Greetings from Atlantic City! Took an early trip down this morning in order to optimize some NCAA bets starting at noon, but before we start rooting for the overs, I needed to get some food in me. Atlantic City is a great time if you don't stray more than one block away from your hotel. Well, this classic cafe was situated a couple of blocks away from our humble abode (Hard Rock) in what some people might call a "rough" block. Would this be my first choice? No. But it was on the way to the Hard Rock and I figured why not do the real AC before hitting all the glitz of the resorts.
It's a classic diner vibe inside, with a wide assortment of breakfast and lunch items to choose from. I'm here for one thing though and that's the pork roll. I went with a hard roll, though they also have english muffins and bagels, likely left over from the continental breakfast offered at the Best Western next door. A couple of weeks ago I went to a place with well-done pork roll that worked, this one fell a little short. And while the use of white American and fried eggs saved what would have been an unmemorable PEC, there was a little too much bread to meats. Anyway, time to go back to the bar, I have Xavier +7.
Bread Rating: 5.2/10 (The bread was actually toasted correctly, there was just too much of it.)
Pork Roll Rating: 6.1/10 (Well-done, two slices, though layered in between the egg.)
Egg rating: 7.2/10 (Two fried eggs, good stuff)
Cheese Rating: 7.4/10 (Multiple slices of white American)
Sandwich Composition: 5.6/10 (This is probably a very spoiled complaint and likely expected at diners, but I had to deconstruct the sandwich to apply my own ketchup, which reminded me of Virginia)
Overall Rating: 6.3/10
Price: $6.25, plus whatever change you want to give the panhandler outside.
Perry's Cafe & Deli is located at 1339 Pacific Ave. Atlantic City, NJ 08401.
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