Over the weekend, Ben and I had our third brunch experience off of our list. Sunday morning we got up early and roamed the city market for a bit, and then we landed on having brunch at The Corner Restaurant in Westport. If you live in the KC area like we do, you know that weather has been uncharacteristically gorgeous for this time of year lately. It was 83 degrees two days ago. WHAT THE HECK? You won't hear my complaining about sunshine in March though. Anyway, Sunday's weather was no exception, so not only did we venture out to brunch, we sat outside to enjoy it. Talk about amazing! The sun was shining, people were bustling about, and we had a great breakfast. Plus, my husband was pretty good company. ;)
We started as we normally do and ordered coffee. We have to be fair and have it at every place, right? The coffee was decent, but kind of pricey at $3 per cup. Ouch. Additionally, on the beverage front, I did appreciate the bottle of water that they left on the table for us to refill our own glasses.
Again, we had really great service at this brunch spot. Sometimes when you sit outside at restaurants, servers have indoor tables as well and can get busy. Our server had an outdoor-only section and was really funny. He brought out a plate of condiments (pictured below) and was like "Okay, guys, here's your meal! Enjoy!" and then pretended to walk away. Maybe you had to be there, but we thought it was hilarious. He was just really personable, and like I've said before, servers really can make or break your experience at a restaurant. For your viewing pleasure, I have also included a picture of Ben AFTER he finished eating, haha!
In terms of the meal itself, I really stepped out of my comfort zone on this one. It definitely paid off. I ordered Craw-fish Cakes Eggs Benedict. It was large english muffins, poached eggs, tomato stewed greens, hollandaise, and your choice hashbrown patty or house potatoes. You had your choice of "protein" between ham & pepperjack, crawfish cakes, sage sausage, and veggie avocado. I wouldn't have normally gone the craw-fish cake route, but the server was highly complementary so I went for it. Everything I ate was fantastic, even though I only managed to eat about half of it - so much food!!
Ben couldn't decide what he wanted, so he ended up getting two different things. He got a half order of Swoonin' Biscuits as well as a Short Stack of Pancakes. With his half order of biscuits he got one biscuit, black peppercorn sausage gravy, two farm fresh eggs, and choice of hashbrown patty or house potatoes. The pancakes were buttermilk. Ben enjoyed his food, but again the portions were massive! He expressed that he was glad he only got the HALF order of biscuits, because that alone was too much food.
Overall, we really enjoyed our experience at Corner Restaurant. The food was great, the service was great, and the weather was fantastic. For me though, the portion sizes and the coffee would bring it down to a 9.5/10. Tune in next month for our next location!
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