This very Corner Bakery Café has the distinction of being the first and only location in the Las Vegas valley. It likewise has the distinction of sharing a parking lot with one of the first two Chick-Fil-A's* in the Las Vegas valley. On a recent Saturday, I started off my weekend by trying the Corner Bakery Café for the first time.
When I stepped out of my car, a positive omen was the aroma of baking food. Upon walking into the restaurant my question to myself was what food to order. The menu includes soup, breakfast platters, sandwiches, pastries, and paninis. At 8 o' clock in the morning I was up for breakfast. The takeout menus by the entrance came in handy. I am one of those people that prefer to examine a takeout menu instead of the overhead menus above the register. I decided on the All American Scrambler.
The Corner Bakery Café is in the fast casual segment of the dining industry. The way it works with this fast casual food restaurant is that you order then pay at the counter, the cashier hands you a number, then you place the number at the table. In a few minutes somebody brings you the food. By the time that the plate is nearly empty, that person will nicely take away the plate. Javon. C happened to be the friendly cashier that took my order. A regular customer on line in front of me was complimenting him on how he makes her day. Posthumously I am complimenting him on the kind act of knocking a nickel off my order to prevent me from breaking a $20 to pay the $10.05. Just as friendly as the cashier was the delicious looking cookies, bagels, muffins, and pastries in the display case below the counter.
For some reason, this restaurant reminds me of a combination of Café Zupas and Farmer Boys. Maybe it is the electrical outlets where you can plug in a phone charger. It was at a bar table with an electrical outlet near the Coke fountain that I partook in this foodie adventure while charging up my Yelp companion: the Galaxy S.
Before the woman delivered the All American Scrambler to my table, I filled up a small cup of coffee. At Corner Bakery Café, a small cup of bottomless coffee goes for $1.99. The four flavors of self-serve coffee were Baker's Blend, Sumantra Decaf, Café Europa, and Hazelnut Cream. I thought that the coffee was good yet that Einstein Bagels, Dunkin Donuts, and Starbuck's were superior.
The $7.29 All American scrambler (please see one of the pictures below) included three scrambled eggs, toast, and Moms Harvest potatoes. However, there was a slight problem. The Applewood bacon that was supposed to be included was missing in action. One of the reasons that I ordered this menu item was for the Applewood bacon. I am not going to deduct a star. Seeing first-hand how friendly the staff was I am confident that they would have brought the bacon back into action. However, the Applewood bacon might have been so delicious that I would have added a star and had an urgency to return here. The main reason that I didn't get up and nicely address the missing bacon was that I was comfortable sitting at the bar stool looking at my Galaxy S7 that was plugged into the outlet. Anyways, I regard the All American scrambler as good. In reality it is difficult to mess up scrambled eggs. And speaking of the scrambled eggs, the hot sauce that I picked up from the condiment station added additional flavor. As far as the potatoes, I felt that they could have added more to the plate, especially at the empty corner where the Applewood bacon was supposed to be.
At the conclusion of this foodie adventure, I am left with the impression that there are more favorable breakfast places to spend my money. For example, I could spend an additional 75 cents at Einstein Brothers Bagels and have a Nova Lox bagel sandwich with a side and small bottomless coffee. This is an impression that shouldn't prevent me from returning here. Those delicious looking goodies in the bakery case left a lasting impression. If I return here, I intend to order a bakery case goodie with a bottomless cup of coffee. read more