A Breakfast Haven

If, like me, you love good breakfast food, you need to eat at the Dor-Stop in Dormont. It's right on Potomac avenue, off of West Liberty. Parking is not as easy to find as the restaurant itself, but if you park on the street a short way down from the diner, at least you'll burn off some of the large amounts of calories you are sure to consume during your meal.

Jess and I went there for breakfast around 10:30 this morning. It was packed! We had to put our name in, and we waited about ten minutes before two seats opened up at the counter, but other people waited a lot longer than us. Tip -- if you go to the Dor-Stop, go with a small number of people or be willing to split up. They don't have a lot of seating options for groups larger than four people, and if you want to stick together, your wait will be much longer.

When we sat down at the counter, we were greeted by a friendly man in the apron who we determined was the owner because his picture was in a newspaper article on the wall. He was very nice, asking where we were from, if it was our first time there, how we had heard about it, etc. When our waitress came, I ordered oatmeal chocolate-chip pancakes, and Jess ordered one pumpkin and one oatmeal pancake. They have lots of neat options for pancake mix-ins, like bananas and walnuts, and they also have raspberry-stuffed french toast. Or, for those of you who prefer a savory breakfast, the menu has lots of options for omelets, eggs, bacon, sausage, and more.

Our food arrived within ten minutes, and, boy, was it worth the wait. The pancakes were covered in butter and powdered sugar, and we helped ourselves to a squeeze bottle of syrup that was on the counter. My meal cost 8.39 for three pancakes and a side of bacon. Not too shabby.

If you want to try out the Dor-Stop, I would highly recommend it. Check out their website and menu here. The owner told us that their least busy times are around 8:00 a.m. and 2:15 p.m., but my guess is that things never quite slow down at this gem of a diner.