Larry's PX

Larry’s PX

Address: 1591 Main St, Chatham, MA 02633

1. Initial impression of convenience, parking, and location.

• We easily pulled off the road and into a spot.
• The restaurant is in a stip of businesses so there is ample parking.
• We were drawn inside by the sign on the door that read “Sorry, we’re Open.”

2. Wait time to be greeted, seated, and atmosphere.

• We were neither greeted nor seated. Turns out this is a choose your own adventure restaurant.
• We sat at a wooden boothed table for two. The table was not sparkling but we sat there as to respectfully not occupy a larger table apt for bigger parties. The table was never wiped clean.
• The atmosphere was a mess of souvenir sales, beach toys, a cape cod mural, a diner style counter, a library, and faux antique store metal signs asking us to be pleasant or the waitstaff will get ya.

3. Server introductions, impressions and attentiveness.

• A young man poured us coffee. When we asked him what was good there he needed clarification that it was the menu we were referring too. As in perhaps there was brothel upstairs with different qualities of tramps or perhaps I wanted to make a sand castle and wasn’t sure if the square mold or the circle mold would make a better foundation. Once we were on the same page he said all the food was good. Upon further questioning he broke it down to two choices; the western omelette, or the quiche. This kid likes eggs.
• It turns out he would not be our waiter. A pasty girl with shorter shorts, a nose ring, and the brightest hooker lipstick you have ever seen, hastily rushed by us with other folk’s coffees and mentioned the ingredients of the daily breakfast quesadilla.
• The waitress seemed knowledgeable and knew her job well. She gave the impression she’d been there for a while. We had one coffee refill but no two minute or two bite check. She’s lucky it was alright.

4. Variety of menu options (too many/too little)

• The menu had the amount of items you would want for breakfast. Not so many that your head is spinning from the choices, but not so few that you have to settle. ‘Twas not a “gluten free” type of place.

5. Menu highlights of uncommon items.

• All of the items on the standard menu here are common to each other locations we have been to. There was nothing that stood out as being out of the ordinary.
• There was a specials board that was pointed out to us, where there were a few items of note. A breakfast quesadilla and quiche were available today.

6. Speed of food delivery, and first impressions of plating, initial aroma.

• We were served our food in fine time. Slightly longer than expected but we were only marginally more hungry when the food came, not substantially.
• There was a large volume of smoke paired with the smell of burning leaving the kitchen as we waited for our food. That could explain the extra time required to prepare our meals. They may have had to deal with a fire.
• The bills (or ‘checks’) were brought to us on the same plate as our food and then removed when our plates were set down. They were very greasy as a result, also there is a potential for some contamination to occur here.

7. TASTE!

• The coffee was low on the flavour profile. It was very weak and watered down. Good thing the lady had already enjoyed a cup of coffee at home.
• The Gentleman was eying the western omelette prior to its suggestion by the coffee bringer overer. Coffee guys comment assisted in the decision making process. The omelette brought his buddies homefries and toast to the party. The omelette was like the gentleman’s old roommate, a little greasy but nice once you dug in. The toast was white but one slice burnt. The homefries were real potatoes mixed with some onions and peppers.

• The Lady decided upon the go to of eggs and meat. The eggs had a greasy film all over them that likely consisted of whatever oily cooking product was used, and leftovers from what was cooked before her eggs. The linguica was only one piece, the smallest amount of linguica received to this date. For the price of $7.50 you do not get your money’s worth. Other restaurants have provided more meat, and breakfast potatoes for less cost.

8. Value of product.

• The pricing here was a tad off. The cost of omelettes was fair, you received homefries and toast, as well as the extras included in the omelette itself. For two eggs, two pieces of toast, and one piece of meat the price did not make sense.

9. Payment options.

• Everything accepted, even Amex

Overall Rating: Meh.