Kristen "the librarian" F.'s Profile

Friendly staff, busy place.  I went with 3 people.  We had sweet potato pancakes, eggs benedict, country ham and eggs, & western omelet.  We all loved it.  My cousin picked this place of all the places in town, and I was glad she did.  It was great!  I'd definitely try to go back when I'm in town again.  It's very casual, with "country" decor and servers to match, but they're friendly, fast, and the food tastes good, and the bill ran about $9 a person including coffee.  Can't beat it!

Great pot roast special on Sunday. She-Man breakfast was huge but delicious and only $5.35. Wait staff is friendly- they have elderly clients and are really patient and sweet with them. Cute diner that reminds me of a traincar. So cute- love it!

Standard yogurt fare, but with a nice variety of flavors and toppings.

Ate at the Asian place next door and tried to get yogurt, but they have apparently closed down.

Friendly wait staff, but the buffet didn't offer a lot for a vegetarian to eat.  I had a few sweet potato slices in tempura batter, and fried rice.

I'd probably try it again if someone else wanted to, but I'd try ordering off the menu.  I should have Yelped beforehand, because no one told me there was a lunch menu, and I had incorrectly assumed that the buffet was my only choice.

My dining companions fared far better.  They loved it.

This is a great place for us - grass fed beef for my husband, and TWO kinds of veggie burgers for me.  How neat- one if you want like, meat substitute, and one if you want it to taste like veggies.  That is great.  My husband says his "real" burger was slightly less good than Mighty Fine, but the mere fact that I can eat there means we can go there without it being a unique situation where I've already eaten and he hasn't.

Order regular burgers, split fries.  We split a shake too to see what they were like.  It was the right amount of food- thanks, reviewers who came before us.

The fries were just like Mighty Fine, but are apparently cooked in olive oil- not sure if they do that at Mighty Fine.  They were all tiny little one inch fries.  Not sure if it was because we got the bottom little end pieces at the end of a container, or if it's always like that.  Not a single fry was over an inch and a half.  

We requested chocolate with strawberries for our shake, but they were out, so we had chocolate with banana instead and it was delicious.

Tiny water cups and one of those soda fountains with 3943894 choices.  I like those but my husband hates how they drip on your hand- it's kind of a running joke with us.

It's right by the Arbor, and we can both eat there.  Sold.  We'll probably check it out again.

This place is great.  I've been several times for pizza, and once because a baby shower was hosted here in their back "sun room" area.  They have great service, especially for not really having servers.  

I highly highly highly highly recommend the Saint Arnold's Root Beer they have on tap.  OMG so delicious.  I also really like the Potato and Goat Cheese, and the Blue Pizza.  My dining companions who eat meat are big fans of other ones, but those are the two I can specifically vouch for.

If you haven't gone, go!

I've been for dinner and brunch multiple times.  Service is consistently good and so is the good.

Brunch is where it's at!  My husband really likes the Chicken Fried Steak, which you can get during brunch or dinner service.  He also recommends the Loaded Breakfast Bowl.  My jam is the Bananas Foster French Toast.  It's over the top sweet, in a good way, but they also serve it with fresh berries to give you tart as well.  They don't skimp on the berries, either.  I don't mean like, 2 strawberry halves as a garnish.  You get a handful of blueberries, strawberries, and raspberries.  I'm missing it just writing this...

After I got brunch there the first time, I went back and demanded my dining companions order it as well, and they were not disappointed.  It comes with a side of meat, and they don't really have any veggie protein options, but they are cool with you ordering a side of something else.  So we got savory grits- the first time I went, they were heavy on the green onions, so the next time we went, we requested them come light on green onions.  But this time, they were loaded with jalapenos.  That just seems like something you should mention, since someone people can handle them and some can't.  My mom wasn't a fan and couldn't really eat the cheese grits with all of the jalapenos- they were seriously delicious the first time I had them, so I was bummed, and felt guilty we wasted the grits.

They have a pretty decent selections of beers, which is good, because they're going to need it to compete with Woodrow's in the same shopping center.  The other thing my husband would like is that they have one beer that's a little risky.  Fireman's Four is the most unusual thing they have, and every bar in Austin has that. There are a lot of great microbreweries to support in Austin.  Get in on that.

The last time we went a couple weekends ago, the owner was there and asked how it was.  He was really nice.  We told him how we were huge fans, and how the jalapenos were a bummer that day, but that everything else was delicious.  He asked a bunch of questions and seemed genuinely interested in our feedback and opinions.  I can't remember that ever happening to me at any restaurant before.  That was really nice.  He asked about beer and my husband mentioned his thought, and he said he'd look into that too, because he had heard the same thing from other people.

We'll see- honestly, it's just going to keep getting better, because they are really listening to their customers, and it's already AWESOME.  Go try now!!!

Our server was great- attentive, but not overly chatty.  He walked us through the menu without taking forever.  He was great.

We went to grab dinner and were in and out in 30 minutes, which for us is a very good thing.  My husband had spaghetti and meatballs, and said they were decent, and I ordered two slices- the Neapolitan and just regular old cheese.  I preferred the regular old cheese.

We'll probably go back when we want Italian but don't want to wait forever to get through the Olive Garden process.

I am a school librarian, and wanted to make a dress out of the Dr. Seuss fabric line, which I apparently missed when it came out and didn't know until 6 months later.  I really need an awesome dress to wear on March 2nd- Dr. Seuss' birthday.  It's a huge "holiday" at my school.

I called around to see which one had the specific print I want, from San Marcos to Georgetown- and this one had it for the cheapest and they're 5 minutes from my house.  Hooray!  They checked over the phone, which was really nice, I thought.

When I got there, I was in love with all of their fabrics.  They had a great selection of the names I love, and a ton of the Dr. Seuss I was specifically looking for.  I love the example projects and quilts they have up every where too.

The ladies were SO nice.  I didn't hear any gossip, and they knew it was my first time in there.  They gave me a sheet with the classes, told me some other special things about their store, and seemed to be genuinely happy that I was so amped on all of their cool quilts on the walls.  I really want to find time to take a quilting class with them.  I love the location and they were super nice.