{"id":227,"date":"2018-01-24T21:00:47","date_gmt":"2018-01-25T02:00:47","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/fatguyapproved-vgfvcengsr.live-website.com\/?p=227"},"modified":"2018-01-24T19:47:31","modified_gmt":"2018-01-25T00:47:31","slug":"sunday-brunch-at-ocharleys-restaurant-in-erie-pa-fat-guy-reviewer-adam","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/fatguyapproved.net\/?p=227","title":{"rendered":"Sunday Brunch at O&#8217;Charley&#8217;s Restaurant in Erie, PA &#8211; Fat Guy Reviewer: Adam"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>I know, I know, it&#8217;s been quite a while since I posted last. Well, depending on where you&#8217;re reading this from, you may have heard that my little corner of the world has made the news for getting just a little snow. We&#8217;re on track to have one of the snowiest winters on record&#8230;ever! As a result, I&#8217;ve kept my sojourning to restaurants to a minimum of late. It&#8217;s also the post-Christmas time of year where money is tight, and as such, enhanced frugality is in full effect. That&#8217;s no excuse I know, but it is what it is. Anywho&#8230;.<\/p>\n<p>Over the last couple of weeks, I haven&#8217;t had the opportunity to visit my parent&#8217;s home for Sunday dinner, and as such I had to seek out alternative arrangements. I&#8217;m not the kind to have a crockpot going at home, maybe I should be, but I&#8217;m not, at this time anyway. I therefore pulled into O&#8217;Charley&#8217;s for Sunday Brunch. I can count on one hand how many times I&#8217;ve participated in a traditional Sunday Brunch in my entire life, and since I don&#8217;t drink anything alcoholic, it&#8217;s quite the entertaining experience. Part of the fun of Brunch is that you can have some truly delicious foods that are typically reserved for breakfast. It&#8217;s also a very casual meal experience versus the more traditional mid-day meal on the Sundays of old.<\/p>\n<p>I sat down at the bar, where all drinks that are non-alcoholic are complimentary, and I looked through the menu. I can&#8217;t make waffles myself at home, so I typically will lean in that direction if Breakfast is the food selection at hand. In this particular case, I chose the Southern Pecan Waffle Combo (the combo plate also comes with two eggs prepared as you like, along with a choice of either Ham or Bacon, and finally a few pieces of fresh fruit). I chose to have my eggs over hard, I don&#8217;t care for runny yolks personally, and I chose Bacon because, Bacon. For a beverage, I ordered water with lemon, and a Caramel Macchiatto. The waitress asked if I wanted anything in my Macchiato, to make it an &#8220;Irish&#8221; Caramel Macchiatto for example, but I declined this option. My beverages and food arrived quickly, as is typical of O&#8217;Charley&#8217;s on any day really, and everything looked delightful. The plating was quite attractive, and everything was piping hot. I added a little syrup to the waffles, and I added a little Tabasco sauce and ketchup to my eggs. Everything tasted as good as it smelled, and before long, it was all over.<\/p>\n<p>I relaxed for little while, sipping at my coffee, and eventually I paid my tab and headed out. It was a wonderful experience that I hope to repeat one of these days. Even though O&#8217;Charley&#8217;s is a chain, nothing is done halfway; it&#8217;s all good there. I&#8217;ve not had a bad meal yet, and you can now order meals for take out. I highly recommend a visit to an O&#8217;Charley&#8217;s near you!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>I know, I know, it&#8217;s been quite a while since I posted last. 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