The Breakfast Battle: Bluegrass Grill vs. Blue Moon
I am sure after at least 10 comments on Blue Moon everyone is fully aware of my love affair with the place. It is not only a Sunday morning tradition, but the highlight of my week (that and South Street on Tuesdays—which Thor beat me to discussing). I make it a point about once a month to try a new breakfast place (Sunday or otherwise). My most recent new place was Bluegrass Grill & Bakery. I went on a weekday to avoid the mass line that seems to enviably appear every Saturday and Sunday morning.
I realize I am biased, considering my affair with Blue Moon and all, but I went in with an open mind hoping to find a back-up breakfast spot. I was thoroughly disappointed with this seemingly popular breakfast local.
Bluegrass Grill & Bakery–
The service was good, the location cozy. Cozy was nice on a weekday but I can only imagine the weekend scene.
The food is another story. I ordered an omelet. The meal came with breakfast potatoes and a side of toast or biscuit. I opted for the biscuit (being a fan). The food was brought fairly quickly (there were only about five people in the place though). My coffee couldn’t hold a flame to the strong brew I am used to, which was my first let down.
Next came the omelet. The egg was rubbery and so thin. The fillings were fresh - that I will give them. There was no doubt they put the freshest ingredients into my concoction. However the egg consistency was just lacking and was a complete turn off for the entire omelet.
The potatoes also had a spice on them that was quite tasty but they were not cooked nearly enough for my liking.
Now…the biscuit. This is a topic all its own. This was in no way a biscuit. What they brought us can only be described as a roll. This biscuit had to be lacking the key ingredient of baking soda. There was just nothing light and fluffy about it.
After eating there I can’t help but wonder why, oh, why is there always a huge line out the door on the weekends? I thought I would just be blown away by the food that caused such a line. Nope.
I tried! Time and time again no matter where I stray I always return to my love Blue Moon.
Blue Moon–
The servers are incredibly nice, so nice I wish I could take them home. I have my own little spot at the bar and tend to be helped by Brooke, the coolest hung over server in town (I like to call him Mark, however, that is just not his name…stick with Brooke). The ladies there also take good care of you and always know a regular when they see one. The smoke at the bar can be a bit bothersome, but they DO offer a NON-SMOKING section.
One of the owners can sometimes be found at the end of the counter hanging out and watching his happy patrons. Of course most of the time he tends to be helping out his busy staff with their weekend crowd. The staff is not only great, so are the patrons. They are happy to be there and there are a ton of regulars.
Blue Moon does come with a warning. Don’t be in a rush. The place has gotten a little big for its britches. Tiny kitchen + Mass crowd=Long wait. Despite the wait the food is worth it. They also have board games for patrons (and welcome you bringing your own) to keep you entertained while you wait. Also if you are an early riser, like my breakfast buddy and I, you can avoid the crowds early on a SUNDAY morning (Saturdays are a bit trickier). I recommend Sundays not only for the shorter wait, but the amazing specials that are offered. Blue Moon opens on weekends at 9:00 a.m.
The food speaks for itself. The place could write a book on biscuits. Light, fluffy, warm, and mmmmm, so good. The consistency and taste are almost orgasmic. They are the perfect partner to Blue Moon’s deliciously spiced sausage gravy, which can leave you longing for more.
If you are smart and head to Blue Moon on a Sunday you can get some of the best pouched eggs in Central Virginia. Some type of Eggs Benedict is usually offered on Sunday. The pouched eggs on the Eggs Benedict are no ordinary egg. They are cooked by a UVA PHD that helps out Blue Moon on her Sunday mornings. Smart and talented in the kitchen…what a woman. The pouched eggs are perfectly done (not too runny, but dripping with eggy goodness).
The specials are always a sure bet for a great breakfast. Want to steer away from specials or maybe you happen to stop by on a Saturday? Try their normal breakfast items which are far from “normal”. The hogwallerhash is so filling. This dish will leave you euphorically full far beyond lunch. The combination of ingredients: potatoes, eggs, cheese, and sausage basically rock. They have a few other unique items they offer at breakfast you should be sure to give a chance, no matter how different they may seem.
Here you can build your own omelet as well. I have tried the omelets twice and they were very good. I filled it to the brim with add-ins. Get your omelet with a side of salsa and sour cream, it will be sure to please. The extras help the omelet linger just a tad longer on your lips. I tend to lick this off with a slightly inappropriate for public pleasure.
At breakfast they also offer a full bar. What better way to start your Sunday morning? They have everything from beer to mimosas in Champaign glasses.
Basically, I have spent many a Sunday at Blue Moon and not once have I been let down. I was disappointed on Saturday when I went and had to wait 50 minutes for my breakfast, but they were slammed and nothing less should have been expected.
Good food takes time. Blue Moon brings me to my knees and does things to me I never thought any local food could (if you catch my drift) 
Battle? I think not, Blue Moon knocked Bluegrass Grill & Bakery out cold in the first round.
Blue Moon’s Myspace–Thanks to Doof 
Blue Moon is Open:
Monday-Friday: 8am ’til 10pm
Saturday: 9am ’til 11pm
Sunday: 9am ’til 3pm for brunch-a-liciousness
Popularity: 59% [?]
Tagged as: Breakfast, brunch, Food
Been to Blue Moon a couple times and have to agree that the service and food are fantastic.
I think Blue Moon’s chef is a PhD in physics and a coach of the women’s rugby team? Is this correct?
I ate there for the first time last Thursday (with Stanley, no less) and it was simply delicious. I will be returning often. Just thinking about it makes me a hungry hungry hippo.
Yes, Thor, you are right, the weekend ASSISTANT chef has a PhD in physics and coaches the women’s rugby team. Geeez…did I not write about food? :S
Thank you five and Street for your valid “yum” factor comments.
I are a gud boy.
Ok, here comes the contrarian. I have been to Blue Moon about 5 times for breakfast, and every time the service was terrible, which was complimented by the food.
First the service. Slow. Period. And maybe a bit forgetful. On what may be my very last trip there, I waited with 3 friends for a table for 20 mins or so, which is just fine with me. But when we were up next in line, a group of 4 comes in and is seated right away. The server tells us “sorry, they’re friends of mine, you know…?”. We were livid mad and probably should have left then.
Then the food arrives, now this was a few months ago, so my memory is a little hazy, but I know we never got any water after repeated asking, the coffee was ‘eh’, and the food took another 1/2 hour, was missing lots of items, and the home fries were cold and uncooked. This is a problem I’ve come up again every time I’ve been there. I always order the homefries, and at least half of them are uncooked. Like raw, green-tasting uncooked.
So by TKO, Bluegrass wins for me. I really want to like the Bloom, but with our personal track record, going back there would be the epicurean equivalent of Battered Wife Syndrome.
I can see why you dislike it Tuffy. I am sorry you had such bad experiences there. I do hope someday you will give it another chance…but now may not be the time, as it is still slow.
I’ve also never had a service problem, but I sit at the bar, which makes me impossible to ignore.
Thanks for the opinion–opposing and all. I love to hear from all sides.
I think we need some time to heal. Maybe someday, when we’ve forgotten about this whole mess, ‘The Bloom’ (that was its pet name during the good times) and I will bump into each other, possibly at the homewares section at Belk, and bury the hatchet on this whole mess. There’s just not enough time on this crazy blue marble we call planet Earth to hold lifelong grudges. But I do need just a little more time.
Poor Tuffy. Can’t get a beer at South Street, can’t get a table at Blue Moon. It sounds like you don’t know the right people, Tuffster. I have always had excellent service there. And I used to wait tables so I’m pretty frickin’ critical.
As for Bluegrass, y’all already know how I feel about that place with its trailer park decor and mediocre food. Did I mention I joined a group of friends and was ignored by the server for 15 minutes, who then dropped off the bill without asking them if they wanted anything else, looked at me dismissedly, and walked away? And they have no booze. Won’t darken their door again.
There’s just not enough time… to hold lifelong grudges
Unless, of course, the taretar is sub par and served with Norwegian water. Then Not. Going. Back. EVAR!
You don’t have to hold grudges, but if you were very unsatisfied with a place, you shouldn’t go back. That’s your prerogative.
Shenanny, maybe we should go to BGG and BMD together and maybe they’ll balance out to a normal meal at each place. I think restaurants work like that.
Hmm, I don’t think you heard me about how I don’t like the ambiance at BG or the fact that they don’t serve BOOZE which I need at brunch.
@13- I’ll lend you a paper sack for your bottle, Miss Boozy.
Or I could just stash it in that “TATER” bin they got.
@ 13 one of my objections to brunch is the booze!
i love champagne and orange juice separately, but champagne + orange juice = gross.
kind of like how painkillers & muscle relaxants are vital, & so is coffee, but drugs + coffee = coffee in my hair.
/yes i currently have coffee in my hair
bloody marys are just gross.
I drove by Bluegrass on Saturday morning to see if the line was even remotely doable and to my surprise, there was no line at all. Good timing too as it wasn’t more than 15 minutes after I sat down that a huge rush came through and the place got backed up.
The coffee was tasty, though it was one of those days where I kept getting ignored on a refill (which happens at Blue Moon sometimes as well), the OJ was fresh and properly chilled, and my breakfast was great if not entirely too large a portion.
I also had a really good breakfast at Blue Moon a couple of weeks ago, though the service wasn’t great - plenty friendly, just not attentive enough.
Seems like a toss-up to me - I’ve had good and bad experiences at both places, but to date, nothing that has kept me from going back to either place.
Let’s all just thank god that neither place caters to those freaky “vegetarian” people - you know, those people that don’t eat meat - I mean really, can you believe that there’s a human on earth that doesn’t eat dead animals!? Not to mention that it would be an absolute travesty if I couldn’t have dead pig meat at a meal!
Your troll-fu is weak young padawan.
@16:You shouldn’t mix champagne and OJ anyways. That’s like putting Grey Goose in a Bloody Mary, a waste of good booze. But sparkling wine and OJ? That’s how I spent my ENTIRE weekend!
@17: Yeah, not taking the bait dude. Nice try.
I lub Blue Moon. Great food, pleasant service, and an effort to get to know the people that come in all the time. Yes, it can be a bit slow, but I don’t mind being leisurely there and it’s not always so snail like. They’re so nice and their awesomeness in dealing with our CLAW madness means they will always hold a special place in my heart. The fact that they are willing to put up with us and our crazy crowd wrecking havoc once a month is pretty amazing.
Tofu is bleak, young veggie-one.
Blue Moon is gud, gud, gud.
I guess I’ll be the dick and call out “pouched eggs” if only because the mental image of little hopping kangaroo egg shells is making me grin on this dreary monday morning.
I like Blue Moon, the breakfast service is just slooooooowwww.
The Dick That Pouched Eggs is one of my most favorite blue movies… after the pterodactyls, of course.
Although I have lately had these cream of wheat fantasies… (SFW)
I’ve always wanted to try Blue Moon….what are their hours like? Do they serve breakfast all day or just in the AM? Thanks…..
The timing of this post is almost uncanny. I found myself magically awake at 8:30 on Sunday morning, and my girlfriend and I—inspired, in part, by Shenanners’ recent negative comment—headed to Bluegrass Grill. Even at that early hour, the Foxfieldians were beginning to stumble forth into the world, so there was a brief wait (10 minutes, maybe).
Once seated, we got prompt and friendly service. But the food was indeed sub-par. Girlfriend got the omelet, which was almost exactly as Lu Sid describes: lots of freshness inside, but completely lacking in the egg department. And my breakfast burrito fell flat: it just didn’t taste good.
The saving grace was the hash browns. I’d say they beat Blue Moon’s (which are still fecking great, don’t get me wrong) by using bigger potato chunks, which hold up better after a long time on a flat top.
In any case, we were both a bit surprised. I used to have a generally favorable disposition towards BG, including positive memories about eating there in the past. What happened? Did their quality go down? Did my expectations go up? I’m going to give them one more shot (on a weekday maybe?) before writing them off entirely.
Nice post, Lu.
Is there a good breakfast place here in town? Last time at BGG my potatoes were burned silly, that they even put them on a plate relishes them to culinary hell!!!! Blue moon diner is ok but what I or you can do at the house blows both places away, no matter what they are serving. Get some friends together and do a late breakfast at your house, for the price of two (with tip) you can feed ten, even if you buy organic stuff AND you eat with the people you actually give a shit about.
Come over to my place I will make good breakfast.
@25-Then go! Try! Eat! I am not sure if they serve breakfast all day, but they seem like the type of place that would. Maybe the powers that be at this lovely site will get us that info?
PS I can’t believe we don’t have any of their employees on the site?
Tuesday. You’ve got mail. Finally.
It’s about freakin time.
I like that pic, Lu Sid, gives new meaning to the term “open up a can of whoop-ass on you”
I’ve got five dollars on the green beans.
I’ve lived in C-ville for a decade and have managed to never go to Bluegrass, somehow. However, I second, or third, or fourth, the contention that the service/food at Blue Moon ranges from lousy to adequate, so I also will go with BGG by default.
Was there already a discussion of other breakfast spots? Are there any other breakfast spots in the same general range as BGG and BM???
I’ve got big love for the Nook. Lovely hostess, (comparatively) much better service that both the BGG and BM, and the food’s prooty damn good. Plus, bloody mary’s (I like those BM’s), and mimosas. PLUS, breakfast all day, I believe. And a bar.
I am very impressed with everyone’s restraint with all the BM talk.
Upon further reflection, I think BGG has a wider and more interesting menu than BM. I like that it’s not your average breakfast selection.
Also upon further reflection, I think BM has the better overall atmosphere and that includes the decor and the staff (both places have a good overall vibe).
Has anybody been to Rev Soup on Saturday’s? I know they do a breakfast and from time to time I’ve heard good things. But overall, I’ve never heard a lot one way or the other.
I had breakfast at the Nook back when they first opened. I found it good and satisfying but nothing to write home about and a little bit more expensive than the food justified.
Bluegrass has always been a disappointment to me. Maybe it’s just because i’ve always waited and waited, and then waited some more, so that in the end, I walk out feeling like it was good, but definitely not worth the wait. But, i did find it to be good value.
Seems like I need to bring my own coffee to all of these places.
Seems like I need to bring my own coffee to all of these places.
Heh. When I went on Sunday, my girlfriend waited outside while I ran over to Café Cubano to get us coffee for the wait.
/can wait, sure, no problem, but needs coffee right this very instance, thanks.
hmmm…..i’m not sure where to begin. i have worked at both places for a very long time. they both definately have their pros and cons. i agree with the vibe thing at the BM…BGG has better food. and this is coming from someone who has bias for both places.
Charlottesville might have the most whiners in the entire freaking world. Both of the establishments are excellent….
@41 thank you for that!
i agree, but being on the inside of both places gives me a unique perspective.
I’m w/ Lovie’s husband on this one. Move to Scranton for a minute. Or go on a three hour tour preferably away from MT IsThisAllIHaveToTalkComplainAboutInMyOverIndulgedPettyWorld (it’s a little known MT near Sri Lanka)…whichever. /knowing that someone from Scranton is going to defend something.
I love the people who only chime in once in a blue moon, to basically put us down for discussing things. Try posting once in awhile or providing an informed alternative opinion instead of just telling us how spoiled/pretentious/overindulged/whiny etc we are. Thanks.
Curious as to the “bakery” part of Bluegrass’ name (do they sell baked goods? or just bake their own?) so I looked to the interwebs to clear up the question. Turns out that while Blue Moon even has a myspace page, and I found their menu online pretty easily, the closest I came with to Blue Grass’, with some searching was a partial list of offerings in this review at Virginia Law Weekly? Advantage Blue Moon.
I dont know, Im pretty spoiled/pretentious/overindulged/whiny etc…
/just saying.
50/50.
@28. ditto
@36… BM? hmmm…
almost took the bait…
oh, and since i haven’t met you yet- thurston, pull up a beanbag, have some tap water and the box wine is on top of the fridge. glad ya made it off gilligan’s island. welcome!
@39: You are such a great guy Stanley.That was nice of you–I hope she appreciated that.
@44: I agree. People (even the frequent commenter sometimes) just don’t understand what goes into writing posts for a blog like this. Thanks Shen
@45, there is someone that comes in e’ry morn at around 3 to start baking biscuits, etc. So yes, they bake all their business onsite.
@ picture caption: Any chance we can fix the caption so it says “Bluegrass Grille” instead of “Blue Ridge”
All fixed
sorry…i had to go to bed. i wasn’t agreeing with the whiny part….just the part about the excellent establishments. all i’m saying is that they both have their good points and their bad points. and all restaurants have their good days and their bad days….as do servers.
@51 we do bake all of our stuff…but it’s done the night before by an 85 year old man who’s been baking for over 40 years. super great guy.
who’s been baking for over 40 years
There has to be a faster recipe for biscuits.
@45 i don’t know, that’s an awfully good review of bluegrass. it made me hungry, & i just finished breakfast.
the moron who wrote the “review” for the law weekly in which he dismissed aroma’s because he “felt rushed” could learn a thing or two.
Blue Moon even has a myspace page,
IDK MY BFF BM?
Hours added, names fixed, myspace now included. Thanks for the comments and suggestions guys!
I moved from Madison, WI to C-ville in 2006. Shortly after the move I heard about this great new breakfast spot called the Blue Moon. When we got there, I found out that the restaurant is run by another pair of recent Madison transplants, one of whom used to work at my favourite wine shop on campus. I still have to thank her for introducing me to The Postal Service and The Hackensaw Boys.
Thanks guys, I do love Charlottesville, born and bred here. I love this site and look forward to drinking somewhere with you guys anytime!
Thurston, South Street on Tuesdays or one of the amazing Cvillain get togethers. I recommend just doing both.
Welcome.
@38 I don’t know a thing about breakfast at Rev Soup, but I was there for lunch this past Saturday. Basically, the same menu they serve during the week: soups, salads and wraps/sandwiches. The tortilla chicken soup was wonderful. Spicy, big chunks of tomato and chicken, still crispy tortilla strips. Delightful. Their online menu doesn’t mention breakfast, but who knows?
http://www.revolutionarysoup.com/
@61: Tuesday, how have we never met at South Street on Tuesdays?
Echo-we have.
Duhhhh Echo. Duhhhh.
Because I’m 37, married and like Budwesier in a can ( and dirty, Gin Martini’s). I used to go there 7 years ago for two dollar Tuesdays and always strangely awoke with a HUGE headache. You ever been in the basement of South Street. It’s like a Edgar Allen Poe poem down there. AWESOME and scary. ThatGrrl knows me and can vouch for me! I don’t talk at concerts, would rather have exploratory colon surgery then go to Feist concert and another completely other subject, my wife still calls Fuel once a month and leaves an angry message regarding a $50 gift cert. we have and were going to use the week they closed!
Really? I guess that’s not so hard to believe. Now I have to go through a bunch of drunk South Street memories and piece it together.
/limiting myself to
12 absolutions tonight.Ha. I met you the first night you “came out”. I wasn’t introduced as Tuesday.
Oh,,, Do tell me more Tuesday, tell me more? I’m intrigued. What does came out mean in that sense?
Ok that makes more sense.
“Come out” means you give up who you actually are to other villains…shhh…we aren’t supposed to talk about this. Thor will come at us with, “The RULES! The RULES!”
THE RULES THE RULES
Oh, I have no problem letting you folks know who I am…. I’ve scattered hints… I ain’t scared!
Gosh, such a killjoy.
To steal a line from the Simpsons, “I find you people very intriguing and would like to subscribe to your newsletter!”
@ 69 There are villains who like to hide their identity and those who don’t. When you meet some one in the flesh, and they reveal their log in name, they are “coming out” to you. There are lots of reasons that most don’t “come out” though… lots of villains play coy, lots of villains are deathly afraid, some just want to keep their ability to speak freely. Take Grape talking about getting fucked in a mud puddle at foxfeild or whatever. She(?) can do that as no one knows who she is. Thor likes to stay anonymous in order to review restaurants more impartially, even though he doesn’t really review eateries anymore and now just posts youtube videos.
Some villains come out to select others and swear you to secrecy. Some villains come out to you with a false identity, or allow any misunderstanding you might have to fester and spread. Don’t even get me started on the cliquey villains… Its all a beautiful game of cat and mouse fueled by alcohol and pent up sexual frustration. Quite the teacup ride if you ask me, and you didn’t.
Me? Yes I am an “out” villain, although I fearlessly discuss masturbating to pteradactyl porn, engage in ruthless towel calling, my inflatable Bea Arthur doll and other such activities without fear. Everyone on here knows I am the 450 pound man with a psoriasis spot on his forehead that looks like Nefertiti, that works at Blimpie in Belmont (thus my name). Stop by and say hi some time! I will give you extra mustard.
Las time I checked there was no age limit on (well, except 21) on $2.50 beer. Please don’t start in on 50 cents either “Grandpa” (I kid, I kid), the other “Grandpa/Dad”, Thor beat you to it. While I go there and basically race myself to a 9:00 p.m. drunk, most go and casually enjoy the company with a few cheap beers. I can’t say we don’t have an age variation, but it makes it fun and I love it. Also, there is NO “No Wives Allowed” rule. You can always come with another (I do). We tend to like everyone (especially when we are drinking). So basically I just knocked out all your excuses. Think an 8:00 p.m. meeting is past your bedtime? You would be welcomed with open arms (our hands will be occupied with beer).
Stop by and say hi some time! I will give you extra
mustardmayo.Fixed it.
@78: There is a “No-coming-on-to-Villainettes-when-you-have-a-wife-at-home” rule.
Or sometimes you get drunk, and Shen convinces you that you are being lame by not telling.
Or sometimes you get drunk, and Shen convinces you that you are being lame by not telling… her that you have a wife.
FTFY
@81: Oh you told me alright. Maybe not with words, but with your drunken eyes.
@82: What’s FTFY?
FTFY = fixed that for you
Hey, hey now B yo–in Thor’s defense (which does not happen from me often), he did write that stellar review on The Local and got a TON of traffic on it. I don’t think he writes many anymore because:
A. We all beat him to it
B. We don’t let him out of his cage as much as we used too
Can I comment on The Nook?
Had brunch there recently. They were slammed. The service was great, very friendly. The food was mediocre–and I’ve had some good stuff there before. Their club, or “almost club” or whatever, is inexplicably fantastic. Good crabcake, too. But I have NEVER had good breakfast food from the place! Which is what I would think they’d excel at. As for Bloody Marys–not great at The Nook, wonderful at Blue Moon. I definitely prefer BMD to BGG.
Thor’s in a cage; Parlie’s locked in the basement…who’s running things over there?
KRED, duh. He slips us food and demands constant writing…while rarely writing himself. Call DFYS!
@ 86 Um.. Blackmolly? Some people here really take umbrage when you change the topic of the thread so… I… um…
wait. What?
@ 85 on The Local and got a TON of traffic on it
He has potentially soggy fries to thank for that. Second only to tartare those wiggly things are when it comes to raising the hackles of foody villains.
Hey, this is my first time here. I was just responding to the orginal breakfast topic. I didn’t actually offend anybody, did I??? I haven’t figured out entirely how y’all work.
Blackmolly:
Rule #1: Never take anything b’yo says seriously.
Rule #2: We are not easily offended. Many of us cannot be offended at all.
@89 UGH! No kidding. I think we could have a post entitled “Subpar tartare, soggy fries and sweetbreads free-for-all” and generate the most discussed post ever, on here.
/please don’t do it
//seriously; don’t do it
probably best not to take much of anything very seriously. echo is wise.
Just making sure, thanks!
Sorry Blackmolly, welcome to the site, lolo is right…don’t take any comments on this site too seriously. Write what you want, when you want, as long as it is not harmful to anyone. Thanks for the comments on the Nook, by the way. I do agree with you, their breakfast just does not grab me.
maybe someone should mention how Thor likes to poke us all with sticks….still not funny.
B yo! Play nice with the new kids.
Whoooah blackmolly, bam-a-lam!
I try to keep everything on topic and relevant around here so that people who use this site for utilitarian purposes don’t have to sort through endless nonsense in order to find out whether or not penis size matters to anonymous internet randoms.
Ahem.
Carry on.
B yo you kill me, my co-workers are staring at me why I laugh out loud at your silliness. I never mind if you stay on topic.
B yo you kill me, my co-workers are staring at me why I laugh out loud at your silliness. I never mind if you stay on topic.
Excuse me, but how does this relate to the flabby omelette texture at BBG, jaded serving tendencies at BM, or unambiguously and aggressively ambivalent home fries at the Nook? Im gonna let you go with a warning this time… but please, lets keep the personal chit chat to a minimum, mmmmkay?
/there’s a new sheriff in town…
Hey Mr. Sheriff! I wrote this. Besides, I do what I want
/so could never imagine trying to take you seriously
I really like your posts Lu Sid, very thoughtful. I appreciate the info.
Speaking of breakfast and Zocalo (I just spent the last few minutes trying to see if you’d reviewed their brunch yet–couldn’t find anything, but then again, I’m slow) I did try their French toast the other day. Not the kind of brunch item I usually get as I’m more of a Huevos Blue Moonos type. The French toast was delicious! I’m eager to see what they do w/ bloodys. I didn’t get one this time.
Aw, thanks lolo.
OK, just found the thread about Zocalo. Pretty original of me to mention that the French toast was delicious, huh?
This might be a stupid question, but how do you start a post on here? Like if I wanted to review my least favorite eating joints? Or perhaps give praise to a restaurant? Tell me!
Ooohhh…we should call Bloody Mary’s Red Panties. Of course, that might go over as well as my suggestion to call pregnant women jammed…
@ 103 For future reference, at least three cocktails are mandatory in the reviewing process. Why? Im glad you asked. See, the alcohol will enlarge any perceived slight by the wait staff to heroic proportions, while simultaneously deadening the tastebuds to any subtleties that may have existed in the food. The combined experience of bland food and rude services will fill you with the rage necessary to really let er rip in the posting process. Make sure you indicate clearly that your preferences should also be those of everyone else’s, how when you were in France things were done right, and or any foody pedigrees you might have . If you find you are having problems summoning such umbrage and fiery righteous indignation, I recommend that before you post you drink a half bottle of tequila and sprinkle the phrase “Not. Going. Back. EVAR!” judiciously through out the piece. Happy reviewing…
gimmeanotherbloodysheila… imfrom the internets!
Just login, go to the Dashboard, select the “write” tab and write away. When you are done just submit the post for review. It may take a bit to get your post up, but we will get it up.
@Thurston: http://cvillain.com/2008/03/28/surprise-back-to-the-roots/
My description was better
It may take a bit to get your post up, but we will get it up
And don’t worry, this is normal for a man your age.
but we will get it up
That’s what she said.
/what? someone would have gone there eventually
Dang it! Should have known I couldn’t beat the flying fingers of B’Yo.
anyone who is anyone prefers a ‘bruised wanda’ over a ‘bloody sheila’ anyday, but whatevaar…….just sayin
I had flying fingers at the chicken joint on 29. Overly salty, and served with norwegian water.
(wait for it….)
Not. Going. Back. EVAR!
omfg! I so want to go to South Street tonight.
I got the mother in law in town staying with us tonight maybe next week with the drinking and items? How will I know what you guys look like, eh? Got to cook a feast for the family this evening. Have I mentioned that I love to cook… just opened my first ice cold bud of the day. I like that they put the born on date on there now. My current twelve pack is so fresh… Born April 17th… mmmmmmm
@118 street can just wave the scowly sign around again. or have you gotten that tattoo yet?
Thurston…. we all drink Creme de Menthe and Redbull and wear pink carnations.
and you can recognize echo because he’s a girl.
Floozy! shhhhh!
@118 orchid, no, I haven’t, unfortunately. My tattoo artist got hooked on coke, and has made a general mess of his life. I have to find a less-strung-out artist.
/doing the wave with Scowly
Dang nab it, I meant 119. Anyone know a good headache remedy, other than copious amounts of booze?
oh efff it, I had to escape my confines for just a minute. Are all of you missing tongues? The coffee at both Blue Moon and Bluegrass suck, can you honestly still drink drip coffee in an era where we have come up with percolators and pressure pump driven espresso machines all in the name of an excellent cup of joe? Yes, lets take something that should be fresh and leave it on a hot plate and expect it to taste just as good as the minute it came out. I think I did do a Cubano/Mono Loco brunch one time…excellent idea.
I think both of these places have slow service…unfortunately popularity rules and we all suffer…yet we continue to do so. Sad to hear BG quality is down…I too have fond memories of that place. I can’t say one is better than the other…but if we want to talk about how much better one is because no one smokes, BG is the winner.
Can’t someone bring in a third great breakfast place to kill this one-one competition? Is Zo.Ca.Lo the next big thing?
@123… sex
@121: Thanks. So far today I have “come out” and gotten a sex change. I need a beer…
@126 no one’s mentioned your & oy’s romance in almost two weeks; i thought it was due.
don’t wait till 830 then! just don’t drink absolutions
@124 i vote for not-fellini’s.
@126: But I love absolutions…you going tonight?
I think I was the last person to bring it up, and I still didn’t get the bondage party tickets.
Looks like Street took my advice.
@128 730ish, maybe.
@130: Why so early? You still going to be there later?
i am only going for ONE BEER so if i drink very slowly…
Why just one? You ask when I’m going, so you can sneak out before I get there. Very slick…
uhoh, you figured me out!
of course, this was all contingent on me finishing this work, & you’re distracting me.
Well, if I distract you, you will get there later
or never.
If you go and leave before I get there then that is essentially the same thing…
you’ll never know…
Crap, it’s going to be cold tonight. Guess I’ll wait ’til tomorrow to get my villainous fix. You kids have fun!
@107, I was just starting to like you. Referring to a pregnant woman as jammed is just effing gross.
/still offended.
I think of pregnant women as having an item in their area. Much better than being jammed don’t you think?
whoa! you guys are all over the place. i’m just having my first creme de menthe and redbull, @120. sweet holy hell, that is gross!
@137 i’m sorry but i don’t know how i could possibly have handled everytnig better.
damn it’s cold.
@143: This isn’t the place for this conversation
creme de menthe & redbull? what on earth would possess you to drink that? I’d rather drink a cement mixer, or use moonshine as visine.
i smell a scandal.
Guess I’ll wait ’til tomorrow to get my villainous fix.
Ooohhh, I certainly hope to see some villain love tonight, but hey I always do. It will be awesome because I will have only slept 5 of the last 48 hours, giving everything that blurry surreal edge. Its a recipe for skipping, I say.
1. echo: I find some people here easily offended, as evidenced by a post which said something like “i hate when lurkers drop in and comment just to comment on the way we comment.” B-yo is especially easily offended, as will be evidenced by his rush to respond to this comment and disagree with me by saying “I’m not offended, I just heartily, defensively, passionately disagree with the very wrong thing you’ve said.”
2. The Nook has excellent service, and the food is good EXCEPT for the RANCID pancakes I have received on more than one occassion. I think they don’t check the buttermilk or they use the batter from the day before. Nasty. Don’t eat the pancakes. Plus, old Nook seemed to have more breakfast variety than new Nook. But new Nook has better hours.
3. Hello? Italian Villa? Hells yes, son. Close to Grounds. Variety of food. Grumpy waitresses. Open late. Bring it.
4. You all are revealing your snobbiness and your oldness. The number 1 breakfast joint in this town is IHOP and you can’t deny it. Breakfast is not to be dined at 1130 am Sunday with your strollers and your impatience. Breakfast is only properly dined at 4am after plenty of sex, drugs and rocknroll. Or in Charlottesville’s case, booty grinding, Bacardi and hip-hop. Or…face slaps, Jim Beam and 80’s Hits. Or…Cranium, Miller High Life and mix CD’s.
Anyway!
No one knows how to make a good breakfast like a chain, and IHOP is an all-out win. Who needs an alky hangout like Blue Moon to have breakfast in? Have your booze in a proper bar with loud pop music and women dressed in short tight clothes, then eat your breakfast later. IHOP doesn’t need alcohol cuz that’s what kegs in yer front yard are for. IHOP owns all other breakfast joints. And you know this, man.
Smoking section: check.
FLUFFY egg dishes full of WHOLE MILK: check.
Giant plate of food for stupidly low price: check.
Big comfy boofs to sit in instead of quaint charming vintage wooden or stylish-yet-uncomfortable chairs shoved too close to other tables: check.
Polite townie waitresses who want you to be happy as opposed to forever-frustrated hipster waitresses who are more interested in being seen: check.
Easy parking: check check muddyfunking check.
B-yo is especially easily offended..
My god, you’re right! But its just because Im white, so…
Am I white? I thought I was more of an off-pinkish color with splashes of light brown that, for some reason, seem to disappear just above my elbows.
/two tone, baby!
Actually some of you are WRONG. The best place for breakfast in Charlottesville used to be Duner’s in Ivy only open on Sundays for the breakfast. But, alas, not more. Now it’s most certainly Tip Top next to CarMax on Pantops (don’t call me a mountain). How was South Street last evening>
Actually some of you are WRONG
Actually?
That is classic!
i heard beer run will be serving breakfasy everyday until 7:30 pm.
mmm.
@154 - I believe that’s just on Sundays.
oh:(. i thought it sounded a little too much like a different country.
/like the west coast.
Tavern: too dirty and sticky.
Waffle House: waaay to dirty, sticky and scabby
Bodo’s: ok if you like the lack of variety. and lack of black folk. yea! I don’t care - race imbrues every aspect of living in this town even breakfast and you ain’t being real with yourself until you acknowledge that, privileged white bohemians.
Aunt Sarah’s: this place would beat IHOP if only everything weren’t so damn sticky. What is it with breakfast places and stickiness? Keep them kids away from that syrup
La Taza: I never got to see the server who got bald for a cause. Very lovely interior. Never packed when I go in. Overpriced, but only as much as all coffee/pastry places are. There’s this one girl that works there that has great hips but wears too much make-up.
@157 it’s not just kids. i get syrup in my hair every time.
Waffle House is scabby, not scattered, smothered and covered? ew. I wouldn’t be surprised to find grease in my orange juice there.
/Grease is the time, is the place, is the motion
One fine morning I happened upon The Tavern, and had a reasonably pleasant brekky ( pecan pancakes with vanilla ice cream… friend had sausage biscuits with that gravy that looks like congealed cat sick but supposedly tasted good). So waitress with the personality of Attila the Hun’s Mom presents the check , only for us to discover they are CASH ONLY.
I had to go out to the car and get all my emergency parking money which is all gross and stuck together with melted chapstick, hair and chocolate and scrape $12 together. The cashier looked at it like I had just presented her with a freshly laid turd.
Yum.
@124-Wow, what a surprise cocoNUT has some negative comments about restaurants. Geezz…I am surprised you even grace either with your presence since they don’t have any fancy foreign water.
I went to BGG at 1:30 one weekday afternoon. I checked my watch because the last time I went it was closer to 3:00 and they had just closed. I waited the 15 minutes to be seated; which was just fine. I’m a waitron I know the deal. I got seated around 1:45. The waitress dropped off my menu, gave coffee to the other table that sat down a few minutes before me. The waitress then leaves to get my coffee, checks with the other table, drops off my coffee and waits for me to order. I told her I’ve hadn’t finished looking at the menu. She gets the other people’s order. She then comes right back over and stares at me again. I look at my watch it’s been 7 minutes since I sat down and the waitress is glaring at me then here’s the kicker tells me “we’re closing.” Ok I get it but I waited 15 minutes for the table but she can’t give me ten minutes to order. Ridiculous. She was nasty and I ordered the whole wheat pancakes- I wanted to get something with biscuits that they make in house but I didn’t get to decide what comes with biscuits. She brings over the thick, brown dense cake-like pancakes. I ate a few heavy forkfuls, drank the old coffee and left feeling saddened that my breakfast went so badly. I was also still hungry but I just spend 12 bucks. I walked back to my car and promptly went to Burger King. Geez a girl needed some food.
I had salty burger at BMD but the service was good. It does reek like cigarettes though.
that’s where all the stickiness comes from: melted chapstick
just have to be blunt when no one else is. And for the record I am not into foreign bottled water, especially if its from Norway…gimme tap!
“Youre beautifullll, youre beautifulllll… its true…and I don’t know what to do… cause Im so in love with you…”
/just have to be Blunt when no one else will.
oh man I think b’yo took some of that leftover hooch from the flavored wine tasting. Someone send help!
@163 that was probably me and i apologize. sincerely. when you’ve been rushed all day and all every one wants to do is order, eat and get out cause they only get an hour for lunch, you sorta get stuck in that groove.
coconut, I’m on yer side. and I love carpaccio how boutchu? Who has the best in town?
/no more talk of tartare we have moved on to carpaccio b’yo
can we get a photo linky-poo to carpaccio?
/methinks it has meat-don’t know so much about that.
//just looked it up on wikipedia-no linky-poo, please!
it’s springtime- we have about 6 months of fresh awesome not meat food. color me happy!!!
///flame on, carpaccio loverstartare!
Vastly prefer the Blue Moon. Better parking, better music, good breakfast. I use it as my in town office. The last time I went to BGG - about a year ago - I was asked to sign a waiting list by the front door. For breakfast. In Charlottesville. I left and so far haven’t recalled a good reason to return.
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Easy, Blue Moon. That other place doesn’t take credit cards. Don’t want to join the 21st century? Don’t expect me to be pay you.
@stanley #39 - coffee for the wait is crucial.
girlfriend and I went to chapel hill recently to visit a college friend. brunch place in carrboro (’hood next to chapel hill) had a big old cafeteria style coffee urn OUTSIDE in the TEH LOBBY for all of the patrons waiting for a table.
what a novel idea. big ups to whatever cville joint incorporates it. ready, set, go!