Just a Short Stack

(http://www.anniegs.com/)

Annie G’s has to be one of the easiest restaurant to get to, all one has to do is drive down Annie Glidden traveling south, towards Lincoln highway and Annie G’s will be on your right hand side. I was able to make it to Annie G’s on Saturday morning for breakfast, with my girlfriend, Amy. They have an open breakfast buffet if you get there early enough that looked really intriguing. They have a full menu and deliver within a seven mile radius for only $2, they also accept husky bucks.

When walking in the first thing you see is their amazing display of pies and cakes, they have over 11 kinds of pies and 6 kinds of cakes. When you sit down in the booths the first thing you notice is that Annie G’s try’s to represent an older style restaurant. They have oldies music playing and an older looking décor. On the walls they have three different wall papers all matching, they also have a great deck were you can chose to eat on if you want. When I sat down I noticed that our table was sticky and had sugar all over it; I don’t think that it was cleaned before we got there.

Our waiter was very nice and took our drink order right away with a friendly smile. I ordered an orange juice and was surprised to find that it was in a very large cup. The orange juice was fresh and had a lot of pulp in it; personally I don’t like pulp so I was unable to finish my glass. I later found out that the orange juice was so big because it was priced so high. Amy had said that the orange juice was “[r]idiculously overpriced; I could have gotten my own carton.”

We placed our order and within 20 minutes we had our food, it was hot and ready to be eating. I had gotten the meat lovers skillet it consisted of; hickory smoked ham, crumbled bacon, sausage cubes and any type of cheese I wanted, I went with cheddar. All of this was served over diced potatoes and my choice of toast, English muffin, pancakes or a fresh fruit cup, I went with the pancakes.

The portion size of the skillet that I was served was small for $8.19 but it did come with huge pancakes. The potatoes were a mushy I definitely would have liked them to be crispy. For a meat lover’s skillet there was barely any meat. The ham was cut into mini-cubes with what looked like one sausage cut up into the skillet and one piece of bacon. The only thing that I liked about my breakfast was the pancakes; they were served with melted butter, warm syrup and didn’t even need a knife to cut them.

Overall Annie G’s was just around par when it came to breakfasts. I would give them three out of five stars, because all though the service was excellent the price of the food was not worth it. Amy agreed and gave Annie G’s a “2 out of 4 stars,” adding that “it was good but not fantastic; it served as an ordinary breakfast.”


Overall Rating: ***
Annie G’s Pie and Pancake Restaurant
131 Annie Glidden Rd DeKalb, IL 60115
(815)-217-0227
www.Anniegs.com