IKEA

We made a bold step earlier this week and removed our TV from our living room. (gasp!) So far, so good, but we found ourselves in need of a coffee table. Pittsburgh is so lucky to have an IKEA, and when I saw they have breakfast, I had to try it out - and what a beautiful Saturday morning - sunny and blue skies!

The restaurant opens at 9:30 (1/2 hour before the rest of the store.) We arrived a little after 10, but experienced absolutely no waiting. The old adage "You get what you pay for" is beyond textbook for what is passed off as food-stuff at breakfast time here. It's almost comical - the regular breakfast platter is $0.99 (scrambled "eggs", potatoes, and a heap of bacon) and the deluxe is $1.99 (all the regular plus "French toast sticks"). I can't make this stuff up. And they're not skimpy portions, either. But really, really inedible.  Note I put "eggs" in quotation marks.  Perhaps a question mark would have been more fitting.  And I'm sorry to say, the French toast sticks were deep fried.  Yikes! The decor of the restaurant is pretty cool, they use all the things they sell to decorate, but I still left hungry.

 

The good news is we found the perfect table. It's black-brown to match the bookcases in the living room, rounded so the boys can run around safely, and not too modern looking to match the rest of the house. So success! 

Will I continue shopping at IKEA? You know it! Will I ever be tempted to eat a $0.99 meal? Not on your life!