Well, I finally caved. After years of resisting that persistent, daunting line that has become a rite of Pittsburgh passage, I finally braved the wait and went to Deluca's.\n\nPerhaps it was due to good company (or the first signs of sun this spring), but the 30+ minute wait that we endured seemed to go relatively quick. After finally making it to the doorway, we were asked to come in by the hostess, only to be left inside the doorway with no real inclination of whether we should proceed to one of the several open tables or wait. When we finally tracked down the hostess again, she said we needed us to wait to sit down as to, \"not upset the chef.\"\n\nFast forward, and we've finally sat down (in the seat Tom Cruise filmed Jack Reacher nonetheless). After attempting the scan the entirely too complex menu (do you really need multiple versions of what is essentially the same dish?), we settled on the breakfast burrito, the seafood benedict, the seafood omelette (same as the seafood benedict, just with the bread on the side instead of under) and the apple pancake sundae (figured go big or go home).\n\nWithin about fifteen minutes, the burrito, benedict and omelette were brought out. By this point, out entire party was starving and I told everyone to go ahead and get started (the server said my pancakes would be another minute). Overall, each were about the most stereo-typically bland diner food you could ever get. But, fast forward twenty minutes... still no pancakes (and everyone else has finished).\n\nOnce the server finally made it back around, she mentioned something in passing about the apples on the pancake and left again (we had no idea what she said). After another five minutes or so, my pancakes finally came out, and by this point, ready to leave, I succumbed to hunger and dove in.\n\nBland... bland... bland... and an associated stomach ache from the pure sugar rush. After chewing through about half the plate, I gave up on it (I almost never leave food on the plate). Ready to go, we asked for the check, with the one saving grace that redeemed Deluca's from one star being the server proactively taking the pancakes off of our tab.\n\nCheck this off the list as a one and done.
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