Thursday, May 19, 2011...Today I decided to travel to Lynn Haven as I had been told there were a couple of places there that served a decent breakfast, so that is where I went. I took 390 to 77 and turned back South and the first place I came to was Flap Jacks. It didn't look very busy (7:30 am) so I pulled mother's car in and parked, walked into the place and discovered that it is actually a lot smaller than it looks from the outside, but that's OK with me, it's cozy that way. I noticed most of the seats were taken on my right but on my left there were lots of open booths, so I selected the last vacant one closest to the waitress work station. I smiled and said Good Morning to several people including the cook (what a frowning face) and my waitress (never smiled). I sat down and she immediately brought me silverware and water. I told her I would love a cup of coffee please and I picked up the menu that was already on the table. I knew I wanted pancakes and was glad to see they were at the top of the list, so when she came back with my coffee and asked if I needed a few minutes I said, "No thanks, (smiled) I want the 2 flapjacks please and that's all." I drank my coffee and watched the people and my waitress. My waitress looked to be between 18-23 years old, she never smiled even once during the 45-60 minutes I was there and she stood and read the news paper instead of watching for empty coffee cups or anything else a customer might need. That is when it dawned on me why all the customers were sitting at the other end of the room because that waitress was smiling and chatting with the customers and carrying a coffee pot around. Well, the unsmiling cook had finished all the tickets and was standing with her arms crossed, yawning big enough you could see Texas from a mile away and my waitress brought my flapjacks. What a surprise! Those were two of the biggest pancakes I have ever seen in my life. They almost completely covered the dinner plate they were served on and the butter cup was big enough to hold at least 1/4 cup of butter (picture enclosed). Had I known how big they were I would have ordered just one; anyway, I knew I would never be able to eat both so I cut them down the middle put maple syrup on one side and proceeded to sample the product. Very good! The batter was smooth and fluffy, not at all greasy with a nice brown top and bottom. I did get a 2nd cup of coffee with an apology from the waitress for not noticing my empty cup; which helped a little, but she went right back to reading her paper (good thing I wasn't her manager). The two pancakes were $2.99 and coffee was $1.19, I left the waitress $1.00 tip although I did not think she deserved that much...I give it 4 stars ****
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