Restaurant bumps "breakfast cutoff" down to 11:30 am from noon
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Was at the cash register talking with one of the employees and quickly broke out of the conversation to place an order after noticing on the new menu that the breakfast cutoff changed to 11:30am whereas it had always been noon & it was exactly 11:30. I've gone to great lengths in the past to insure I made it right around 11:45 in order to eat "breakfast for lunch". Guess I was lucky that I was running ahead of schedule today! Likewise, the employee had said that kitchen staff were pushing for 11am cutoff, but a compromise was reached. So, maybe I'm doubly lucky.
I haven't worked in a kitchen so I'm not sure what the big deal is, but early breakfast cutoff's have always been a pet peeve of mine ... not so much about whatever the published time is set by the restaurant, but when you try to place the order before the time, yet they "call an audible" and just say they've stopped serving breakfast.
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Top of Page Bottom of Page PermalinkFull Name: Druba
Grill usually cooler for
Grill usually cooler for breakfast (eggs and all), where it's hot for burgers / chicken
Top of Page Bottom of Page PermalinkFull Name: 19.5 Degrees
So how do deli's that serve
So how do deli's and such that serve "breakfast all day" manage to do both? Do they have two grills?
Top of Page Bottom of Page PermalinkFull Name: Bucky Badger
How do diners back east have
How do diners back east have all of that stuff on the menu in the refrigerator? I can get lobster or a club sandwich or breakfast or a steak any time of day? That’s crazy shit
Top of Page Bottom of Page PermalinkFull Name: Thumbkinetic
They "have a guy".
They "have a guy".
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Who "has this thing"...
Who "has this thing"...
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I'm Not Worried
I'm Not Worried
Top of Page Bottom of Page PermalinkFull Name: Hitchhiker awaiting "true call"
Can you get chorizo mussels
Can you get chorizo mussels before 11:30?
Top of Page Bottom of Page PermalinkFull Name: smokestack
>>>>>>>>>>>>> I can get
>>>>>>>>>>>>> I can get lobster or a club sandwich or breakfast or a steak any time of day
the way it should be
Top of Page Bottom of Page PermalinkFull Name: 2 Room Shack
Tried going out for breakfast
Tried going out for breakfast. $25 brunch only...we left.
Top of Page Bottom of Page PermalinkFull Name: Lance minimum goad Newberry
Being a late sleeper,
Being a late sleeper, especially when on vacation, I have also been a bit mystified as the why a hotel kitchen can't make scrambled eggs, bacon & hash browns after a certain (and too early) hour.
I get all the fancy breakfast type orders, but bacon & eggs?
Meh.
Top of Page Bottom of Page PermalinkFull Name: Racketinmyhead
>>>scrambled eggs, bacon &
>>>scrambled eggs, bacon & hash browns after a certain (and too early) hour.
i wonder why those bacon and eggs are $10.95 now. That’s gotta be like 1000% mark up.
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I'm fine paying what they ask
I'm fine paying what they ask or not, but OFFER that simple order.
Any restaurant professional reading this care to chime in?
Top of Page Bottom of Page PermalinkFull Name: Imagine
Yes, hotel/restaurant
Yes, hotel/restaurant businesses are generally owned by crooks who don't care.
>>>the way it should be
No diners here
Top of Page Bottom of Page PermalinkFull Name: KB
Long time lurker here.
Long time lurker here. Posting because my restaurant just made that switch to 11:30 and was thinking " you talking about my place?" The easy answer is most restaurants have kitchens too small to handle both breakfast and lunch. Diners, like the good ol NJ classics have huge kitchens to support their extensive menus. I'm a BBQ joint that added breakfast to help cover rent. We have to flip the whole line for lunch, meaning I need to have my beans, collards, chili etc in my steam table and my slaws and salad stuff on the cold line
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Thanks for the answer KB and
Thanks for the answer KB and good luck with the restaurant. What’s the name of your place?
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>>Posting because my
>>Posting because my restaurant just made that switch to 11:30 and was thinking
If you own a restaurant out here in the east & you are up at 1:48am; it would be safe to say "for not-much longer"
Top of Page Bottom of Page PermalinkFull Name: 19.5 Degrees
" you talking about my place
" you talking about my place?" ... I'm a BBQ joint <<<
No, this is a Mexican place in Telluride ... although the owner is a long time head. So, your response helps for the "talk" I'm going to have with him to let him know my perspective (and not harp on the decision). The town is seriously lacking for a "greasy spoon breakfast joint", so I've mostly gravitated to his place as the next best thing (they use all organic ingredients and have a good spin on Mexican breakfast). I was also a vegetarian for most of my life; and while I went back to eating meat about 8 years ago, I don't eat any of the meat options at his restaurant (except for bacon with breakfast) ... so eggs have often filled the protein gap, or at least added something a bit more substantial to "lunch" (if I ordered it before noon). If I could get away with it, I'd order breakfast items for dinner as well ... since my go to of chili rellenos can't be too healthy over the long haul.
In light of the info you and others have provided: yes, the kitchen is very small & given how festivals in Telluride during the summer create a major spikes with lines out the door, I can see how they'd want to create more efficiency during transition to lunch. In reality 11:30 isn't all that worse off, but understanding it still doesn't change my personal preference. Maybe I'll try and guilt / hound him today to go to Albuquerque or Boulder.
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why don't you eat his meat?
why don't you eat his meat?
Top of Page Bottom of Page PermalinkFull Name: 19.5 Degrees
because I don't want his
because I don't want his pudding
Top of Page Bottom of Page PermalinkFull Name: Jay
I would recommend waking up
I would recommend waking up and eating breakfast at a "normal" hour :) YMMV and shit though.
My .02 cents from someone who spent every Saturday morning for 5 years cooking in a breakfast place diner:
Our flat top grill was fairly small and once the lunch orders (hamburgers, liver/onions, etc) started coming in, the conditions on the flat top would be less than ideal to continue cooking eggs and pancakes on top of. We also had the flat top set to a lower temp for the eggs so there was a change in temperature that was taken into consideration. We were also miserable line cooks and would like to complain about all sorts of shit to the wait staff about lunch orders coming in too close to the "cut off".
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Breakfast nazis give em hell
Breakfast nazis give em hell Face
This breakfast place isn't in a airport is it? Just playing
I miss me some east coast Diners Jay
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Eating out isn't for you.
Eating out isn't for you.
>the way it should be
Sure... If you want frozen lobster from last season, spoiled 'turkey' breast & a hunks of fat masquerading as steak....
Top of Page Bottom of Page PermalinkFull Name: ParadiseWaits
"I get all the fancy
"I get all the fancy breakfast type orders, but bacon & eggs?"
Hey, I know it's the lunch rush, but my table saw that Lance got bacon and eggs, we all want breakfast too! I'll have an egg white omelette with sausage and wheat toast, my sister wants two lightly poached eggs with a side of corned beef hash and sourdough toast, dad wants eggs sunny side up but NOT runny with Canadian bacon and gluten-free toast, mom just wants oatmeal, bacon, and some fruit. BTW we're not in a big hurry but I have an appointment in thirty minutes, good thing we're just eating breakfast stuff, amirite? :)
Top of Page Bottom of Page PermalinkFull Name: Bucky Badger
>>>the way it should be
>>>the way it should be
Sure... If you want frozen lobster from last season, spoiled 'turkey' breast & a hunks of fat masquerading as steak...
OOOOFAH SHOTS FIRED
any of you Silvio Dante’s gonna say something or are you just gonna sit there and take it?
Top of Page Bottom of Page PermalinkFull Name: smokestack
no way i would ever order a
no way i would ever order a lobster in a diner
that's what seafood restaurants are for