Darcy’s Cafe
Cinnamon Roll Pancakes
Bread Pudding
Conveniently attached to a Barber Shop and featuring a sign that reads “Better than your Grandma’s, as good as your Mom’s” it was around 10:30am that Darcy’s Café was found mostly full, a collection of construction works having recently bellied up to the bar flirting with two waitresses who did their best to be pleasant while at the same time taking orders, clearing tables, settling tabs and serving Food.
At one time a gas station but later converted into an eatery by Darcy Fonder, her retirement seeing the space suited for at-most forty sold to a former North Dakota Fighting Sioux, guests entering the shabby building will quickly notice just five tables and three booths surrounding the center island, a first come-first served policy often leading to long lines even when the weather turns frigid and in particular on weekends.
Featuring a two-sided laminated menu plus several specials, a 6am opening Monday through Friday with slightly later Weekend hours making Darcy’s the top spot in Grand Forks for all-day Breakfast, it was passing over Soup and humongous Sandwiches that eyes focused squarely on Pancakes, bottomless 99-cent Coffee as good as the $2.49 stuff in Cafes elsewhere and always piping hot.
No doubt a meeting place for locals, persons of all ages engaged in conversations of varying volume, it was less than ten minutes after placing an order that two items arrived simultaneously, three fluffy Flapjacks upgraded with gooey Frosting and lots of Cinnamon far better than their $6.58 pricetag would indicate while Bread Pudding baked in a Coffee Mug was unfortunately a touch dry at the bottom even though the top half was buttery, rich and full of plump Raisins.
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