As a "foodie" to the core with a very discriminating palette, I have lived in Seattle my whole life and have dined at many local restaurants. I created this blog to share some of my dining experiences and recipes with others.
Saturday, November 12, 2011
Brunch at Local 360
Considering the 20 minute wait and the fact that the place was packed at 12:30 this afternoon I assumed the brunch must be amazing. I've eaten at Local 360 for dinner once but was less than impressed. Ordered the popular fried chicken dish w/ collard greens and grits based on a friend's suggestion. Chicken was over-cooked, had some strange bacon foam in the middle, collard greens were cold and under-seasoned and the grits were under cooked and flavorless. Anyway, back to my brunch experience. After careful consideration (based on my first experience here), examining every plate that passed my way while waiting for a table and asking the server's suggestions I decided on the biscuits and gravy with eggs. Nothing too fancy, certainly not a difficult dish to prepare and if this is one of only 6 breakfast items you have on your menu I would expect it to be delicious. Biscuits arrived cold and hard. Gravy was dark brown, quite flavorful and had bits of meat in it. A fan of the gravy. But aren't biscuits supposed to be soft and fluffy? Did I miss the memo? Are we now doing hard and crunchy biscuits? If so, I stand corrected. These were the best ever! In addition to the hard crunchy biscuits my "over medium" eggs were inedible because they contained more white "snot" than one would normally get with over easy. Hence, why I always order over-medium. My dining companion ordered the chicken fried steak and eggs. It was mediocre. I've had better at CJ's. The weird part was the gravy that came on it. Not the same as mine. It was slightly sweet and had a seasoning overkill that we couldn't identify. Not the usual suspects like rosemary, thyme or sage. Almost an anise flavor, perhaps fennel? Either way they would be doing themselves a HUGE favor if they replaced the gravy on the chicken fried steak with the type they serve with the biscuits. Next up would be making soft and fluffy biscuits and cooking eggs as they are ordered. When it all comes down to it I was not a fan. Good thing they have a great burger, which I've never actually ordered.
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The burger is good. So is the tap water.
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