{"id":5399,"date":"2013-12-15T15:22:19","date_gmt":"2013-12-15T19:22:19","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.tampabaybreakfasts.com\/?p=5399"},"modified":"2013-12-15T15:22:19","modified_gmt":"2013-12-15T19:22:19","slug":"lucky-dill","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.tampabaybreakfasts.com\/?p=5399","title":{"rendered":"Lucky Dill"},"content":{"rendered":"

Here we are in Seattle. Also known as “one of the 10 icky days we’ll have this year in Tampa Bay.”<\/p>\n

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Don’t let the jackets fool ya. We’re both in shorts. I’m wearing flip flops.<\/p>\n

This is Ivo’s new penguin, named “Penguin.” A gift from our sweet neighbor Mary Jo. You’ll now be treated to many, many pictures of Penguin, as Ivo has not been more than 6 inches from it for 24 hours now.<\/p>\n

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We visited Lucky Dill at 227 Central in St. Pete <\/a>on 15 December 2013. They have a nice web site at http:\/\/www.luckydillofstpete.com\/<\/a>.<\/p>\n

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Playing hide and seek on the way down the sidewalk.<\/p>\n

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Not a huge menu here, but it has enough to get us by. Lucky Dill isn’t big on pancakes, but I had heard they make their own corned beef. I’m a fan of homemade corned beef.<\/p>\n

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I asked Ivo what he wanted. He thinks and thinks. “Hmmm, dad, let me think.”<\/p>\n

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Penguin wants bacon and eggs, dad!<\/p>\n

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Lucky Dill is the sort of place where you order at the counter and then they bring it to you. So here’s the dining room as seen from the counter.<\/p>\n

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We’re number 13. Lucky 13 at the Lucky Dill!<\/p>\n

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I look up and suddenly the penguin is in my face. I think Penguin is hungry.<\/p>\n

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We got Penguin comfortably seated in a proper chair so we could all have breakfast. Bacon and eggs for Ivo, hash and eggs for Andy. Start your engines, gentlecars…..<\/p>\n

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Annnnd we’re off! Chomp, chomp, chomp!<\/p>\n

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Fork. Hand. Fork. Hand. Keep them eggs a-rollin’!<\/p>\n

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Between Ivo, Penguin, and the floor, his eggs were gone in about 7 minutes. <\/p>\n

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We had already paid up front, so we just bounced back to the car and fell asleep. Penguin, too.<\/p>\n

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Then we were minding our own business when we came across this lovely gopher turtle, also looking for breakfast.<\/p>\n

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The Lucky Dill was a great experience. Everyone was very friendly. Chow was delicious and fast and affordable … all we had, including some really fine coffee, for about $12. I’m not super-fond of the order-at-the-counter business model, as it leaves us without much chance to really interact and get to know a place. We’re pleased to give Lucky Dill a Tampa Bay Breakfasts four pancake rating.<\/p>\n

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