{"id":4876,"date":"2013-06-01T21:43:40","date_gmt":"2013-06-02T01:43:40","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.tampabaybreakfasts.com\/?p=4876"},"modified":"2013-06-01T21:45:06","modified_gmt":"2013-06-02T01:45:06","slug":"doe-does-diner","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.tampabaybreakfasts.com\/?p=4876","title":{"rendered":"Doe Does Diner"},"content":{"rendered":"

In a surprising twist, Favorite Guest Reviewer Mom and Ivo went on a breakfast by themselves, while Marek and I were off working. They asked that we publish a proper review anyway, which I think is going to work out just fine. They visited Doe Doe’s Diner at 9395 Bay Pines Blvd N, St Petersburg, FL 33708<\/a>. Doe Doe’s was a recommendation from Tampa Bay Breakfasts fan Kathy R. a while back.<\/p>\n

Check out the marquee sign. “Be kind.” That’s a positive sentiment.<\/p>\n

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Remember, Favorite Guest Reviewer Mom took our photographs for this review and handed them to me to write it up for her. So I’m going to just make stuff up. <\/p>\n

I imagine she took this picture to give us a chance to comment on how odd it is that they close half an hour earlier on the weekend. Half an hour seems almost silly, why not just close at the same time and have a smaller sign?<\/p>\n

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The menu has scrapple <\/a>on it. Grandpa would be pleased to see that. It’s surprising to me just how many places in the Tampa Bay Area serve scrapple. I can think of half a dozen.<\/p>\n

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Ivo is wearing the Stuttgart VfB<\/a> shirt our friends from Stuttgart gave Marek a few years ago. Marek could wear it for about four months before outgrowing it.<\/p>\n

We met these nice Germans, by the way, a couple days after our first anniversary, back in the mid-1990s. There’s a friendship that’s stuck through the decades.<\/p>\n

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Daily specials. Now, if the grammar police were here, which they are because Andy’s writing this, we’d feel compelled to point out that this menu appears to be serving “Atkins” as a menu item rather than a description of a specific item. Given that the Atkins Diet was created by Dr. Robert Atkins, who died a few years ago, we can certainly hope that he’s not actually … on the menu.<\/p>\n

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The dining room appears clean and welcoming. We like to see the counter to sit at. I’m seeing this for the first time, just like you are, dear reader.<\/p>\n

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It’s always a good experience when they give kids crayons and allow them to mark up the place. Ivo surely is adorable. He got lucky he looks like his mom.<\/p>\n

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Favorite Guest Reviewer Mom always likes the French Toast. A little scrambled eggs and bacon here, too, because she was out on the wild side without her husband this morning.<\/p>\n

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Pancakes for Ivo. Obviously NOT mommed-up by mom in this photograph. <\/p>\n

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The whole bill weighed in at under 10 bucks, which doesn’t look too shabby.<\/p>\n

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Good food, nice folks, and a cheap bill. What’s not to love. Mom and Ivo give this one a Tampa Bay Breakfasts four pancake rating.<\/p>\n

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In a surprising twist, Favorite Guest Reviewer Mom and Ivo went on a breakfast by themselves, while Marek and I were off working. They asked that we publish a proper review anyway, which I think is going to work out just fine. 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