Whipped Cream Difficulties

Lucky J's menu.

I’ve had a couple of people ask me if I was going to do a review of Lucky J’s once I’d had a chance to eat there. Here you go:

• This wasn’t what I was expecting. I don’t know what I was expecting, but this wasn’t it.
• The “2×2” is actually a pretty hefty plate of food for $9; two waffles and two large-ish pieces of fried chicken. In retrospect, the “1×1” or one of the tacos would have met my needs.
• Not having coffee is a serious strike against any place I’d consider going for breakfast. The selection of non-coffee drinks didn’t impress me much, either.
• I’m not a big fried chicken person, but I thought Lucky J’s chicken was pretty decent, with a dark, slightly peppery batter.
• On the other hand, the waffles are a little thinner than I was expecting. I think I was looking for something more along the lines of a Belgian waffle, thick and with a slightly crackling crust, rather than the thinner waffles Lucky J’s serves.
• Being “out of turkey” when half the sandwiches on your menu have turkey in them is a bad thing.
• I could have lived without the loud 101x on the boombox in the dining room. Also, you damn kids need to get off my lawn.
• There’s not a lot of seating, maybe four tables total. On the other hand, we were the only people there. (Except for one guy who got a to-go order, and one woman who walked in while we were eating, and walked back out after discovering the lack of turkey.)

Would I go back? I think I would, but they need a month or two or three to settle into a groove. It would help some if they had less of an Austin slacker vibe. I’d like to try some of the waffle tacos, but the lack of coffee and the weird 11 AM – 4 PM schedule are drawbacks for me.

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