The third brunch pick on the list was THE CORNER RESTAURANT in Westport. If you live in the KC area like we do, you know that the weather can be uncharacteristically gorgeous during the winter. When we visited The Corner Restaurant last March it was 83 degrees. WHAT THE HECK? You won't hear my complaining about sunshine in March though. Anyway, the weather was so great that day, not only did we venture out to brunch, we sat outside to enjoy it. Talk about amazing! The sun was shining, people were bustling about, and we had a great breakfast.

We started as we normally do and ordered coffee. We have to be fair and have it at every place, right? At least that's what I'm telling myself... With that said, the coffee was decent, but kind of pricey at $3 per cup. Ouch. Conversely, on the beverage front, I did appreciate the bottle of water that they left on the table for us to refill our own glasses.

 

I NEED to tell you that we had really great service at this brunch spot. Sometimes when you sit outside at restaurants, servers have indoor tables as well and can get busy. Our server had an outdoor-only section so he was able to pay us the right amount of attention, plus he was really funny!! He brought out a plate of condiments at one point and was like "Okay, guys, here's your meal! Enjoy!" and then pretended to walk away. Maybe you had to be there, but I thought it was hilarious. He was just really personable. I've said this a million times before, but I would much rather go somewhere with decent food and great service than somewhere with amazing food and bogus help.

In terms of the meal itself, I really stepped out of my comfort zone on this one. It definitely paid off. I ordered Craw-fish Cakes Eggs Benedict. It was large english muffins, poached eggs, tomato stewed greens, hollandaise, and your choice hash-brown patty or house potatoes. You had your choice of "protein" between ham & pepper-jack, crawfish cakes, sage sausage, and veggie avocado. I wouldn't have normally gone the craw-fish cake route, but the server was highly complementary so I went for it. Everything I ate was fantastic, even though I only managed to eat about half of it - so much food!!

Ben couldn't decide what he wanted, so he ended up getting two different things. He got a half order of Swoonin' Biscuits as well as a Short Stack of Pancakes. With his half order of biscuits he got one biscuit, black peppercorn sausage gravy, two farm fresh eggs, and choice of hash-brown patty or house potatoes. The pancakes were buttermilk. Ben enjoyed his food, but again the portions were massive! He expressed that he was glad he only got the HALF order of biscuits, because that alone was too much food.

Overall, we really enjoyed our experience at Corner Restaurant!! The food was great, the service was great, and the weather was fantastic. With that said, for me, the portion sizes and the coffee would bring it down to a 9.5/10!