Editor Pick
Delicious Breakfast With All the Sides
- January 14, 2009
- Rated 4 of 5 by
Troobabiee7 from Brooklyn, New York
On the last day of our trip we wanted to go somewhere special for breakfast. So where did we decide to go? Perkins! Haha! No, not exactly anything special, but this was before I became an over-the-top planner who seeks out different and unique places to go while on vacation. Plus we love Perkins, so it all worked out. Perkin's is a chain restaurant along the lines of Denny's and IHOP. They have great breakfasts with all the sides included available all day, as well as sandwiches, burgers and salads. The best part of Perkin's really are the sides - everything you order comes with a whole array of fresh and delicious side dishes, making the place a real bargain. Plus each restaurant has a great bakery located in the front with fresh pies, brownies and cookies.
We drove over to Perkin's at 9:00, parked, and headed inside. It was packed! Really, really crowded, more so than any other restaurant we had eaten in all week. The girl at the podium told us that there would be a twenty-minute wait so we took a seat on a long bench by the entrance and spent the time talking about everything that we had done in the past few days. The wait went by fast though, and we were seated within fifteen-minutes at a large round table in the back of the restaurant. While we were looking at the menu my cousin passed the time coloring with the crayons our waitress had given her. At one point she stood two crayons up and said that they looked like "the big city." It was the cutest thing!
When it came to the food, there was a special going on where you could order one of many breakfast skillets and get a drink and side dish with it. I wasn't a big fan of the skillets, though, so I ordered an omelet while everyone else got the skillets. My omelet was huge and came with a giant muffin, breakfast potatoes and two huge pancakes. This definitely isn't the place to go if you're on a diet! The food was all fresh, hot and delicious, as always. I especially loved my cinnamon apple muffin, it was one of the best I'd ever had!
I highly recommend Perkin's. No, it's nothing fancy or even very special, but it's great for a basic, all-American breakfast. You get a ton of food for a great price, and it's all really delicious. We've eaten at several Perkin's restaurants up and down the east coast and have yet to be disappointed!
From journal Lancaster, Pennsylvania: The Return to a Childhood Favorite