Driving down Scottsdale Road on a Saturday morning we passed the Breakfast Club (which isn't my favorite anyway) and it is packed with people and tons of people waiting for tables. We arrive at Dottie's and there are about 3 tables on the patio with people and just one other table inside, usually my motto is "No people = no good" but we were hungry and figured it was new so we would give it a try. The inside is nice and bright, a drastic change from when I was there when it was Bada Boom Pasta Room (another overrated Scottsdale place). Upon looking at the menu, there wasn't anything that jumped out at me, the menu didn't seem all that interesting and there were not a lot of choices. Deciding how you wanted your eggs cooked and which breakfast meat you wanted them served with or what fillings you wanted in your omelet were the only decisions to make. I ordered an omelet and the server suggested I try the homemade buttermilk dill bread as my toast, so I went for that. My dining companions also go an omelet and one got poached eggs with sausage. The food came out relatively quickly, which was expected with not many people being in the restaurant. The omelet was nice and fluffy and it was generously filled with my selections, but that was about the only good part of the plate. While the thick slices of toast looked tasty, they had no taste whatsoever. There was no dill, no nothing....I wasn't sure what they wanted it to taste like, but it just tasted crunchy to me. The breakfast potatoes were even worse! They gave us a huge portion but they were covered in oil and were not even cooked through all the way, and even though they appeared to be seasoned, they too had no taste. Our waiter was sort of absentee, just wandering around the restaurant. He made a few goofs, bringing me a Sprite when I ordered water and bringing my dad their "special" buttermilk dill toast instead of the wheat bread that he asked for, but he was hard to track down so we just went with the flow. I also felt that the prices were a bit on the high side, with breakfast for 3 coming to over $30 with no beverages ordered. I am always on the hunt for a new breakfast spot....but Dottie's does not make the list...and after we left and continued down Scottsdale Road, we noticed that the Daily Dose also had a huge group of people waiting....maybe Dottie's is off of their list too.

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I had never been to this place but was pleasantly surprised by how good their food was! I had the vegetarian quesadilla and that was scrumptious. It was not just overloaded with cheese like most. My husband got the lamb burger and he really liked it. They gladly subbed out the English muffin for a regular bun with no issues. The sexy fries were awesome and would recommend the small up charge to get them. They are a cross between French fries and potato chips with a hint of truffle oil Parmesan and a few other flavors. One of the appetizers our friends got was a green chile with pork served with warm soft tortilla shells. We tried it and were blown away. Forgot what it was called on the menu but I don't think we will ever visit there again without ordering that. Highly recommend grabbing a drink and some grub here!

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I remember eating at Boston Pizza back in Hawaii years ago. I remember it being really good and having huge slices. I went to their website and WHOA! Two for Tuesdays....guess what day it was when I found out Boston Pizza was in Vegas? The stars must've aligned and it was fate....unless you are one of those that believe that there is too much randomness and coincidence in the world to conclude a causal relationship between the day, the stars, and pizza. Anyway, I got the signature Boston Pizza, large. My free pizza for this deal was a large Pepperoni. I had pizza for almost a week! Yeah, 16" pizzas may not be much, but these guys are generous with their toppings! Heck I ate this the next morning for breakfast (cold, the second best way to eat pie) and I also did the pizza warm up trick on the stove where you place the slice on the pan to reharden the crust and warm up the toppings at the same tiime. The pizza doesn't taste "corporate" (e.g. Pizza Hut or Dominos). I don't know, it's like homemade pizza without the fail. Heads up, you will end up parking next to Olympic Gardens so I'll leave it at that.

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I first got permanent brows about 6 or 7 years ago. I was fortunate that the lady I picked to do them for me in Tempe was pretty good. The shape was something I could live with but the color turned reddish brown, not good for my skin tone. I had her touch them up a year later and again, I could live with the result because no brow is going to be knockout amazing, right? In a couple of years I got lip and eyeliner done. The lip liner I am totally happy with, the eyeliner was spotty and a bit uneven in places, but eyeliner rocks! Last year I found Denise when she ran a special on eyeliner. She redid mine, evened out the rough spots and recommended that I go darker than what I asked for. She was right and it looks wonderful. I finally decided recently that my brows had faded way too much to be ok, I was forced to fill in with pencil each day, which to me is why I got permanent brows in the first place, so that makeup application wasn't necessary every day, right? So I called Denise who happened to be running another special, and set up an appointment to do my brows last Thursday at noon. She had me draw the shape plus bring the pencil so she could be sure to match the shade. When I got home I couldn't stop staring at them in the mirror. The lines were so nice, they looked awesome. Plus all the red tone was gone, none peeking through. Today is Tuesday. I took good care to maintain a light layer of Vaseline and didn't rub. This evening they are done, fully shed and beautiful. I couldn't be happier. They are amazing, the color is perfect and they look so good I won't need to fill with pencil. When I'm ready, I will go back for an eyeliner refresher. Denise gets my business. Thank you, Denise!
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