Restaurant Review - Gourmet Express
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davis_squareOn Mass Ave, across the street from the Porter Square station, there is a stand-alone 24 hour convenience store called Gourmet Express. Well, it used to be simply a convenience store. Then they started making sandwiches. Followed by a really nice pizza oven. And they put in some griddles. Plus some tables to eat at. Without getting rid of the convenience store goodies (including English candy bars and gummy root beer). But can such a hybrid actually have good food? The answer is "oh hell yes!"
Today my companion and I decided to head over there for breakfast. For not much money we got rather a lot of real food ($6-8 will get you a heaping breakfast plate, omelette with sides, or a real breakfast burrito with salsa) and it was all extremely tasty. As my companion said, "IHOP is now dead to me." Why would you go for more expensive mediocre food when you can have real pancakes with real maple syrup and plump juicy sausages and eggs as you like them, with damn fine home-fries and melon to boot, just around the corner 24 hours a day? They also have pizza and sandwiches and Mediterranean foods (including falafel, which I can't wait to try). They are going to be renovating soon (planning on being done by September) to make more space for diners, but in the meantime it's a nice cozy place for a good meal. I highly recommend making the trip and giving them a try, because being able to get good food after midnight around here is too awesome to not support ;).
Today my companion and I decided to head over there for breakfast. For not much money we got rather a lot of real food ($6-8 will get you a heaping breakfast plate, omelette with sides, or a real breakfast burrito with salsa) and it was all extremely tasty. As my companion said, "IHOP is now dead to me." Why would you go for more expensive mediocre food when you can have real pancakes with real maple syrup and plump juicy sausages and eggs as you like them, with damn fine home-fries and melon to boot, just around the corner 24 hours a day? They also have pizza and sandwiches and Mediterranean foods (including falafel, which I can't wait to try). They are going to be renovating soon (planning on being done by September) to make more space for diners, but in the meantime it's a nice cozy place for a good meal. I highly recommend making the trip and giving them a try, because being able to get good food after midnight around here is too awesome to not support ;).
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Date: 2010-07-12 02:11 am (UTC)Price.
Even when I lived in New Jersey, home of the world's greatest family-owned diners (with "Baking On Premises"), I knew people who went to IHOP because it was significantly cheaper.