Minimal service, bland food, great location.

I couldn't remember exactly why I haven't been here since the place opened. I live in the neighborhood and walk by regularly. The only thing I remember distinctly from my first visit was a former mayor Wellington Webb sighting. So, my family and I decided to revisit the place. We love breakfast and this place is much closer for us than Snooze or Jelly, or Devil's Food, or Waffle Bros or Four Friends (all places that are MUCH better for breakfast). Syrup is walking distance for us, and that's part of the reason it's such a bummer that this place just isn't good.

First, let's talk about the food. Their churro donut is good. How can it not be? Fried dough to dip in salted caramel and/or Nutella is going to be difficult to mess up. But it definitely could be better.

The rest was truly disappointing. The Cherry Creek Bennie, which includes the words "award winning" in the description, is BLAND. It "looks" right, but it doesn't taste like anything. Straight butter would have more flavor than the hollandaise sauce. The corned beef is the only thing you can taste.

The same inexplicable lack of flavor was true for the chicken and waffles my wife ordered. I've had store bought frozen chicken fingers that were more flavorful. The chicken they use seems like frozen Sysco tenders. They haven't been brined and the batter does nothing for them. These are "protein sticks" on waffles. All you taste in each bite is whatever you dip it in.

Syrup has an obsession with tater tots. My plate came with maybe a pound of tots. Mashed tots. Why do they mash them? They half-assedly crush some of the tots with a fork, as if their diners are incapable of chewing their own food. These are chain-food Sysco tots. They are nothing special at all; kind of like the rest of the food. Most plates come completely inundated with tater tots. I'm talking two large servings from Sonic per plate, crowding away the rest of the food. Is this how they feel they justify charging people $16 for a flavorless benedict? It's as if they are trying to distract diners with a mountain of (cheaply made) food. The coffee is weak too!

Our service was bad too. My wife worked in the service industry for decades. When she starts telling me to lower the tip amount, things have gone poorly. We saw her when she took our order, when we were finished with our meal, and when she brought us our check. We had to flag down other people for refills on coffee, water, etc. I wanted some hot sauce or something to make my bland food better, but I gave up. I saw other servers there doing a much better job. We were just unlucky.

While I'm here, I feel I need to mention their total non-sequitur shirts/branding. Their shirts, which the staff wear and are sold as merchandise, have lame marijuana puns. "Buy local hash," in an amateurish font and layout screams legal weed exploitation. It's just another bit of tastelessness that seems to be the only coherent and consistent attribute on offer.

Do yourself a favor and skip this place. Go somewhere good for breakfast. Or make your own. This place is a waste of space.