Nancy's Kitchen

I wanted to like Nancy’s, I really did. Although it is located in a mini strip-mall type location on, it seemed like it would be a down-home, wholesome cooking establishment. Unfortunately, it is just your average ma & pa café (no frills inside, plastic diner tables, standard older wall photos, etc.). We should have known when we walked in and saw a relatively all older clientele (realistically this usually equates to bland food and a fuss-free menu) that this might not be the best choice for us. We did, however, have a $10 off coupon, so we stuck around to give it a shot.

The menu is small but adequate (Skillets/Omelets/Pancakes & Sweets). I ordered an egg white omelet with spinach, tomatoes and onion, and Armando ordered the Portland Steak Omelet (thinly sliced steak frilled with peppers, onions and Swiss cheese. Rolled into a fluffy two egg omelet). Mine had absolutely zero flavor, and no amount of salt/pepper was saving it. Armando seemed to enjoy his, although even though Nancy’s served steak dishes throughout the day, they have no steak sauce? This seemed odd and was a total miss on their part. The toast served was standard grocery store quality, and I had to ask for a different kind of jelly besides orange marmalade (all was Smucker’s too – ugh!). We also tried the Freshly Bakes Cinnamon Roll, which reminded me of something out of a Pillsbury commercial. Needless to say, none of the food had any flare whatsoever.

Also, I have to mention this, as Armando was finishing his over fried potatoes that come with the omelets, he found a black hair in his food that was definitely not his. This was, as you can imagine, most unfortunate. We of course didn’t say anything, and Nancy’s is by no means dirty, but I do think I needed to disclose this incident.

Sorry Nancy’s, but two stars from me (and that is only because the staff seemed so sweet – like your Aunt serving breakfast at your Mom’s house). To add insult to injury, pricing isn’t even great here…I have had much better food for much less at many other places in Portland.

So…as resident Portland foodie’s, this is just not for our kind.

*Jayne