Corner Café
4541 NW
Gateway Ave
Riverside,
MO 64150
When you’re in a relationship you often disagree on things;
what movie to see, whose turn it is to unload the dishwasher, who drank the
last of the lemonade, so on so forth.
Our most recent visit to Riverside’s Corner Café falls on that
list. While one of us had an extremely
scrumptious breakfast, the other was less than satisfied with what was dished
out. Thus, a battle over breakfast began
and you will be presented with both sides.
She says:
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| Short Stack of Pancakes |
Let me start by saying that I appreciate a restaurant that
serves breakfast all day. “Brinner” is
in fact one of my favorite meals. But, I
believe that if you’re going to serve it all day, you must serve ALL of it all
day, not just portions of the breakfast menu.
For someone who was starting a diet, I found it difficult to order from
the regular menu since the “lighter side” was only available until 11 am. That’s not the only portion of the menu that
had time limitations, the breakfast sandwiches and “award winning” biscuits and
gravy also got nixed before noon. After
much debate and my third cup of coffee, I settled on the short stack of
pancakes, with blueberries. The pancakes
themselves were nothing spectacular, I’ve had better, I’ve had worse. They were a nice size, taking up majority of
the plate and topped with a heaping ball of whipped butter, which began melting
before my eyes. The blueberries however
took me by surprise. Maybe it’s my fault
for assuming they’d be actual, fresh blueberries baked into the batter, but
instead it was canned blueberry compote served in a salad bowl on the
side. Lucky for me I decided to put the
compote on one bite at a time, rather than slather it on the entire stack. It was then I realized something wasn’t
right, something tasted…funny. The compote
was rancid. It tasted rotten, like
vinegar, like garbage and it immediately made me lose my appetite. I was shocked and disappointed because this
was a restaurant I had come to so many times before and enjoyed their massive
cinnamon rolls and fresh pies. I
understand that flukes can happen, and that’s what I chalk this up to because I
know I’ll continue to go to Corner Café time and time again, I just won’t order
the blueberries.
He Says:
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| Strawberry Waffle, Scrambled Eggs & Bacon |
As I do disagree with the overall satisfaction of my
critique companion, I do agree 100% about being able to have biscuits and gravy
throughout the whole time that breakfast is served. This would have been my first choice and only
choice if it was at all possible.
But again, putting a time restraint on certain dishes only puts pressure
on people to either be there right at opening or play the luck of the draw
card. I chose the Waffle with
strawberries (not compote like the blueberries were), bacon and scrambled eggs
with cheese. They did lack a little on
the bacon as I would have either preferred more bacon or the option of two
sides with the meal, such as toast. The
eggs were cooked with plenty of cheese and were enjoyable. The waffle was a little overcooked for my
personal taste as I don’t want it to chip a tooth from such a crunch, but
everything else was good on the plate.
Food aside, the service was good. Our waitress was perky and we didn’t have to wait very long at all to get our food, maybe that was the plus side of going on a Monday afternoon as opposed to a Saturday morning. She kept our coffee cups full, which earned her bonus points, and it almost made up for the blaring music that played overhead. The rustic, barn yard feel of the place gives it some charm, and we imagined the crew from American Pickers sitting down for a meal and bargaining for the old time signs the restaurant proudly displays. The Corner Café has come a long way from the small, 40 seat diner that opened in 1983, expanding to a larger lot and multiple locations, all while maintaining that down home feel.
(Each category is based on a 5.0 Fork Rating System)
Food: 3.5 Forks
Atmosphere: 3 Forks
Service: 4 Forks
Price: 5 Forks
Overall: 15.5 out of 20 Forks
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