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But, for us, two menu items were mouth
watering temptations. Ron’s always on
the prowl for perfect fried chicken, and
couldn’t resist the fried chicken breakfast
sandwich. Mary is an avocado lover, with
an unquenchable lust for avocado toast.
We paired them both with cups of locally
roasted Dart coffee.
Served on paper plates, our choices
were delightfully out of the ordinary. The
fried chicken sandwich nestled a crispy
boneless chicken thigh topped with black
pepper bacon inside a buttery biscuit
served with jalapeno pepper jam and
wildflower honey. Ron wanted to move to
Santa Barbara just to eat this spicy-
sweet-savory masterpiece at least once a
week.
Mary got only halfway through her
huge helping of avocado layered with cu-
cumber and French feta on sourdough
toast and sprinkled with sunflower seeds
and Aleppo pepper. Both were bargains at
less than $15 each.

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