"I must have a drink of breakfast." - W.C. Fields

This morning B and I headed over to National Mechanics for a late brunch.  We were in need of a little hair of the dog, so I ordered a mimosa and B a bloody mary.  If you're a bloody mary fan, you should definitely check out National Mechanics.  Not only do they have flavored salt for your rim (B went with the vegan bacon salt - it added a nice smokey flavor to complement the bloody) but they have a self-serve bar so you can build your own bloody.

B admiring his finished product:

For the meal, B and I both went with the "National Skillet" - a skillet filled with a hash of fried potatoes, ham, tomatoes, and cheese that is covered by two fried eggs.

It was pretty good, but slightly on the dry side with too few few tomatoes in the hash.  If the eggs had been cooked over-easy, rather than over medium, the egg might have better balanced out the dryness of the hash.  B also ordered a side of scrapple.

For those of you unfamiliar with scrapple, it is a breakfast "meat" made from a what is essentially a mush of pork scraps and trimmings that are combined with cornmeal, flour, and spices, formed into a "loaf", sliced, and fried.  I'm not typically a fan, but I have to admit that the scrapple at National Mechanics wasn't half bad - I think it was the thin slicing.

What a way to start the day!