Restaurant Reviews
Piazza Del Panne
Reviewed by lukemundy on Jan 02, 2010
What's it like?
**BRUNCH REVIEW**
Let's preface this review by saying I like Piazza Del Panne. They have a good lunch menu of salads, sandwiches, and simple pastas and the decor is nice, yet casual.
A couple of weeks ago, my wife and I stopped by after church on a Sunday morning for an early lunch and were surprised to find that they had added a brunch menu. We both decided on breakfast options: I ordered steak and eggs and my wife got a croissant sandwich with eggs, bacon, cheese and avocado. Both came with sides of country potatoes.
The restaurant was busy, but not full and it took a good amount of time to have our order taken and for our food to arrive. When it did arrive it was dreadfully cold. We sent it back, at which point a manager came to check on us and see if we needed anything else (we didn't). She was polite and apologetic, so we figured it was just a fluke. After another wait, our plates came back... still cold.
So... we tried to eat. My "medium rare steak" was a thin strip steak "well broiled" and my over-easy eggs were cold and slightly congealed. My wife's sandwich was pretty bland and the avocado was badly bruised.
I'll give them the benefit of the doubt: brunch is hard, especially for a restaurant that has zero experience with breakfast items (I'm assuming it's new for them...) I hope they get it right in time, but I'll stick to lunch in the meantime!
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Comments
JasonMillar | Wed, 2010-10-13 10:08
This place is nothing more than the corporate showcase for Milano Inc. (I think that's the name). These guys own all the Me 'N Ed's Pizza parlors. Panne is where all the corporate execs go eat everyday, and where they take their corporate visitors. It's a fancy shmancy lunch spot for showing off. I actually think the food is NOT GREAT. But many will disagree.
LuvlyRta | Thu, 2010-10-14 12:43
This is down the street from my office, and we usually have a coupon so co-workers and I eat here fairly often. I think the food is good but a lil overpriced; I rarely go without a coupon. I'm still supportive because it's a local company ;)