I moved to East Tennessee in 1990 from North Carolina and have never looked back... In 1993, I was introduced to Perkins Family Restaurants where a group of us had stopped for breakfast on our way to a company outing.
I had the TREMENDOUS TWELVE which was 4 eggs, 4 sausage patties, and 4 pancakes... needless to say I ate everything several cups of coffee that also tasted outstanding.
At that time, this Perkins location was managed by a German/American named Otto who supported a rather long pigtail down to the middle of his back. He had worked his way from busboy to cook to server to waiter to assistant manager to manager... A few years later, he became the owner of that particular franchise and it was considered the flagship of Perkins restaurants in Tennessee.
I have been eating there at least once a month since 1993 or for 30 years in 5 months.
Today, my wife and I went to Perkins and I ordered the Everything Omelet with breakfast potatoes and pancakes and she got the magnificent seven or 2 eggs, 2 strips of bacon, and 3 pancakes. We get this everytime.
My routine is to eat half the omelet and half the breakfast potatoes. She gives me one of her pancakes so I take 4 pancakes home along with the omelet and potatoes.
For the ne xt 3 days I have breakfast ready to heat up in the microwave. I have 2 pancakes each morning with jelly.
The price has gone up from $11.95 to $13.95 but the average cost of these 4 meals is under $4/meal... Not that I am trying to save money, but the fact is that what I do does save us money...
Otto's son manages the business now as he is still the owner and believe it or not, he visits the restaurant every day. His son keeps his hair short but when he was living at home, his father would not let him grow long hair and have a pigtail. Otto's son smiles about that now.
THIRTY YEARS is a long time to make sure this restaurant got my/our business. And yes, the food is really good...
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