Maybe I am asking too much, but all I want is to find a place that can make good breakfast food in a semi-consistent manner. I don't know of a single place to get a good omelet. Amy and I tried today with no success. If anyone knows a good place, please leave a comment and I will try it.

Last night, we were a pretty extravagant compared to previous Valentines Days. We ate at the Melting Pot (review to come) and spent the night at the Renaissance Mayflower Hotel on Connecticut Ave. After the long night, I was feeling a bit hung over and had a huge headache (I don't know what it is about breakfast food, but is the best hangover killer). When we left the hotel, we started walking down Connecticut Ave. I was just looking for a place to get a decent breakfast. We came across one diner that looked pretty promising, but the wait was at least 30 minutes, so we kept walking. By the time we gave up looking, we were all the way up by Kramer Books.

Amy then noticed the Dupont Grille. It looked like a diner and people were eating breakfast food so we went in. There were menus out front and prices seemed reasonable but there was no hostess to be found. After about 5 minutes of walking around trying to find a hostess or the main entrance to the restaurant, we just walked into the dining room. Someone who seemed like the manager stopped us and seated us at a table. Actually I would not call this person a manager. She was young enough that she was probably only a sophomore in college. Probably, a Hotel-Restaurant Management major that had never previously worked in a restaurant, but thinks that since she took that cooking class in junior high, it makes her qualified to run a restaurant (Can you tell I am bitter).  I thought about leaving and going across the street to Kramer Books.

I knew there was going to be trouble as soon as we sat down. The menus the manager handed us we not the same as the menus that were out front. Instead, they were for the Sunday Brunch. The price was $19.99. This was the first time I thought about leaving and walking across the street to Kramer Books. However, we were sitting down and my hang-over was quickly turning into a migraine. Coffeeeeeeeee pleeeeaaassse.

After a little time passed and no one came to get us coffee we started looking around. We noticed everyone else was as well. 10 minutes later, 10 evil stares at passing by wait-staff and 10 more thoughts of leaving to go to Kramer Books, someone finally came over to take our order. It was the same manager that sat us - Interesting. "Can I get you come coffee or something else to drink?" YES! We both ordered a Bloody Marys and coffee. We were ready to order our main dishes but the manager left before either of us could spit it out.

About 10 seconds later a woman, who seemed to be our waitress, stopped by. "Hello, can I get you some coffee or something to drink?" she said. We quickly stated that someone had already taken our drink order. "Oh ok, thanks," and she was off before I could say, "but we are ready to order." The manager quickly returned with the coffee and some water. She was soon followed by our waitress again. The waitress seemed to be a bit irritated with the manager and practically ripped the coffee out of her hands scolding, "I can handle this." The waitress noticed that there was no cream on the table and quickly ran off to get some cream without asking if we even wanted any. Ugh, are we ever going to get our orders in? 5 minutes later after tracking down some cream, she took our order. "God the food had better be freekin amazing after all this", I said to Amy.

I would have to say the one saving grace of Dupont Grille was the Bloody Marys. They were probably the spiciest I have ever had. That is about all that was good though. Some fruit was brought out for each of us. We were famished, so we quickly ate it. Soon after that our food came out. "That was quick", Amy said. We quickly found out why it was so quick. My omelet was undercooked. Amy's eggs were the same, but luckily she likes them that way. Risking salmanella, I just ate the omelet anyway - I was so ready to get out of there.

I wish we had not been cheap-skates and stayed at the hotel to eat their brunch. It was $24 each, but looking back on the experience at Dupont Grille, it would have been a bargain.

I want to appeal to all the restaurant owners that might be reading this. Someone please open a breakfast place in the District. There are not nearly enough of them. Any place that serves breakfast and is halfway decent is incredibly crowded, which makes us have to try places like Dupont Grille.