I was just on vacation in New Orleans, and we went to an average breakfast place. Like 9am on a Thursday. Place was maybe 40% full. We didn’t want anything fancy, the kids just wanted eggs and pancakes, I wanted a big platter and my wife something simple like oatmeal and fruit.
It took over an hour to get our food. When it came out the waitress said something like “Sorry for the wait, this bitch in the back just started and still thinks she’s at her fancy ass fine dining place.”
It at least looked really nice and was one of the best breakfasts I’ve had. Wife and kids couldn’t care less though because they were all raging from hunger.
To be fair… It’s called the Big Easy. Not The Big Hard Working.
I had a friend who grew up there. He told me they just aren’t in that kind of hardcore work mode that is expected in so many places. They’d rather make great food over getting a ton of volume out in a fast pace. Which is why every place you eat has awesome food. Hell local chain food is dope.
Now this person might have been slow as shit and that waitress might be right, but it’s New Orleans, it’s basically in “Island Time”. You get it when you get it.
Also it sounds like there may only have been one cook.
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u/Eber- May 21 '25 edited May 21 '25
It’s always the Billy Badass types that came from amazing restaurants that can’t hang.