Better Breakfast? Denny's or Bob Evans?

Or maybe Cracker Barrel?

I'm going with Denny's, based solely on the Moons Over My Hammy factor. Good shredded hashbrowns, too.

Bob Evans is a close second. Home fries need work. Splendid sausage, however.

Comments

[Lisa Gallman]

Sorry, but I'm going to have to go with Lenny's. It is, by far, the Best breakfast around.

[Doug Carter]

Why am I not surprised that for breakfast you would go to Denny's, Bob Evans or Cracker Barrel. If you want a great breakfast,I am sure that there is a small, family-owned place in your neighborhood - well hell, you might live in a development, so you likely only have chains. I prefer Martha's Restaurant on Nebraska just south of Hillsborough. We walk there. Excellent food at amazing prices. Friendly people everywhere.

[Pop Life Fan]

If Martha's is such a friendly place, Doug, I'm surprised they allow you as a patron. Daly's blog used to be full of happy, go-lucky music and pop culture banter until you came along. Lighten up, or perhaps find another blog that caters to your negativity and sarcasm! You're bringing me down, man!

[Lisa]

No doubt, dude! For the love of God get a grip. It sounds like you've got a serious case of 'computer rage'.

[Robin]

Can't we all just get along?

[Doug Carter]

Hey Pop Life Fan, do you realize that you have named your self after a blog? I see that you and Lisa, like most of the posters here, are also Sean sycophants. All that I - and others - have ever wanted was for Daly to sincerely respond to valid criticisms and questions. I'll let you all get back to your bootlicking toadyfest. Enjoy your self-congratulatory, thinking-makes-our-heads-hurt slice of the internet.

[Lisa]

Ask Mr. Carter. He's the one who set this ball in motion.

[Doug Carter]

Oh, and one more thing! Lisa, I am sure that you scored points with Sean for working Stefani's band into a post but you'll never catch Pop Life Fan. Maybe if you post as "Sean Daly is God's Gift To Music Criticism" you'll have a chance. Best of luck to all of you posters in the Daly Idol competition!!

[Sean Daly]

I can honestly say I never thought a post about breakfast would turn nasty. It's eggs and bacon, fer crissakes.

Although I do love Denny's (especially at 4 a.m.) and Bob Evans, I should add that the family-run Central Coffee Shoppe in St. Pete rocks, too. Get the John's Special -- a hangover special.

There -- are we all happy now?

[Lisa]

Doug, thanks for noticing that 'no doubt' pun. Honestly, I'm not too crazy about the band, but I thought it was a good one. And Sean, seriously, you've got to try a breakfast from Lenny's in Clearwater - You won't be disappointed! Okay. Now I feel better...

Whew! You got a few surly "fans" out there. Back to breakfast--if you must go the chain route, it's Cracker Barrel. But Sean, you and I both know the world's best breakfast can be found at Roxy's Diner in Harrisburg.

KC

[Lisa]

We're not being 'surly', KC. We're just sticking up for Sean is all...

[Doug Carter]

... because Sean can't or won't. This blog should be renamed "Fish In A Barrel".

[Jim Dietrich]

Now, that's what I'm talking about, KC...going back to basics. While Roxy's is pretty good, two of my faves up there, Miller's in Lancaster and the Melrose in Philly, have Roxy's beat. Next time you get back that way, check them out; that's exactly what I intend on doing next week!

[Uncle Crappy]

Of the national chains, it's Bob Evans ... the best biscuits and gravy on the planet and they just brought back their chili-soaked breakfast burrito. And Sean, if you ask your server to make sure the home fries are done extra-crispy, they'll turn out just fine.

My local nod goes to Pamela's, in Pittsburgh's Strip District. Awesome pancakes, corned beef and hash and an omlette made with their own chorizo.

Now I'm all hungry ... and Pop Tarts I just ate just aren't going to cut it...

[Lisa]

You're absolutely correct, Doug. What's up with that anyway?!

[Sean Daly]

And another thing...

Double T Diner in Baltimore (Rt. 40 I believe) is a national treasure -- just stay away from the scrapple.

[Tonianne]

The Double T in Mobtown - absolutely, and without question. Best Disco Fries and brown gravy south of the Jersey Turnpike.

[Sean Daly]

A few housekeeping matters...

Doug Carter, in all his surly, anti-establishment, down-with-Denny's, glory, is providing me some killer blog traffic. Numbers are skyrocketing. And for that, I looooove him. He's a smart dude. He knows he's providing a spark. I like him here, and I think he kinda likes it here, too.

Also, Doug is downright gentlemanly compared to the vitriol that shows up in my email. People HATE me. But they also LIKE me. I'd say we're running 50-50.

And frankly, my job is making value judgments, whether in print, on TV, on podcasts, on radio, all the time, in front of a audience that extends beyond half a million people. How many people would have the balls, or the ability, to do that? Exactly.

[Max]

I never understood the love for Pamela's, Unc. Give me Ritter's cinnamon toast every time.

For national chains, I'm going with Bob's. Denny's are everywhere, but most of the places I've lived haven't had a Bob's. Or a Perkins, for that matter.

Man, I'm hungry.

[Sean Daly]

Forgot about Perkins. At Syracuse, we used to hit the Perkins on Erie Blvd and drunkenly devour the "FIVE FOR FIVE" platter: five eggs, five pancakes, five sausages, five strips of bacon, five coronaries.

[Uncle Crappy]

Ooooo, Perkins. The one closest to us closed years ago, but it was a staple while it was there. I'd make a meal out of potato pancakes and a double side of bacon.

Max: I like Ritter's, but the last time I was there the corned beef hash came out of a can, and I can get that at home. I'll give 'em another shot though -- I haven't tried your cinnamon toast yet.

A final recommendation from Columbus, my hometown: Nancy's, on North High. Total dive. Garbage omlette. Biscuits and gravy. Bring in $5 and leave stuffed.

[razor9edge]

What?!? No love for the Waffle House!

It's the best chain by far. My $.02

[Sharon]

Waffle House is by far our family favorite. From the shouts of "Morning!" when you walk in to the multiple-choice hashbrowns (my personal fave is scattered, smothered, covered and peppered).

But when I'm hungover, Skyway Jack's is the cure.

[Forever Fiancee]

I loved the Waffle House until our last unfortunate visit to a nearby WF over a year ago.

Our waitress, a plump hard looking woman with a dry, bleached beehive hairdo and giant circles of pink blush on her aging cheeks, told us all about the Ganglion cyst they removed from her leg. Or was it her daughter's leg? Nasty sucker, apparently. And there was some other graphic story about post-surgical bleeding and pain. That might have been about her daughter, too. But I wasn't really paying attention at that point- I was too busy gagging on my hashbrowns.

After that I moved on to Cracker Barrel. And I just had breakfast at Bob Evans again for the first time in years. Good stuff!

But I'll eat breakfast anywhere that I don't have to hear about someone's medical trials and tribulations.

[Sean Daly]

Pretty funny, baby. If I recall, my mother, the most diplomatic woman in the world, kept encouraging the cyst chatter. Ugh, that was rough.

I also remember worrying the waitress' dollar-store Dolly Parton wig was gonna teeter into my omelette.

[Doug Carter]

If I had a blog and my wife talked to me on it, I would say, "Love, let's talk in person because me having a blog is lame enough".

[Sean Daly]

Now you're just being a jerk, Doug.

That's neither smart nor funny.

You disappear from our lives for a few days and that's the best you can come up with?