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I live in the area and often go out to brunch on the weekend. I was very excited to finally try Permanent Brunch on Saturday. I read a few articles about their bacon menu and bacon is what I love. Completely underrated bacon! The atmosphere was not good. The place is small and cramped. They were blaring Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers so I could barely hear what my brunch date had to say. I asked for eggs over medium and they were over well n hard inside. No toast with eggs? How are you supposed to sop up the runny yellow yolk.. wait, you're not! They can't prepare a proper egg. I left feeling disappointed and hungry.

I had heard good things about Permanent Brunch and thought their menu sounded interesting. After one trip I am certain I will not return. Nothing was really that good, everything was pretty small but expensive. I had the sugar cured bacon (not good) and the chicken and waffles (not bad). Other things I saw coming out around me were measly and did not look great at all. Permanent Brunch is not recommended.

"So where are we going to brunch next?" is what the people next to us said as they finished their meal at Permanent Brunch. Lets just say that if you are going to name your restaurant Permanent Brunch--you're basically telling your customers "hey our brunch menu is so awesome--we don't need to serve anything else!" Well they better rethink not only their name, but their food and the service. People that walked in 30 minutes after us got their food before us. When they realized that they forgot to put our order in--they shoved the appetizers and our entrees onto our small little table. The sugar bacon was not crispy or sweet. Shrimp and grits: Shrimp was tough and rubbery. Grits not served warm. Coq au vin chicken/waffles: Chicken tasteless/waffle ok. All i can say is that i wanted a big fat cheeseburger after my meal at Permanent Brunch. If you want great grits and amazing chicken and waffles go somewhere else.

I've been meaning to go here since they opened and finally did today. The wait wasn't as long as i thought it would be and the menu sounded different and interesting. We ordered drinks and it took about 20 min for them to come. My 1 friend's drink didn't come with the others i guess because the bar tender doesn't know how to make 2 of the same drinks at once. The waitress made a poor excuse for the bar tender sucking. Then the food came about 20 min after that. My omelette was way over cooked and just not very good, with a side of about 2 1/2 fingerling potatoes. My friend (same guy who waited about 30 min for a simple cocktail) ordered the steak and eggs medium rare and the meat came out raw...purple. The waitress tried to make a (another) lame excuse that the chef interprets med rare differently to how others may think of it...i guess that "chef" didn't go to culinary school or doesn't know the difference between 3 minutes on each side compared to 3 seconds on each side. By the time he got a proper med rare steak the rest of us were done with our food. They did not comp the steak & eggs. Overall the service sucked, food was not very good, and cocktails were tasty...once the bar tender remembered how to make them

It was delicious. High quality food cooked beautifully. Wonderful drinks, and you can be the DJ if you have an iPhone or Touch. The prices are high, but it is worth every penny. I just won't be able to go as often as I'd like...but I will definitely be going back and spreading the word.

My party arrived at Permanent Brunch salivating for the Chicken and Waffles only to find that the wafflemaker broke that night (they should really have a back up or two). Disappointed, we were ready to walk out, but we decided to give it a shot. The salmon spread appetizer was fantastic, meant for a group, but was served with 4 bagel chips, barely enough to eat half of the spread. We asked for more, which they graciously gave to us at no extra charge. This started to make up for the fact that the waffle maker was broken. Then, they came out with our side of bacon. a laughable 2 strips, rationed into 4 pieces so each of us could try a bit. The petite portions did not end there. The entrees were very small, with the exception of the skirt steak, which was a normal size. By the end of the meal, we left the restaurant hungry and disappointed. The quality of the food was very good, but brunch should be a meal of abundance, and Permanent Brunch just falls short.

This place is utterly ridiculous its actually humorous. I know it just opened but nothing was done right - food ran out and took an hour for eggs, air conditioner leaking, hot indoors, cash only accepted and, above all, the hostess does not seat when there are open tables cause the kitchen cant handle the 10 tables in the joint.