I decided since I was on the run I would give the Shanty II's drive thru a run. I had been to the Shanty II when they first opened, but it wasn't the best experience. All I wanted were onion rings...but the line was long, the place still had kinks to work out, I was hungry, and they were closing for the day...so the whole experience left me not too excited to get back.
I am glad I had the chance to try them again this morning!
If you aren't familiar with the Shanty II you might not know it has a drive thru. It's not your average drive thru, you actually get to talk to a person! You drive up to a window that is in their kitchen area. The menu is on a board right there and they lean out the window to take your order.
The menu was shockingly small at first glance.
I decided on the egg sandwich...with bacon of course, though you had the choice of sausage, ham, or chirizo. I didn't need a drink as I had picked up a hot chocolate from the cafe in Hastings while I did some shopping there, but the Shanty II had a good selection of flavors and coffee drinks.
The gentleman taking the order was nice, I am sorry I didn't even look for a name tag so I can't give him any props...hey, I'm still new at this (and more then a little shy.) He was polite and answered all my questions. He didn't give off that impatient attitude you get at a lot of the fast food places.
I found out that lunch starts being served at 11 (it was 10:36 when I pulled up) and it looks like they open at 7am. The rest of the schedule is a little less clear...some days they are open till 3 and others till 8. You will have to check for the days you want to go...or I will when I get by again.
The wait wasn't bad I was there for about 6 mins start to finish: a shocking improvement over my first time.
A different gentleman handed me my bag and I was on my way.
This may sound odd but I liked the fact that it was in a plain paper bag. made me feel like it was a home cooked meal, something I would have been sent out the door by my mom with.
Again, odd, but I really liked the paper the sandwich was wrapped in. If presentation is part of the meal these guys are off to an excellent start.
It took some restraint to snap these shots for you... I wanted to EAT!
It tastes wonderful! Like I said just the right amount of everything! Nothing falling on you while you ate or oozing out the sides.
There are only 2 things I could suggest to improve the sandwich...
I cut mine in half before eating. It was too big for me to handle otherwise.
And Onions. I would have really loved some sauteed onions on it.
Now next time I go I will ask if they can do those too things for me and then it will be the best fast breakfast sandwich in town!
I'm not hungry now,
~A~