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Talk about luck. We bumped into Wally Waffle online and days later
saw them written up in Cleveland Magazine for breakfast joints. The
spread featured a saliva inducing glossy of the Elvis waffle and we
were sold. The luck part was showing up the day before they were
closing. Fortunately, the doors aren’t being permanently locked,
instead they are being bulldozed for yet another hospital expansion.
Wally is moving to Market St. to the now void
Metro Burger
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The building appears pretty old in an historic sort of vein and
features the products and feel of local artistic smith Don Drumm.
The place is pretty packed with people enjoying a leisurely
menagerie of breakfast options and we are lead to a table.
Our server held her own throughout our stay
and seems a part of a bevy of service staff which ought to be able
to cover any number of covers with aplomb. Coffee and hot chocolate
kept us warm while awaiting the plates. Steph ordered the
aforementioned Elvis and I went with The Hillbilly. The Elvis waffle
is described as a crispy waffle loaded with bacon and peanut butter
chips and topped with honey and sliced banana. First off it
definitely got some plastic surgery, botox, a visit from Vidal
Sassoon and professional make up for its photo shoot in the
magazine. The menu description also left me disappointed.
Insufficient bacon to make any sort of statement and dry, dry, dry. |
 One Of These Things Is Not Like The Other |
 Bananas Were Nice But Not Much Bacon To Balance |
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I don’t know if the person seated behind us
was in the know and asked for some butter and syrup or if they just
forgot with ours, but the difference is significant. I will say the
nanners and the peanut butter were nice and would have been even
better if you could taste bacon and get enough lube to swallow a
piece without scratching your throat. Disappointing.
Since we had the waffle covered I went off the signature menu and
was instantly attracted to the Hillbilly. The description
reads…Open-faced style…a country-fried steak on grilled Italian
bread, smothered in sausage gravy, grilled green pepper, onion and
sautéed mushrooms with a side of Wally fries or grits. This was an
Olympic improvement over the waffle, which was an easy feat. The
bread was very nice as was the steak which was prepared perfectly;
perfectly slapping every health conscious rule and regulation with
vehement abandon. Add the veggies and about a third of a
“smothering” of fairly good sausage gravy and you have an evily
satisfying dish. We both ordered Wally Fries which are a run of the
mill hash brown but still tasted pretty good. Wally didn’t live up
to the hype but they did offer an enjoyable morning meal. It might
be a bad week to have gone but I’m sure we will stop by at the new
location and check out their lunch options regardless.
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 Much Better Hillbilly |
 Nice Combo Of Flavors |
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 Much Like The Standard Hot Chocolate |
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| C+ | C | B | B | D | C | ||
| Hill Billy | Throat Lozenge Waffle | ||||||
