The Roost

I am a fan of the egg sandwich, the cornbread casserole and the coffee cake. Friendly neighborhood breakfast spot.

Today was the second time we ate at The Roost.  The first time the food and service were both good.  Today the food was OK but the service was not.  At one point we waited at least 10 minutes for coffee as we watched at least 5 employees including our server watching the Indiana Basketball game on TV.  If would have been able to find a manager we would have complained.  I doubt that we will go back.

Alas, I'm compelled to diverge from the otherwise positive ratings here...

We made our first trip to The Roost yesterday morning. After seeing a number of Smoking Goose meats on the menu, we had very high hopes. Melissa ordered the Breakfast Burrito, which was fairly good. I ordered the Jose Salsa Skillet, which was decidedly NOT good; actually, it was so disgusting I couldn't even eat it.

First, it came out with completely solid-yolk poached eggs. No big deal. The waitress was very nice when I mentioned it, and she took the dish back promptly to correct the mistake. When the second take came to the table the eggs were nicely poached, but unfortunately there was also a ring of grease about a quarter inch thick and wide all the way around the edges of the skillet.

Despite being unnerved by the glaring grease ring, I took my first bite from the middle with hopes that it would be okay as long as I steered clear of the edge. Wrong. If there was a lot of grease on the top perimeter of the dish, there was waaaay more soaking into the hash brown base. I had to stop there. I feel very remiss for not taking a photo, which would have told this 2-star story much more quickly and clearly than I have.

This was a waste of $25; we won't be back.