Posted By Emily Chandler
on
10/20/2008 11:24:00 AM
Monday through Friday, Carpenter Street Saloon is the only place for locals to have a sit-down breakfast. Luckily, the food here is excellent. What the menu lacks in variety is made up for in flavor.
They start you out with bottomless cups of coffee, regular or decaf. Eggs are excellent, cooked exactly to your order. The toast is not the standard squishy, sweet stuff; they serve bread that has substance. The plate-sized hotcakes are tender and served with butter and syrup, definitely above average. The Amish sausages are made with natural casings that hold in all the maple-syrup-sweetened pork juices. They have fun breakfast sandwiches like scrapple, mayo, and egg on a hamburger bun, and there is Old Bay seasoning on every table.
The servers know everybody and are very friendly. And because everybody else knows each other, they will probably send a "have a good morning" your way just in case.
"Listed under "local favorites," the C-Street McMuffin sandwich is made from a fried egg, American cheese, bacon, and a stack of thinly sliced grilled ham served on a yeasty English muffin. The first couple of bites are all meat and eggs because the stuffings eclipse the bread. The sandwich came out of the kitchen within minutes of ordering and I immediately set to work devouring it, almost forgetting to take a picture for the record!"
Emily Chandler
"The pancakes are called hotcakes and they are delicious."
Emily Chandler
"The menu."
Emily Chandler
"The eating area entrance is to the left, connected to the Saloon inside. "
Emily Chandler
