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Lucille's mysterious giant bisquit

Date Created: Apr 08, 2007, 01:13 AM

First I thought, 'Damn. That was quick.' I thought the waiter was going to put down my trout benedict. Then I thought - no way, that plate's too small. I didn't order this. It's huge. What is it, precicely? It looks and tastes a lot like Bisquick. It appears to be a giant bisquit. Why? Since I sat on the patio, there's been a jar of orange marmalade on the table. And now, next to it, a piping hot, giant, fluffy white bisquit. And no flatware. Uninvited fingerfood. I can barely nibble on it.

In short order, breakfast did arrive. It was unbelievably good. A small portion on a giant platter, the waiter forced me to get it with grits. It's all good.

Tragedy at Swifts

Date Created: Oct 09, 2006, 07:10 PM

In my usual generosity I felt tonight I should give Swifts one more try. I honestly needed a lard fix, but sadly, this just doesn't cut it anymore. What could I say to Miguel? I can't eat this?

Unlike Strelka Matt's recent experience where the service was poor but the food was okay, my final visit to Swifts #4 on Broadway was the opposite.

Despite any vestiges of personality, the service provided by the new day waitress was very good. But the meat and potatoes were overcooked, the homefries filled with a grill-day's crisps, the eggs runny, and Texas toast, again, cooked on a grill that hadn't been scraped or even wiped in a full shift.

I asked around, and others agree - this is a neighborhood tragedy. For example, where's the good food? Capone's? Should I?

Enoch says maybe. He's said he went to Swifts for 26 years and can't go back. "It's a crisis".

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