Salt and Pepper

I can never remember when holidays are, especially one's like Easter. It was because of this holiday that we had to make a last-second switch for the breakfast venue today. Originally, the idea was to hit a place up on Main Street, but it turns out that they chose to be closed on Easter Sunday. Bunch of jerks. Anyway, on that note, we made the quick decision to head for the Salt and Pepper grill, located on 10th Ave and Kingsway (205 Kingsway). Along with our original venue being closed due to the holiday, there were also only Cam, Hilbot and myself on this Team today.

Now, I've walked by this place a number of times and never really taken notice of it. It's fairly non-descript and is connected to a Best Western motel, so yeah, you can see why I'd walk by it without batting an eye. When we walked in, we were greeted by a fairly standard family-type restaurant interior. A nice carpet, simple and clean tables and a few pictures hanging on the walls. We chose a table by the window and took up some menus that were given to us by our server. Cam and I ordered coffees, while Hilbot opted for her usual tea. The menu was once again a fairly standard affair, benny's, pancakes, french toast, regular breakfasts and the like. Me being the pancake-loving guy that I am, I went with the pancake/eggs/bacon meal. Cam, on the other hand, is the benny man in the group, so he opted for eggs benny, with hashbrowns. Last, but not least, Hilbot opted for a standard eggs/bacon/toast/hash meal.

Now, all the while I had been noticing the coffee. It wasn't bad, per se, but it was definitely "diner coffee". Not only that, but it wasn't brought around all-too often, which is a drag when you're a coffee addict like Cam and I. After a short wait, we were all brought our plates of food. They all looked fairly appetizing and smelled good, so we inferred that the taste couldn't be far from good either. Cam met instant disappointment as he (attempted) to cut into his first egg. He compared it to cutting through a rubber tire with a butter knife, and I could see that he wasn't lying.

"At least the hash browns aren't shredded, " he commented.

My meal, on the other hand, was actually quite good. The pancakes we done just right, the bacon was done just the way that I like it and my eggs were of a standard consistency. Overall, a great meal for me! Hilbot's meal was in the same boat, minus the hash browns being a bit underdone. So, we can all pretty much agree that for about $10, this place is a pretty good little breakfast venue. That is, if they stop using hockey pucks in place of eggs when you order an eggs benny. I'd give it 2.5 Bacons for food (the fact that they could make bacon correctly pushed it up 0.5) and 3 Bacons for service!

Stay sharp, kids
Jesse