggs 7.95 , biscuits and gravy, 5.95 chicken fried steak Yada yada, you know the drill. yep once inside the quaint little cafe / Bar/ meeting place it was obviously seat yourself, so we did. I know this wasn't the case , but the cooks looked out at us like are you sure you want to eat here?, there was three tables out of 20 or so that were occupied, and the waitress kept telling the cooks I only have two arms! she wasnt that busy, but in her mind ... she was swamped! Ken ordered Hot T of course, lucky for him he didnt ask for something special like english b fast... Lipton it was! Val had her usual oj they did have that , MSue had Ice T... right? Nope, no Ice T for breakfast, they brought her hot T and two glasses of ice, didnt dare ask for lemon! I had what was probably the worst coffee I've ever had , but it came often. Ken ordered the sausage patty breakfast, 3 eggsters over medium,browns de mushy and of course the sausage. Val had the whatever scramble, deja vu... good thing it was on the menu like that,cuz I dont think Goin all Smoj on em and requesting an omlette like a scramble would have flown, .... but she said it was good, although cleverly disguised as whole wheat her toast arrived as rye...Yuck... Val dont do Rye. MSue, along with her homemade ice tea, had the Biscuits and gravy, she asked if it was good? the waitress replied, its our biggest seller, right after the Chicken Fried Steak,what a salesperson! Msue also asked if it came with Hashbrowns.. it did not! and after talking the Waitress into it, also got a side of HB's actually the skits and gravy were pretty good. Hmmmm! Steak and eggs for 7.95 what a bargain, thats for me I stated! You'll be sorry! Msue exclaimed, we ate at the Metropolitan Grill the previous weekend, your gonna be dissappointed! I ordered it anyway, Steak(medium rare) eggs over medium, browns over mushy, good thing I didnt order well done meat, it arrived that way. So funny thing our food arrived at the table in turn, Ol Hot T's came first, one minute later Smoj's arrived, two minutes here came MSues, then Mackenzie 's Pancake (well done) ahh at last my meal bringin up the rear, so the rest of the table got to watch me eat, as they were almost finished with theirs. We had to ask for the bill, she was so busy... I did tip her well, she was working herself into such a tizzy, So out we walked, a couple hours later, and as we did a happy couple was coming in, I almost advised them to keep walkin! but I did not. let them figure it out, All in all I guess the food wasn't too bad ( or too good) but Frankly, I dont see a return trip in the future