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Sunday Brunch
Sunday Brunch: Diners,
Disney, and Dives
11 March 2012
Just south of Walt Disney World, there's a little
town, a quiet village where every day is like the one before. The
town is Celebration, Florida, a little town established in 1994 and
best known as the town that Disney built. It was designed to be the
epitome of Small Town, America though everyone at the time thought
it was the original plans for EPCOT coming to fruition.
Unfortunately, Disney no longer owns the town, but their imprint is
still visible and its proximity to Walt Disney World does still give
it the feeling of being at Disney.

While the topic of Celebration is quite an
interesting story and history, today we'll actually stay on track
and see what Celebration has to offer in terms of dining. With the
excitement of being in a small town, albeit manufactured by the
local magic makers, my friends and I chose to eat at what every
small town has (or at least should have): the local diner, the
Market Street Caf e. Located on the corner of Front Street and Market
street, the Cafe
has a great location, right in the town center on
the edge of the lake.


Outdoor seating right on Front Street.

The indoor seating is just like any diner
The Market Street Caf e
serves classic American diner
favorites like open-faced Turkey Sandwiches, hamburgers, salads, and
breakfast all day. I'm sure I've mentioned it before, but breakfast
is one of my favorite meals of the day and any opportunity to have
it not during traditional breakfast hours, I will definitely take
it. My friend Amanda had told me the pancakes were amazing at Market
Street Cafe
so we knew someday we'd have to go and try them. I had
never been to Celebration, and I loved breakfast, so we made plans
to go for weeks until finally we did about 4 Thursdays ago.

Breakfast all day!

An insert in the menu indicates this month's specials!
Joined by our two friends Aaron and Rebekah, we
proceeded to celebrate breakfast in Celebration as each of us
ordered breakfast. We also were celebrating the start of Reuben
officially taking notes on Sunday Brunch. Though I have in the past
jotted down thoughts on napkins, old work schedules, and the like,
this time I turned my autograph book into a notebook. I've been
using it since then to gather opinions, quotes, and thoughts on the
food as experienced upon first bite. So coming to you live from
cyberspace comes some reviews straight from our Noggins to my
blog(in).
Amanda stated that the Potato Omelete strangely
works. 'You would not think potatoes in an omelet could work, but
alas the ballet sequence in my mouth was tasty.' Yes, those were her
true words. I had a bite of it too, and I could surely agree. Eggs
and potatoes have always been two frequent breakfast items, so why
not put them together? Also, a unique part of Amanda's plate was her
side. She liked that sliced tomatoes were an option over breakfast
potatoes and the usual.
Valentine Special Pancakes

Aaron ordered one of the many monthly and daily
specials Market St. Caf e
offers, just like any diner. It was
February, so they had special Valentine's Day themed pancakes made
with strawberries and white chocolate. Aaron stated 'It was a very
good marriage of fruit and chocolate. It tastes like Valentines.' Of
course, who could say no to a reaction like that, so I also had to
have a bite and agree!
Bacon Cheddar Omelette with
Vinaigrette Salad

Market Street Caf' Coffee Cup

Rebekah's plate was colorful and full of visible
flavor and also one of the monthly specials. It had a sinfully
delicious Bacon Cheddar Omelet and to make up for that, it came with
a small salad and toast. Unfortunately, in all of our excitement in
dining on breakfast, we missed Rebekah's review, but I did write
down that she was talking with her mouth full about it, so I'm sure
she definitely enjoyed it. Yes, Mrs. Bekah's Mom, she knows her
manners, but it was an exciting day and a delicious meal, sometimes
things like that get forgotten!
Banana Pecan Pancakes

After talking about it for weeks, I knew I had to
get pancakes, and the pancakes at Market Street Caf' are simply
excellent. They come with maple syrup and maple butter, which is
pure genius. The last time I came across maple butter was in Canada,
so it was nice to see it way on the other side of North America. The
pancake was very fluffy, but also heavy in the sense it was a hearty
meal. Also it was enormous; while most diners offer 2-3 pancakes in
a short stack, only one pancake makes up a short stack here! As with
the strawberry and white chocolate pancakes, the banana and pecan
was evenly balanced so neither outshone the other. The pancakes
seemed to be made from buttermilk and while they were not overly
sweet, they were just sweet enough.
Okay, so I lied, my last trip to Market Street Caf'
I forgot my notebook, but I did take pictures. This time Bekah,
Aaron and I were joined by Aaron's friend from home Courtney, who
played rebel and ordered not-Breakfast. While opinions were not
written verbatim, I knew everyone really enjoyed each of their
meals.

Courtney's Open Faced Turkey Sandwih

French Toast with Strawberries and Brown Sugar

Peanut Butter Cup Pancakes
The unique item of this dining adventure was March's
special Peanut Butter Cup Pancakes! Another genius pancake
combination. I love both separately, but I was worried I wouldn't
like it as a whole pancake, so I opted out, but Aaron and Bekah both
ordered it and loved it. Again, this was a combination that
strangely worked, and the special ingredient was appropriately
proportioned.

I've grown up going to diners in NJ, from actual
Sunday Brunches with my family to late night food hankerings with
high school friends, the diner is always a place you can count on
for good food and having a good ol' fun time. In my new home of the
tourist heavy area of Orlando, that kind of daily living is hard to
come by. It was such a relief and a joy that my friends and I
finally explored the fabled town of Celebration. I know I'll
definitely be heading here to get a taste of home and add a bit of
regularity in the irregularity with living in the Vacation Kingdom
of the world. I spoke with Amanda and Rebekah later that night about
how much fun it was going to the diner, not just for the food, but
for the company, the atmosphere, for everything! Though I have dined
in many places in Disney World with amazing food, magical and
nostalgic settings, and terrific service, one sometimes misses the
comforts of home. I know now that if I ever want to remember what
it's like for a regular life, I just have to head south to the
little town, the quiet village where every day is like the one
before.
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