Today my son and daughter treated me to breakfast because yesterday, February 20th, I celebrated my birthday. (It has become a national holiday because of my birthday and they threw in a couple of fine presidents to make it look good). We were to meet at the Scenic Café but because they are not open for breakfast during the weekdays, we chose another favorite: the Duluth Grill.
The family who own and operate the Duluth Grill, deserves the success it has rightly attained. As I drove in the packed parking lot this morning, I was reminded of a story of a salesperson who many years ago, rushed into a department store, rudely ignoring the man sweeping the sidewalk, to get the “big guy” inside to sell his wares. He was told that the man he needed to speak with was outside, sweeping the sidewalk. Similarly I met Louis shoveling the inches of fresh fallen snow from the walk. I greeted him.
Inside I enjoyed the interesting wall décor and advertisements that further welcomed me in the greeting area as I waited a bit for my son and daughter.
We were served by Lacy who definitely is a professional. My son and I have similar tastes and both ordered the Everything Omelet using magnanimous quantities of Tabasco sauce requested for our perfectly done hash browns. However he had the homemade whole-wheat toast and I always have to have the “buckwheat (I think)” pancakes. Wow, they are to “live for”! My daughter was disappointed to hear that the “Red Flannel Hash” was not available to accompany her Everything Skillet, but Lacy returned later with the news that if by magic, there was still some available.
Duluth Grill is certainly a rarity of restaurants in presenting quality and quantity. If you want to be consistently amazed at what your dollar will buy you for breakfast, lunch and dinner, visit the Duluth Grill often.
As I drove away, I noticed Louis’ dad, Tom, using a snow blower to remove the rest of the snow from the parking lot.
