{"id":3749,"date":"2012-05-24T23:04:38","date_gmt":"2012-05-25T03:04:38","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.tampabaybreakfasts.com\/?p=3749"},"modified":"2012-05-24T23:06:52","modified_gmt":"2012-05-25T03:06:52","slug":"301-family-restaurant","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.tampabaybreakfasts.com\/?p=3749","title":{"rendered":"301 Family Restaurant"},"content":{"rendered":"

We visited the 301 Diner at 3407 N HWY 301<\/a> on 12 May 2012. They have a Facebook page at http:\/\/www.facebook.com\/pages\/301-Family-Restaurant\/113574495337246<\/a>. Notice that it’s right across the street from the Dallas Bull<\/a>.<\/p>\n

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And just up the road a bit is the Veteran’s park, complete with helicopter on display.<\/p>\n

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Me and the boys, we’re so excited! From the look on Ivo’s face, you just know he’s thinking about line dancing<\/a>.<\/p>\n

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We parked next to this Can Am. These things seem to me to be the worst parts of a car combined with the worst parts of a motorcycle.<\/p>\n

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Poor Marek, it turns out, isn’t really feeling swell this morning. If I’d realized earlier, we’d have just stayed home and had cartoons for breakfast.<\/p>\n

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Me and Ivo, we’re just waiting for the line dancing to start.<\/p>\n

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The 301 is a really good place. Classic greasy-spoon country diner. The menu is full of all kinds of our favorite things.<\/p>\n

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Ivo, as you may see here, is clearly his father’s son.<\/p>\n

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Good place here, full of locals wearing baseball hats. It’s a good breakfast when people know each other when they walk in the door.<\/p>\n

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Ivo starting young with the coffee. Just like Marek did when he was that age.<\/p>\n

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And today is the day before Mother’s Day! We got Favorite Breakfast Reviewer Mom some books and made her favorite supper.<\/p>\n

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Ivo is also being very agreeable for being photographed, while Marek is less so today. So I’m taking advantage of the situation.<\/p>\n

It’s a good thing he looks like his mother.<\/p>\n

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After all that kissy-faced goofin, we surely worked up an appetite for breakfast! (Note the Ivo Yoink move)<\/p>\n

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Good size on these pancakes. <\/p>\n

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Marek works the bacon conveyor belt. It beats sucking the juices out of the bacon and leaving the gristle, which is what he was doing for a while.<\/p>\n

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Ivo and I dug in pretty well on our side, too. Pancakes! Just what the doctor ordered after a long morning of driving 20 miles to get some pancakes.<\/p>\n

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All told, the bill was pretty reasonable. Fit nicely on a Jackson.<\/p>\n

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Ivo is up-and-coming in the paying-the-bills department. He still needs big brother assistance to close the deal, but he starts out strong.<\/p>\n

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At the end of the morning, we can tell you this about the 301 Family Restaurant. It’s a gem of a diner. It meets all our marks: Cozy, full of locals and regulars, good prices, basic and tasty chow, nice people, and a bit of history. We’d go back anytime. Even if they do play country music. We’re pleased to give the 301 Family Restaurant a Tampa Bay Breakfasts a four and a half pancake rating.<\/p>\n

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We visited the 301 Diner at 3407 N HWY 301 on 12 May 2012. They have a Facebook page at http:\/\/www.facebook.com\/pages\/301-Family-Restaurant\/113574495337246. Notice that it’s right across the street from the Dallas Bull. And just up the road a bit is the Veteran’s park, complete with helicopter on display. Me and the boys, we’re so excited! 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