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Sunday, October 26, 2008

Mmmmmuffin Top!

There I was sitting at my desk, an innocent victim for what was about to be a brutal temptation.

She walked over to my desk and we started having mildly interesting conversation. Then, through a strange twist, we somehow ended up talking about breakfast. I wasn't paying too much attention, however then she said something that stopped me dead in my thoughts.

"Atlanta Bread Company has muffin tops."

"Wwwwwhat?" I responded. My ears perked up a little higher than usual.

"Ya, they are awesome! They just sell the tops of the muffin," she said.

Here I have been my entire life just thinking the only muffin tops that existed were the ones in the episode of Seinfeld.

Our conversation ends and I turn to my computer, Google "Atlanta Bread Company" and about 45 seconds later I'm on the phone with the manager from the nearest Atlanta Bread Company.

I begin the conversation by demanding truth about their Muffin Tops. How much are they? What flavors do they come in? How big are they?
He answered every question very thoroughly, was friendly and kept good conversation. (A great example of how restaurant service sometimes begins before you even step in the door).

Since he was being so helpful I decided to dig a little deeper and get other info on their breakfast sandwiches, bagels, coffee salads and sandwiches. He also claimed that they were better than Panera. The conversation was enough to convince me that it was worth taking a 20 minute drive out to our Atlanta Bread Company to give their muffin tops, breakfast sandwiches and coffee a try.

The next morning we get up, get ready, pack the baby and take off on our mission. We finally arrive, park a few blocks away and decide to take a short walk to ABC. (After getting ready, packing the baby and driving there, it's now almost 11am. We're both starving. I would also like to note, my wife is a little irritated as our entire motive for doing this is to get a less than $2 muffin top).

As we stroll through the front door I immediately notice how different the atmosphere is compared to Panera. There are wood floors throughout, and it's all basically one color: tan.

The breakfast/bread area is on the left angled side of the wall and the regular registers are on the right side. The rest is an open dining room.

Even though it was almost lunch time, I was determined to not only try the muffin top, but the breakfast sandwich as well. My wife, however was leaning towards lunch. The menus, aren't up above the registers but instead are down below in front of the cashier. (I think this is poor design. There is a lot to read, and you're stuck reading the whole menu, in line with an audience).

The staff however, was extremely friendly and helpful. My wife was thinking about the veggie sandwich and was also considering the Italian Veggie.

Meanwhile, I was done ordering my egg and cheese sandwich, coffee and blueberry muffin top, which was fairly large with a sprinkle of powered sugar on top (very elegant).

The friendly employee had gotten involved in the decision making with my wife and was now insisting that she try the Italian Veggie. Telling us, it was her all time favorite sandwich.

My wife, (remember, starving and disgruntled) was making a tough decision and finally decided on the.......to be continued.

Posted by Dan Holm at 9:06 PM
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1 comments:

  1. Haha, just so you know Dan...

    Panera bread also has muffin tops dubbed, "Muffies."

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