The Plaid Apron - A Knoxville Cafe

Reviews about The Plaid Apron - A Knoxville Cafe

• 2 / 5

  By Mike DiGirolamo
  Plaid Apron is great to eat at anytime other than Brunch.
  
  11am brunch - out of pancake batter, yet the person standing before me ordered pancakes.
  
  So, you happened to run out of pancake batter in the 3 seconds in between when he stepped away from the counter and I ordered?
  
  We ordered a mimosa, a goose island Sophie, and an omelet to share. The food came out before our drinks. The server thought our table name was "Sophie" even though we gave them our name and even though Sophie is the name of the beer that they serve.
  
  When I mentioned we had ordered drinks as well, I got a passive aggressive response from the server.
  
  I get it, our drinks aren't there, you guys are busy, but really, you're gonna give me an icy response and chastise me for wanting drinks we payed for at the counter? That doesn't compute.
  
  ....
  
  A couple suggestions:
  
  Get rid of counter ordering.
  
  Actually have your servers be responsible for serving food and taking payment. Don't charge your guests up front for food they don't know they're going to like. Our omlette had goat cheese rind (which you aren't supposed to eat) inside of it.
  
  Prepare for heavy business.
  
  This place runs out of a crucial item after only being open a couple of hours? Most places this would not happen. Plan accordingly.
  September 03, 2016