The Breakfast Club, Moscow

Tuesday, August 12, 2008

I haunt this place. Can't help it.

It's their bacon. The likes of it you'll find nowhere else in the Palouse. Trust me on this. This is the best breakfast to be had in the Moscow/Pullman area.

Plus? The service is cheery and intelligent (as only Moscow's progressive and educated citizenry can provide), the prices are great, and the food shows up quickly.

Cons? Well, parking is not easy. And the double-doored entry is both awkward and cramped. The narrow path you must follow to reach your seat is also less than ideal. And the stiff and narrow vinyl-seated chairs are less than comfortable for the unlucky diners who have to place their bums there and not on the much cushier booth. If they could afford it, The Breakfast Club would benefit from a serious re-arrangement of seating and inner architecture. It would also befit Moscow's progressive, nature-respecting style if the decor and furniture were updated to more comfier and more eco-friendly textiles, but I know that's asking a lot of this restaurant. It's really only fair to ask for good food. And their food is good indeed.

I do have some hesitation with the omelets. I'd been salivating over them for ages, imagining their delights without having the calories available to indulge. For my birthday, I finally took the plunge only to find they're not nearly so rich and flavorful as my dreams. They're just okay. Granted, my dietary restrictions meant I couldn't order some of the saucier options that may have better suited my tastes. Shrug. All I can say is that the omelet I had for my birthday didn't justify the calories I gave up. (And just to be clear on this: I have found omelets that were worth the dietary splurge.) So when dining at TBC, I will limit myself happily and always to bacon and eggs. The eggs, I should add, are perfectly nice. I actually think I prefer them to the omelet.

In any case, for crisp, thick salty bacon aficianados, The Breakfast Club is heaven.

Sniffle... I get to travel through Moscow every other Wednesday and most of those I can drop by TBC for breakfast. Tomorrow, however, my trip will be late in the day thus precluding bacon. 'Tis a sad thing.

With Much Love for this little restaurant,
~L

Edited 8/27/08 to add: Our kind waitress obliged me and happily divulged that The Breakfast Club serves Daily's bacon which can be found at Safeway and Rosauers. I have joyfully procured same and hope to replicate TBC's fine porcine creation at my next opportunity.

Love this place.

Do not, however, love its coffee which is much too dark a roast for the mild-java-lovin likes of me.