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Old 10-12-2009, 09:21 AM   #2
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Default Breakfast at the "104"

Went there this past Sat AM. Recognized Cindy from the Tiltn' diner and had a nice conversation with her...she brought us coffee. It seemed like one wave of diners was finishing up as another wave was building..the line grew to out the door shortly after we were seated. The interior seemed to be the same as it was when it was Bobby's Girl, not a lot of obvious changes. They could use some sound absorbing materials to reduce the ambient noise, but I didn't find the noise level to be overly annoying.
Though there was a bit of confusion about the server stations that caused some delay in getting our order placed, I attribute it to the fact that Cindy had brought us coffee and the servers thought "somebody else" was taking care of us. I had to call Cindy over and ask lightheartedly if she had a spare waitress who might be able to take our order...she offered to do so herself but we weren't in a particular hurry so we opted to wait for our assigned waitress. She apologized for the confusion and we both agreed that we may have caused some of it as a result of the initial special attention she paid to us by bringing us coffee and chatting it up a little about the "good ol' days". I have worked with her husband some years ago.
On to breakfast...Nicole took our order...very nice and friendly...and accomodating. I ordered the ham and cheese omlette and my wife ordered eggs, sausage and toast...and as usual, we ordered a side of hash to share.
The omlette was light and fluffy, well cooked with what seemed like good quality fillings...I'll take American cheese in mine please. My wife's eggs were done as ordered, the sausage was tasty good, the home fries on both orders were good too, though they could have been hotter when they were served. And I swear that the hash tastes just about the same no matter where we get it...could it be that there is one hash chef who makes deliveries to most of the lakes region restaurants? Anyways, we like it, that's why we always get it.
Overall, a very good breakfast experience, right up there some of my other favorites in the area... The VK, Georges, Sunshine and Pa's, just to name a few.
And, the 104 will be a convenient stop on Friday nights on our way to our weekend getaway in Meredith as they are now or will very soon be serving dinner.
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