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After reading glowing reviews of this diner, my husband and I decided to visit. We reside in Miami. We went there on a weekend towards the end of 12/08 and had to leave, there was no parking to be found anywhere, the Beach was packed that day. We returned today, 1/18/09, and ate breakfast there for the first time, it was Sunday around 10:15 a.m.. We ended up in the outdoor patio area and were quickly astonished at the high prices of all their breakfasts and beverages. My husband and I eat out a minimum of 3 nights a week + weekends, we're very familiar with both expensive and inexpensive restaurants. Cafe-au-Lait $2.95 in a small cup! You can get an excellent cafe-au-lait at any Cuban restaurant for under $1.75. Two scrambled eggs with 2 thick slices of Canadian bacon and 4 measly slices of French Toast, $7.95. Between the two of us we paid almost $25 for this breakfast with tip and taxes. The Fr. toasts were awful, 4 tiny thin pieces of regular bread, bright yellow in color, with barely any batter or flavor. Another disappointment were the small pre-packaged containers of artifical pancake syrup. At these prices one expects pure maple syrup. No one was very friendly, the waitress wasn't too pleased when we asked for the Fr. toasts to be brought once we were done with the eggs & bacon because they'd get cold. She didn't know if this could be done, she'd have to ask the kitchen guy. They were finally able to comply. The guy who brought the food to the table dropped off the food and disappeared, not a word from this guy. We have no plans to return. I don't know where all the other glowing reviews came from, if the reviewers were paid or are related to the owners, or if the reviewers don't eat out much to be able to compare this food and this service against others or if they're just plain satisfied with mediocrity.