{"id":3839,"date":"2012-07-08T10:51:09","date_gmt":"2012-07-08T14:51:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.tampabaybreakfasts.com\/?p=3839"},"modified":"2012-07-21T16:15:46","modified_gmt":"2012-07-21T20:15:46","slug":"forest-hills-diner","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.tampabaybreakfasts.com\/?p=3839","title":{"rendered":"Forest Hills Diner"},"content":{"rendered":"

It’s me and Ivo again this morning, a rare two-breakfast weekend! We’re on the bike today.<\/p>\n

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We visited the Forest Hills Diner at 9399 N Florida Ave<\/a> on 8 July 2012. This used to be the Pine Grove Family Restaurant<\/a> but changed ownership last year.<\/p>\n

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Excepting for the sign, it’s pretty much the same place. We’re calling this a new restaurant from our serious pancake statistical analysis approach, though.<\/p>\n

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This is our 99th unique mom-n-pop location in the Tampa Bay area. We’re so dedicated that we even wore one kid out on pancakes. I had to bring in the emergency backup kid to keep going.<\/p>\n

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There’s a kid’s menu, and drinks for kids are free with purchase of a kid’s meal.<\/p>\n

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Ivo suggests that maybe he’ll just take what he wants, seeing as how he’s got a knife and all.<\/p>\n

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This is the look you get if you say, “Ivo, are you playing with a knife, you silly little boy?” <\/p>\n

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Inside is pretty much unchanged since we were last here at the Pine Grove in 2010. Very large place.<\/p>\n

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We’re having coffee this morning! Which is a great improvement over yesterday morning’s no-coffee problem.<\/p>\n

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Knock knock!
\nWho’s there?
\nIvo!
\nIvo who?
\nIvo you!<\/p>\n

That’s how you make Ivo laugh.<\/p>\n

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Here’s breakfast! Kid’s one scrambled egg and bacon also came with hash browns and toast. It was quite a lot of food for three bucks.<\/p>\n

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Decent pancakes, size-wise. And these were really tasty, too. Fresh blueberries did the trick for me.<\/p>\n

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This breakfast is so good that we’re even wearing it.<\/p>\n

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And this look is the result of me saying, “Hey Ivo, guess how much a college education for you is going to cost me? Nothin! Join the Army! Hah!”<\/p>\n

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Two big breakfasts, coffee, kid’s coffee weighed in at 12 clams. Not too bad. Notice how I need new business cards, that say “Andy and Ivo” instead of “Andy and Marek” … we’re going to just call this what it is, a player change in mid-game.<\/p>\n

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Ivo took care of business, as he does. This time he even signed the charge slip for me since I spent our breakfast cash yesterday.<\/p>\n

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New readers may think I make this up. But off my 2yo goes to find someone to run his credit card, while I sit back and drink coffee.<\/p>\n

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Why, you ask? Because when I pay the bill no one ever offers me a lollipop. But here is Ivo, with a big one.<\/p>\n

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That pop, by the way, didn’t make it home (well, it did, but in Ivo’s tummy).<\/p>\n

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Parked outside the diner is this sweet, stock Dodge. I saw it had a club lock on the steering wheel. It’s a nice, straight old car, but why would anyone try to steal something that looks so, well, old? Kids these days probably wouldn’t even know how. Then I noticed the dual pipes underneath.<\/p>\n

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And the hood pins up front. There’s something lurking under that unassuming old-timer.<\/p>\n

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The Forest Hills Diner was a very nice experience. Folks were friendly, chow was good, and the price was about right. We’re pleased to give Forest Hills a Tampa Bay Breakfast four pancake rating.<\/p>\n

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It’s me and Ivo again this morning, a rare two-breakfast weekend! We’re on the bike today. We visited the Forest Hills Diner at 9399 N Florida Ave on 8 July 2012. This used to be the Pine Grove Family Restaurant but changed ownership last year. Excepting for the sign, it’s pretty much the same place. 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