{"id":4888,"date":"2013-06-01T22:25:47","date_gmt":"2013-06-02T02:25:47","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.tampabaybreakfasts.com\/?p=4888"},"modified":"2013-06-01T22:25:47","modified_gmt":"2013-06-02T02:25:47","slug":"lil-bit-kuntry","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.tampabaybreakfasts.com\/?p=4888","title":{"rendered":"Lil Bit Kuntry"},"content":{"rendered":"

Blasting down the highway this morning, looking for some chow. Came across this hot little number.<\/p>\n

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That’s one sweet ride, through and through. I wished we weren’t running 70 miles an hour or I’d have been able to get a closer look.<\/p>\n

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This morning we visited Lil Bit Kuntry at 4999 71st Ave N, Pinellas Park<\/a>. This was a recommendation by Tampa Bay Breakfasts fan Justin.<\/p>\n

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Kung Fu Pose from the Breakfast Boys.<\/p>\n

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In our second awesome car sighting today, we got next-to-parked by a 1962 MG. This was one nice ride. Makes the FR-S look large.<\/p>\n

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Full assault on the dining room, like a Breakfast SWAT team.<\/p>\n

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The menu is full of delightful misspellings. I’ll be honest, it took me a couple looks to realize that they were deliberate. “Wow, these are some terrible spellers.” Followed by, “oh, everything’s misspelled, it’s funny that way.”<\/p>\n

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Hot chocolate for The Marek, which is his thing now.<\/p>\n

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Sweet and Low in his coffee for Ivo, which apparently is his thing now.<\/p>\n

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How we handle head-butting children in our family.<\/p>\n

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One of the rare moments where being a father of two doesn’t seem like it was a bad idea.<\/p>\n

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Here’s breakfast, pancakes first.<\/p>\n

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Bacon, eggs, and the “Kuntry Skillet” for me. What you’re seeing here is a “two, two, and two” split down the middle.<\/p>\n

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Ivo started cutting up his pancake. He probably brought that knife from home, as the waitress didn’t give the boys knives.<\/p>\n

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Marek ‘ll tell ya, everything’s better with a little high fructose corn syrup!<\/p>\n

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Eating fork and knife European style.<\/p>\n

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This is what a breakfast looks like when it’s having to deal with The Breakfast Boys. The look on Ivo’s face? That’s him looking at someone else’s breakfast, wondering if he could get a bite of that, too.<\/p>\n

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Sixteen smackers for the bill. Not terrible. Not fabulously cheap, but not terrible.<\/p>\n

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Ivo says, I’ll pay the bill, give me your money. I say no way, man. He jumped me from behind and took the money. As you look at this picture, give appropriate sound effects: Grunt, grunt, ouch, ooof.<\/p>\n

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Me handing over a Jackson after having had wall-to-wall counseling, Ivo-style. <\/p>\n

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Ivo earned a quarter for paying the bill. Here’s the funny bit. Both him and Marek now get a coin for paying the bill. Both get very excited, very proud. And by the time we get home, both manage to lose their coins.<\/p>\n

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The FR-S is a family car. Here’s Ivo doing a less than graceful ingress into the vehicle.<\/p>\n

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It kept getting worse. By which I mean funnier. A better father would have helped him rather than just taking pictures of him struggling.<\/p>\n

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Marek picked up a business card on our way out, just in case we needed to call for take-out bacon.<\/p>\n

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Afterwards, we went up the road to the Wagon Wheel flea market. I remember going there when I was Marek’s age. When you pay to park they give you coupons for drinks and hotdogs. So those were the boys’ “tickets” to the flea market. I’m finding that there’s a lot of fun and magic to things like this.<\/p>\n

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Marek, negotiating for a big car. He settled on a 1\/32nd Nissan Skyline. Really good taste this boy has.<\/p>\n

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Ivo and Marek, comparing purchases. (They both got two dollars, and spend it well.)<\/p>\n

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Good breakfast at Lil Bit Kuntry. The Kuntry Skillet wasn’t really to my liking. It was fine, but full of sausage gravy, which is something I don’t really like too much of at one time. Pancakes were nicely done, bacon good, eggs hit the mark. Clientele were friendly. Not a bad breakfast, worth a stop if you’re in the area. We’re pleased to give Lil Bit Kuntry a Tampa Bay Breakfasts four pancake rating.<\/p>\n

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