good,familycomfort food. perkins specializes in mainstreamfamilydining comfort food - hot breakfasts (all day), chicken, pork chops, burgers, mashed potatoes, gravy and of course pies! nothing fancy, nothing complicated or very exotic - just stuff a lot of people would expect to eat at grandma's house.
the mashed potatoes were real (not from a powdered mix) but the gravies seemed "packaged". they were acceptable nonetheless.
most plates appeared bland and boring but were tasty and consumed with pleasure by most. the taco salad sported a freshly deep fried corn tortilla shell - nice touch!
my pot roast dinner didn't look that promising upon delivery, but the beef was marvelously tender and the gravy, albeit a packaged one, had been augmented with sauteed onions, which really added a nice flavor.
the eggs benedict was reported as only "so-so" and one of the burgers was considered "cheaply made" and a disappointment, considering the price.
we were looking forward to key lime pie we had enjoyed there years back, but it was no longer on the menu (awwwwww)...but the fruit and berry pies some ordered were reported as "excellent.". my banana cream pie was acceptable, but i would have preferred if perkins hadn't drowned it in a chemically tasting chocolate "sauce".
another disappointment was last night's limited selection of pies - the peanut butter pie was off the market due to the recent peanut butter scare in the news (understandable), but they were also out of another staple - chocolate pie - so some of our fellow diners (not liking fruit pies) went without dessert.