Spanky’s Roadhouse

We’ve given this place two chances (because hey, we all have off days) but man oh man...on the second try everything got worse. To recap our first visit a few months ago: service was slow. An hour or more to eat simple breakfast...with no offers for refills on coffee or waters. Server couldn’t be bothered but as I said, we all have our off days.

Now our second visit this past weekend: seated immediately and then ignored for the better part of 10 minutes. Servers for other sections would look at us from across the room and then press on with their duties. Finally, after asking someone, we were spoken to and our orders were taken. Food arrived promptly and cold. We asked for a reheat and by some miracle, they were cold again after being reheated...what...how? My pancakes were rubbery and the cinnamon butter was actually cream cheese that was gritty and thick and just...not cinnamon butter for crying out loud. We mentioned the problem about cold food again and thankfully the manager (who never made an appearance) did not charge us for the few bites we took. It was just a bad, bad time. Server had an attitude and it just ruined our day.

Besides the crummy food and “service,” this place is just...not good. Most of it is under a tent with drafts and heat lamps; it’s small and cramped and loud and just not what I want in a casual breakfast brunch place.

Also worth mentioning are their mimosa and Bloody Mary bars...open jars everywhere ripe with bacteria from people picking stuff out of it. That is gross and unsightly.