The Blue Plate Diner

Our hopes were quite high for the Blue Plate Diner. I (Tammy) had been there before with a group from work, and everyone had really enjoyed their entrees. Kelly had read some fabulous reviews online in addition to seeing it on Diners, Drive-ins, and Dives on TV.

We loved everything about the Blue Plate Diner, except for the Eggs Benedict. Tammy's entree was great, the home fries were super, the coffee was tasty and hot, and the service was prompt and friendly. But alas! In this blog, it's all about the food, especially the sauce. And therein lies the problem.

The sauce was creamy and of the correct consistency, but it was a lot like the sauce at Eggs in the City: too buttery, and not enough lemon. We might be wondering if it is possible to please us, were it not for the fact that I made some Hollandaise sauce myself a few weeks ago for Easter, and we both thought that it was delicious and lemony. We know the perfect sauce is out there somewhere. we just have to keep looking.

To make matters worse, though the eggs were cooked perfectly and the Canadian bacon was sliced just right, the English muffin was soggy. OK, not just soggy. Sopping wet and reminiscent of a bruised peanut butter and jelly sandwich. Kelly loves Eggs Benedict, yet she could not finish this one, because it just wasn't that good.

We give this one a measly 5/10 leggs.

Sigh. We are disappointed, but the right one is out there. We know it is somewhere in our city! If you know a good place for us to try, please let us know. Meanwhile, this Saturday we're going to Market Street downtown and hoping for better luck there.

The Blue Plate Diner
2041 S 21st E  Salt Lake City, UT 84108
(801) 463-1151