As many of you know, we are searching for a local diner to take the place of our Sunday breakfast spot at The Wedge in downtown Iowa City. (A sad story of a SUCCESSFUL restaurant closing for reasons not yet made public. Really too bad for the MANY patrons who love the place…and for the 40 plus employees and chefs who are now searching for other jobs.)
So we headed back to a spot many in Iowa City say is an awesome place…The Blue Bird Diner. We ate there several years ago and were underwhelmed, but we went back to check it out again.
First impressions? You walk through curtains strung on a rod to enter the open dining room (a rather odd entrance). And once seated, you begin to notice how LOUD the place is. Every conversation is magnified ten-fold since there is no sound buffer or privacy between the tables.
Our food was average, at best…and everything on my plate was COLD. And the most average item on the plate was the rye toast I ordered. Usually, rye bread is a highlight, since it’s usually a rustic, thick slice of rust-colored brown bread, toasted to perfection. This was NONE of the above. In fact, it looked and tasted like white bread with some caramel coloring added.
Our server was OK, and the coffee was OK. Everything was just OK. Not the kind of place that will draw us back week after week.
So the search goes on…..
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