charmer onmckinneysquare. service - 2 stars
food - 3 stars
cuteness and city square factor - 4 stars
really ugly courthouse on the square - 1 star
historicmckinneydowntown. really cute, except they could use a better looking courthouse. the are some really great looking courthouses in texas, this isn't one of them.
this place sits on the southwest corner and you should know there are free city lots about a block off the square in almost any direction, because there's not much parking on the street.
nice little place, sat outside under an umbrella at a somewhat rickety table and watched the crowds come and go. this place was packed all morning and into early afternoon. so it was certainly popular and probably doesn't need a review from me to stay in business. however, i intend to have my say, anyway.
my wife just had a scone, they had several flavors available. she said hers. a brown sugar cinnamon, was delicious.($2.50). sometimes they are too dry, but not this one. moist throughout. my wife could have eaten a hundred more. (i'm a little skeptical, 90 maybe, but a 100?)
i had a three-egg western omelet ($7.95) that was very tasty, and came with a few cottage potatoes and a pick-your-bread side of toast. the pan-fried potatoes had a good flavor and nice seasoning, but i had to catsup them up, nonetheless.
my son had a breakfast taco of eggs and migas inside a large flour tortilla, ($8.99) and thought it a bit spicy. hey, they're migas! they're supposed to by spicy, right?
they are a bakery and had all kinds of cakes and pies and stuff. we had the coconut cream pie $3.25) and the strawberry cake ($4.25). the very large slice of cake was almost too sweet to eat and had lots of frosting. needless to say i loved it! the coconut filling in the pie was awesomely custardly coconutty. wasn't thrilled with the whipped cream topping because it wasn't sweet enough to pair well with the custard. the crust was good, though.
now what keeps this place at a three star instead of four? the service. i really don't think it was the waitresses fault, but they seemed overloaded and we had to wait for more coffee and tea. maybe it was because we were outside. i wanted butter and jelly for my toast, but gave up waiting and ate it dry. same problem for my wife with her scone. can't they bring butter in a little dish or some preserves? if i have to wait to ask for them the stuff, its too late! eggs cool down quickly, you know.
all in all, we liked it and will go back again but hope for more waitresses or will sit inside.
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