My husband and I were visiting several family members in Washington for Christmas (2013) and had a wonderful experience in Rainer, Seattle and Bellingham over the period of a week. One of the very worst experiences was when we went to Old Town Cafe for breakfast. We were told that HomeSkillet was the best, however, it was a Monday and was closed. We ended up going to Old Town and were extremely disappointed and angry by the time we wasted, calories we wasted and money we wasted. It was very busy and we put our name on the list and waited. We had a dog in the car and were trying to hurry as fast as we could. We kept seeing people getting called before us yet we tried to remain patient. After what we were told would be a 20 min. wait- we waited for an hour. When I finally got up to ask what the deal was, I was told my name had been removed from the list. My husband and I had not missed being called, as we had been sitting right by the front near the hostess the entire time. Upon getting seated we had the rudest waitress I've ever encountered in my entire life. We are not hard people to please but we felt so uncomfortable by this waitresses dirty looks, demeanor and strange comments that we felt like we didn't even want to bother her for another cup of coffee. Our waitress (very long brown hair, snobby/serious expression, medium build, I think red lipstick) gave me dirty looks the entire breakfast... no idea why, I'm still questioning why she hated me to this day. She gave my husband snarky comments about his hat (it was the brand Fox, a motorcycle company)- and replied something snarky as well when he inquired about a ham-free dish (on my behalf)- and made fun of his question while wearing a "Fox" hat... this was weird, didn't make any sense and made him feel extremely uncomfortable. We felt as if this waitress thinks she is extremely cool and we obviously weren't "cool" enough for her or Bellingham or their cafe. My husband and I didn't understand why we were treated so poorly. We started over-analyzing it, thinking perhaps we weren't "hippie" enough or "vegan" enough or "hipster" enough. Our waitress never replied to us when we said thank you, not even a smile. We also heard someone else complain about the "moody waitress". My husband works in the restaurant industry and we are kind, relaxed and very easy to please people. I've never written a poor review before. However, this was such a horrible experience we felt one of us needed to say something. We understand if you're having a bad day. To make your customers feel unwelcome, out of place and hesitant to even ask for coffee in fear of a dirty look or snide comment- is just wrong. Lastly, the food was sub-par. It was cold, it was food we couldn't made ourselves and bland. Terrible experience. Again, the worst part was that waitress. How dare she make us feel so unwelcome. She ended up being replaced by another server 3/4 into our meal- by a nicer waitress but still a little snide. We were seated in the big room, near the front windows, against the wall on 12/23/13. So to whomever was our server, I hope either karma or her boss brings this to her attention. I hope this is not a Bellingham thing. I've visited there 3 times and never had a bad experience until this. I was embarrassed and sad my husband was treated so terribly his first trip there. Now he thinks Bellingham is filled with rude, snarky, snobby people who think they're way too cool for everybody else. read more