Top 3 in your city

[PhDhawk]

Like I said. It's significantly worse than the shit you complain about.

Not sure why you can't pick sides. I'd think you'd be more sympathetic.

Guys who tell women they don't know to smile are assholes.

[jhawks99]

Rose and Jim's.

Live band at Rose & Jim's tonight. They're blastin out some SRV. Sounds good from my deck, where I got some country style ribs going over hickory.

[jhawks99]

Top 3 Fancy Dancy Restaurants

1) Holly Hill Inn
2) Dudley's on Short
3) Azure

Honorable Mention: Kentucky Castle in Versailles (pronounced ver SALES)

[pdub]

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Top 3 fancy restaurants.

Portland ME and surrounding

1. Central Provisions
2. Eventide
3. Fore St

[pdub]

Unless Fancy Dancy means they have dancing available...and in that case, none of those 3 technically apply.

[jhawks99]

No dancing.

[ousdahl]

Have we done breakfast joints?


1. Sharky’s - best by far, it’s not even close



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2. Carver’s - good patio and “sun room” dining, hot waitresses, but kinda pricey and not a ton of menu options
3. Wake N’ Bacon - new kid on the block. Good menu but pricey, and prob wouldn’t be on the list if The Glory Hole was still open.

[pdub]

If we can include brunch as breakfast than I got you.
Otherwise, I don't really do breakfast ( which I consider coffee, pancakes/waffles/eggs bacon kinda deal, no booze ).

Top 3 brunch/breakfast spots Portland ME, surrounding:
1. Hot Suppa ( be prepared for a wait but the chicken and waffles/biscuits and gravy/fried green tomatoes are worth it, best bloody in town )



2. Front Room
3. 188 ( if you can't get into Hot Suppa )

People swear by Bayside American Cafe but it's so crowded, it really isn't worth the wait.

[ousdahl]

What’s the difference between breakfast and brunch? Is it the booze? The time of day? The requisite wait?

I get legit anxiety about “brunch.” It’s just that it seems to happen under such awful terms. You’re sitting around with homies at the end of the party late the night before when some asshole suggests, “let’s all do brunch in the morning!”

So then instead of just being able to wake up and have some fucking breakfast, my hungover ass has to go through this whole big dumb ordeal.

We gotta go somewhere not cuz it’s reliably good, but because it’s trendy. Then we gotta wait. And wait. And wait. “The next table will be ready in like 45 minutes.” And wait for the whole hungover crew to get there. “Oh you’re still waiting on someone in your party?” Then I’m afraid we can’t seat you yet.” Then there’s always one fucking princess who can’t make up her mind, and keeps telling the server we aren’t ready to order yet. Just get the goddamn French Toast you dumb skank.

It also doesn’t help that I’m usually not in the mood to drink in the am, especially when hungover. Plus, brunch cocktails just don’t do it for me. They’re either too sweet, or not actually a cocktail cuz you’re really just drinking spaghetti sauce.

...not that I feel strongly about it or anything.

[ousdahl]

Also that dish from hot suppa looks dank. I like the gravy is served in a bowl.

At my old job we had a brunch buffet for y’all on a busy holiday weekend. I remember one notorious tourist who came back up to the line cuz he enjoyed his bowl of the “breakfast soup” so much he wanted a second serving. “That sure is some tasty stuff! What kinda soup is that that y’all got in the big pot next to the biscuits, anyway?”

Sir, that’s gravy.

[pdub]

I can usually get breakfast and lunch at brunch.
Or a mix.
So I could get a BLT with egg in it. Or a corned beef hash with a salad.

Breakfast, you're not getting a BLT, it's not an option.
And you're certainly not getting booze.

I love a good bloody mary or a michelada in the morning - and that's usually because I go savory instead of sweet for morning foods. If i'm in the mood for pancakes or french toast, i'll just have coffee with whiskey in it.

[TDub]

Im doin coors lights and bacon at the creek.

[ousdahl]

Right on.

I shouldn’t be so bitter about brunch.

I guess I just don’t make a big event of a delayed breakfast. Either get up and break the fast and get on with your day, or put some bacon in the oven at home, a case of coorses on ice, and see how many you can drink before beav gets out of bed.

[ousdahl]

Ha!

I posted that before reading tdub’s response.

Bro the creek doesn’t do breakfast, so just come over to my place, we’ll pregame hard then make beav be DD to the creek once they open/he wakes up.

[pdub]

I treat it like any other meal - lunch or dinner.
If there's longer than a 30 minute wait, i'll find another spot.
I get what you're after - the 'brunch scene; peeps - hell, i'm one of em.

But if I'm binge drinking on Friday or Saturday night then that usually leads to a late start - and if I want to keep it rolling, i'm getting some hair of the dog, and I sure as hell am not cooking my own food and cleaning the dishes after.

[ousdahl]

I don’t think I’ve ever waited less than 30 minutes for brunch.

Wasn’t it Carvers on Mass that at least got the coffee right?

As you’re waiting until lunchtime to have breakfast, you can at least help yourself to some java. So now, instead of just being hungover, you’re hungover and tweaking out. Woo!

[pdub]

You won't wait at Front Room or 188 longer than 30.
The Roost, in Lawrence, however, i've waited an hour for.

[PhDhawk]

I don't like the brunch scene.

Also, brunch messes up the rest of your day because you're hungry at weird times.

[TDub]

I dont like brunch either. But i also dislike most breakfast. Every once in a while ill have a hankerin for breakfast. Usually i just want the easiest most calorie food i can find (not bfast food) as quickly as i can so i canmake it to break or lunch.....occasionally with a cup of coffee and a Coors if possible.

[pdub]

I don’t eat on a schedule on the weekends.
Wing it.