Eleven City French Toast
Item Purchased: Eleven City French Toast
Location Purchased: Eleven City Diner / 1112 S. Wabash / Chicago, IL
Price: $7.95 + tax
Review: Though it grieves me to do so, dear reader, I must give my first low rating to a dish from the new Eleven City Diner. Those who have been reading for the last week or so know that I am smitten with this new restaurant. Everything I have tried at this neighborhood joint has pleased me to no end. The Eleven City French Toast is no exception when taken on purely objective judgement, but when compared to the standard Challah Bread French Toast, it just doesn't live up to the $2.45 extra you have to pay. What the menu promises is an order of challah French toast topped with strawberries and bananas. What I got was a slightly larger order of the toast (four slices instead of three) and two small sliced strawberries on the side of the plate. No bananas. No wow. No $2.45 worth of additional breakfast fare. I could have bought two cartons of strawberries for far less than two dollars and brought a few berries with me. Chances are, anyone who orders this meal won't notice the absence of fruit due to how fantastic the challah bread tastes, but if that is all you are after, I strongly urge you to order the standard French toast dish. I am hoping that this fruitless mishap is just one of the kinks that Eleven is busy working out through their opening months.
Rating:2 / 5 3.5 / 5
Note (11/07/2006): Price went up on this item, but so did the quality. Now with more fruit (banana, strawberry & coconut).
Location Purchased: Eleven City Diner / 1112 S. Wabash / Chicago, IL
Price: $7.95 + tax
Review: Though it grieves me to do so, dear reader, I must give my first low rating to a dish from the new Eleven City Diner. Those who have been reading for the last week or so know that I am smitten with this new restaurant. Everything I have tried at this neighborhood joint has pleased me to no end. The Eleven City French Toast is no exception when taken on purely objective judgement, but when compared to the standard Challah Bread French Toast, it just doesn't live up to the $2.45 extra you have to pay. What the menu promises is an order of challah French toast topped with strawberries and bananas. What I got was a slightly larger order of the toast (four slices instead of three) and two small sliced strawberries on the side of the plate. No bananas. No wow. No $2.45 worth of additional breakfast fare. I could have bought two cartons of strawberries for far less than two dollars and brought a few berries with me. Chances are, anyone who orders this meal won't notice the absence of fruit due to how fantastic the challah bread tastes, but if that is all you are after, I strongly urge you to order the standard French toast dish. I am hoping that this fruitless mishap is just one of the kinks that Eleven is busy working out through their opening months.
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Note (11/07/2006): Price went up on this item, but so did the quality. Now with more fruit (banana, strawberry & coconut).
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