Hello all, What a bustling busy petite destination. My mother and I thoroughly enjoyed our first exposure to this lively locale. I ordered a short stack of delicious gf cinnamon roll pumpkin buckwheat pancakes with a delightful streaking of cream cheese frosting and a speckling of fresh strawbs (n a powdered sugar dusting), w some maple syrup to the side. There were some lovely crisper bites where I'm assuming some sugar or cinnamon crystalized in this lovely swirled soft plate. (I must say in comparison to the gf short stack @ the actual Short Stack Eatery, this was a much more endearing serving considering price to portion). To back track, we arrived, after parking in a one hour spot just in front of the Cap and a two-minute walk to a small line, there were three parties ahead of us and we were given an estimate of 15 minutes while I'm sure it was less than ten that we waited. Lovely chit chat with one family's kiddos that my mom and I paused next to, the daughter contemplating the unique door handles and both son and daughter offering my mom and I menus for our upcoming decisions. Prior to our arrival my mother was dead set on not having an omelette, yet seeing the goat cheese and zucchini option struck her fancy, and she ventured into a new taste experience (of which I'm so proud of her). I ordered for her and knew she'd like the sourdough toast option (with one of the other options being rosemary -ooh, maddeningly intriguing). She also recived a side of greens and some fantasticly seasonsed scalloped potatoes. Both her and I were struck by the delightful retained level of suppleness of the egg. A good texture of the cheese with the inner vegetables. Wonderful. Our brunch about 1130am was elevated by the free coffee (offered as early as when you arrive and wait in line to order and seat - note, that you order not at your table but the counter and pay there promptly as well) in addition to a winter marg, which particularly lovely since it was including cran, so scrump(tious). Atmosphere was vivacious and invigorating. In the just over a year my mother and I have resided in Madison, this is the first place we've tried that we would undoubtedly venture to again. I do personally wish the staff would introduce themselves with their names, but I respect that they also do not, nor wear name tags :) An endearing experience. I would recommend. I hold back on the fifth star because, as I said, this is an expectation being set for our restauranting, the sole mutually enjoyed excursion in many months. Cheers! (sorry about no photos, didn't even think of it!)