IHOP

Well, Theresa was away for the weekend for the Women of Faith conference. But, the girls were off school and were my breakfast buddies this Friday.

We ate at IHOP. A good, solid, basic, all-american breakfast place. The manager at the Boulder IHOP is super attentive and friendly - always checking in on all the customers. The servers are also amazing - they take your order in their heads, memorizing everything and always getting it right.

Megan had the chocolate chip smiley face pancake from the kid's menu. Chloe had biscuits and gravy. And, I had the breakfast sampler with scrambled eggs, ham, sausage, bacon and pancakes.

The total bill including tip for the 3 of us was #31.02.

I'd considered it medium priced and above average food. It's consistent if nothing else. You always know what you are going to get in terms of food selection, quality, service and price range.

Turley's

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Three weeks in a row... Three different breakfast spots.

This week it was Turley's - a Boulder kind of place. Seems like they fancy themselves a bit healthier, organic option.

The breakfast menu was full of good choices. Ironically Theresa and both chose prett much the same thing. A #1 breakfast - two scrambled eggs, three turkey sausages, hashbrowns, and I had toast while Theresa choose the pumpkin muffin (which she wrapped up and took with her). Topped up with decaf coffee and water.

The service was good, friendly, and just the right degree of attentiveness. It did seem like it took a little while longer for our food to arrive than at some of the other restaurants. The hashbrowns weren't quite as crispy as I like them. AND! I'm definitely not a fan of turkey sausage patties - they were nasty - had real gamey aftertaste. I couldn't eat them - left two behind on my plate. The only other comment was that I asked for 'no butter' on my toast and it arrived with butter.

But all in all a pretty good place. The best part is just having breakfast with Theresa. Everything else is just secondary.

The total bill with tip was $25.

North Boulder Cafe

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Another Friday, another breakfast :-) Friday breakfast is probably one of the best parts of my week. With two young kids it's hard to have regular date night. So, after the kids are off to school we can just sneak off to breakfast and have some quality together time.

This week was the North Boulder Cafe located at •4479 Broadway. Basic diner stuff. It was seat yourself. The wait staff was friendly if not a little eclectic :-) Theresa had the two egg breakfast scrambled with bacon, hash browns and toast. I had eggs benedict overeasy with avocado and a delicious hollandaise sauce. Top it off with fresh coffee and we were good to go.

The total bill was $22 for both of us with tip.

Original Pancake House

Friday breakfasts with my wife....

We started out a couple of years ago to eat breakfast together on Fridays after the girls were off to school. We tried to go to a different breakfast spot every Friday. Two years on now - I can't remember all the place we've been. So, I decided to start capturing them in my blog.

Today we went to the Original Pancake House. Overall impression was good. Quick to be seated, not too crowded, wait staff was prompt and attentive, menu selection was comprehensive (with a focus on pancakes :-) - all in all it was good.

Theresa had a half-order of pecan pancakes with the special hot tropical syrup. Her only comment was that she wished the pecans were mixed in the batter and cooked instead of sprinkled on top. I had the banana pancakes - with bananas cooked in. It was a full portion and quite large. Very good.

The total bill with tip was around $22 - medium priced.