Al Cohen

Review of The Lazy Loaf and Kettle

I don't understand the "hype" behind this place. H...

I don't understand the "hype" behind this place. Heard it was good. Went in with my lovely lady and she ordered a turkey sandwich. We both got the steak and mushroom soup.

Oddly enough we received our orders. My soup was broth only. I asked her if there was any steak or mushroom in hers and she swished it around and there were some in there. Weird right? Just broth?

Then she picked up her turkey sandwich.....guess what, there was no Turkey in it! How do you forget Turkey in a turkey sandwich? Nobody knows. The place is kind of busy but there is a lull at the front counter so she goes up with her plate in hand and all 3 employees oddly turn around and converse with each other for a while while she is standing there with her plate in hand. "Excuse me"......no response...."EXCUSE ME"......confused looking employees finally make eye contact. After they take her plate into the kitchen for what seems to be a long time they bring out her sandwich with 1 thin slice of turkey on it. Looking at the Turkey sandwich on the table next to us....seems a lot more stacked. Oh well. What a waste. I feel like I dropped 30 bucks on $2 house made sandwiches and a can of soup.

After conversing with some people I was told it was their breakfast that people appreciated. So I gave it another shot. I ordered the "Eggs benny with hashbrowns and fruit". Ordered it to go. Was quite sad when I got to my destination and opened it up and there was no fruit. And again oddly enough there was a little bit of hollandaise on 1 of the eggs and none on the other. Very bland.

That's 2 strikes on 2 visits to this place.

And stupid me, I go in for a 3rd time. This time I order the eggs benny again. I asked if "Eggs benny with hashbrowns and fruit" came with fruit and I got a dirty look. Haha. After a while they bring my "Eggs benny" to me (Keep in mind it's about 16 bucks) and YAY THERE'S FRUIT. Wait......it's a tiny little dipping sauce container with hard as a rock dry and crunchy melon only. BOO. And WHAT? One of the eggs benny pods had a poached egg and the other pod had a smattering of scrambled egg on it. What the heck? It was like a quarter of an egg.....scrambled.....with grill marks on it. who the hell is running your kitchen? $16 bucks for eggs benny.....your chef botches a poached egg and instead of making a new one.....he throws a bit of scrambled egg on there and says "Screw it....good enough!
Have some pride in what you serve. Get it together.

3 strikes,,,I'm out