I really want to like this restaurant and put it on my list of favorite breakfast/lunch spots. but that may not be possible. I'll eat here again trying some of their lunch items hoping that the food will taste better- well, really have any taste at all.
Laverna's is on 220 S. Plumer in a great sort of hidden neighborhood off Broadway near Tucson. I like the feel of the place, the decorations, the number of tables, the friendly service (our blunt and sweet waitress used to work at one of my favorite bakeries), the portion size and the prices.
Now let's get to the food: i ordered a veggie omelette with crispy home fries and a biscuit. The omelette was a 4-egg'er; too much egg - thick slabs of egg which surrounded almost nothing; a few pcs. of tomatoes and mushrooms, i never did taste any onion. and the eggs themselves had no taste even with salt.
Likewise for the home fries, no flavor. Now the biscuit was nice and warm and was as tall as a 2 story townhome. It wasn't fluffy but was a dense nest for my multiple almost invisible in size "cups" of butter. So i think i enjoyed that because of the butter taste.
Jean had french fries and a grilled cheese sandwich with green chilies. I could hardly see the cheese but oh, the amount of chilies was ridiculous. and jean also said there was no flavor.
Another attempt at Laverna's will be upcoming.
Maggie - I whole heartedly agree with your summation. I, too, want to like it but they can't even do a decent grilled cheese sandwich?! I recently ate at one of the two diners in Why, AZ and they made an awesome grilled cheese: crunchy golden crust (not dry) with melted cheddar (just the right amount). But the one I had a Laverna's had flavorless cheese, dry bread with little hint of grilling, way too many green chilies and worse of all, no taste. Sigh.
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