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We like to eat breakfast out often but find a limited selection of decent places to eat. We've tried Athens (not our favorite), Too Jays (like it but getting tired of the same place), Sunrise Cafe (like it but getting tired of going there too), and Bonifay (not our favorite). We tend not to like buffets. Anyone else find a good place to eat breakfast?
While we do go to many of the chains resyaurants, Bob Evans & Cracker Barrell, for a unique and good breakfast we like Bill's cafe on 441/27. Small place which can get crowded but great food.
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Cracker Barrel for us too - when we were snowbirds we always looked for Cracker Barrel's to eat. They do breakfast all day ..................... love breakfast!
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We love, love, love them for breakfast. It's so nice to sit outside on a nice day and leisurely drink coffee, watch people and eat breakfast. All of the girls are so friendly they make you feel very welcome and are very eager to seat you wherever you want....inside or out. We try hard to patronize the smaller family owned restaurants instead of the chains. We do like Billie's too but if you want someplace to go by golf cart Athens NY is definitely my favorite!
PS...try the baklava pancakes or their frittata...awesome!
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Cracker Barrel for us too - when we were snowbirds we always looked for Cracker Barrel's to eat. They do breakfast all day ..................... love breakfast!
Love dear old Ohio based Bob Evans for the same reason. The servers at "ours" on 466 are mostly of our age and absolutely the best. They do breakfasts right and their house dressing on their salads is the best of the best, a sweet poppy seed. Yum.
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Perkins - my mom's favorite.

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My mother has always commented how great the muffins are at Perkins. So we tried the Perkins (CR466) yesterday. Breakfast was good but we were surprised that the restaurant smelled stale, like a dirty mop or maybe the carpet needed cleaning.
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Love dear old Ohio based Bob Evans for the same reason. The servers at "ours" on 466 are mostly of our age and absolutely the best. They do breakfasts right and their house dressing on their salads is the best of the best, a sweet poppy seed. Yum.
Bob's has been an Ohio staple for years and still is. Breakfasts are great and the same quality at any location you visit.

For years a group of 3 or 4 would meet for breakfast every Saturday morning. The servers got to know us and as soon as one showed up they would ask who was coming and bring our drinks. They even know how we wanted the eggs and made sure that they were prepared that way.

Gracie, there is one gal that works the breakfast shift and usually runs the register that is from your neck of the woods. I will get her name and where she is from in a couple of weeks. She has remembered me from one year to the next.

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[QUOTE=bxmt54;575603]We love, love, love them for breakfast. It's so nice to sit outside on a nice day and leisurely drink coffee, watch people and eat breakfast. All of the girls are so friendly they make you feel very welcome and are very eager to seat you wherever you want....inside or out. We try hard to patronize the smaller family owned restaurants instead of the chains. We do like Billie's too but if you want someplace to go by golf cart Athens NY is definitely my favorite!
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We agree. We love eating on the patio next to the rail. Actually Athens put Katie Bells out of the breakfast business during weekdays.
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Lil Bits is a great family-owned restaurant in the Buffalo Ridge Plaza. That plaza is kinda behind the CVS on Route 466 or opposite Crispers.
It has breakfast and lunch Mon-Sat, as well as dinner with three choices on Friday nights. The food is home-made and the service is great.
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Has anyone been to LUIGINO'S breakfast which started Nov 1. The menu looks like the Katie Belle buffet.

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Default Bonifay's Breakfast Buffet and Omelet Bar $6.99

Bonifay's daily breakfast & omelet bar is another nice treat in TV, especially if you're in the Southern end of TV. For $6.99, you've got a nice selection of breakfast foods, everything from hot oatmeal, creamy grits, French toast, bacon, sausage, potatoes, fresh fruit and then there's the omelet bar if you're really hungry. Hope it lasts, it's a great deal. I think we paid more for breakfast at Perkins recently and it wasn't quite as good as Bonifay's.
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Best around for us is Wolfys on 27 in Leesburg. Reasonable and great food! Perkins and First Watch are overpriced in my opinion though I like Perkins Bakery. I do not like First Watch at all. Cracker Barrel is ok but wish they had booths I find their chairs uncomfortable. Used to love The Village Eatery. by far the best value around town was so sad to see them close their doors after so many years Billys Cafe is good but something they cook with always gives me heatburn LOL Ricardos makes a great breakfast also in Belleview, they are new it used to be Jitters Cafe and before that Phils Pizza (which was the best around) straight down 441 on right side.
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Sonrise for me!
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Another vote for Athens NY.

Try their Eggs Benedict or Eggs Florentine and wash it down with one of their special 99 cent Mimosas.
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Bonifay's daily breakfast & omelet bar is another nice treat in TV, especially if you're in the Southern end of TV. For $6.99, you've got a nice selection of breakfast foods, everything from hot oatmeal, creamy grits, French toast, bacon, sausage, potatoes, fresh fruit and then there's the omelet bar if you're really hungry. Hope it lasts, it's a great deal. I think we paid more for breakfast at Perkins recently and it wasn't quite as good as Bonifay's.
Myself and 14 others went to Bonifay for breakfast yesterday (Sat) and confirmed what I knew from my first visit there when they first opened. Not wanting to stand in a long omlet line I decieded on scrambled eggs at the buffet. They tasted like instant powdered eggs that you'd get in a cheap motel that advertises free breakfast. They were in a steam tray and were setting in an inch of water. The rest of the buffet was very small. Fruit was only strawberries and honeydew. No bread or biscuits or rolls, only french toast. The only good thing was the potatos and they were cold. Cost was $6.99 and they added $2.25 for coffee or tea. They are the only place for breakfast south of 466a. I'm hoping someone will open up that has menu, food quality and prices like Katy Bells and Athens. Several others in the group I was with agreed they won't be back.
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