Jamms Restaurant
Coffee
Nutella Almond Pot of Bread
Red Velvet Pancake
S’mores Pancake
McBeth – French Toast, Ham, Turkey, Swiss
Grits
Another long-term fixture of the local food scene, and one I’d unknowingly been driving by twice daily every Thursday and Friday since relocating to Las Vegas, Jamms Restaurant quickly earned a spot on the ‘to-visit’ list when my server at Mary’s Hash House mentioned the quaint local eatery as another “great place” serving up home-style breakfasts at a fair price – a 7am opening perfect for another Saturday of dining. Nondescript from the exterior but cozy and kitsch inside as a friendly staff bounced between tables with endless refills of coffee from Illy at a mere $2.75 it was to a diverse menu and a hot, yeasty ‘pot of bread’ slathered with Nutella and toasted almonds that I arrived and after perusing the menu at length an order was placed, a server named Shirley warning me that it would be “a lot of food,” but failing to inform me of noted upcharges of $2 for a single Red Velvet Pancake and $1.25 for grits in place of potatoes. Jovial in spirit with tunes ranging from Sinatra to Madonna playing overhead it was perhaps a ten minute wait after the bread that the rest of my meal arrived and with each item larger than expected in size it was indeed a substantial breakfast with only the cocoa-less Red Velvet failing to impress…the flavor merely that of a decent buttermilk pancake gussied up with $2 in dye. Speaking to the rest, suffice it to say that it would be hard to mess up something as decadent as the signature “S’Mores” with ample chocolate chips and chocolate syrup finding balance in bold buttermilk, marshmallows, plus a dollop of whipped cream and yet as good as the pancake was, the un-fried riff on the Monte Cristo easily stole the show as golden Texas Toast dipped in custard housed Ham, Turkey, and Swiss of good quality and quantity, all just waiting for a sweet gilding of maple syrup to make flavors pop. Never one to quibble prices but a firm believer that upcharges should always be disclosed Jamms strikes me as a good-enough place in a city with plenty of similar options; a bit better than some and a bit worse than others…the sort of place I’m sure to revisit at some point for the Waffle Sundae or the Stuffed French Toast, but not before investigating other family owned spots or before second visits to Blueberry Hill, Hash House, Egg & I, or Baby Stacks.
