For a taste of rural England right in the middle of the Sonoran Desert, check out T.C. Eggington's Brunchery, one of the East Valley's most popular breakfast and lunch destinations. T.C.'s celebrates the chicken and egg with a steady stream of stuffed-to-order omelets, specialty sandwiches and a garden of greens. They also toss in a quirky helping of British humor. Only at T.C.'s, for example, can you find 10-inch ''girdle'' cakes, named with a play on the Old English meaning of the word ''girdle'' as a belt to go around the (pancake-broadened) waist. These pancakes, by the way, are made from scratch with fresh ingredients such as buttermilk and sour cream, and come accompanied by whipped honey-butter and warm syrup.

Also paying tribute to the Brits are the fresh-baked English-style muffins and orchard-fresh Shoogles (that's smoothies to us Yanks). Can't-miss dishes on the breakfast menu include the Eggington Omelette (chicken, mushroom, broccoli and cream cheese with a rich hollandaise), thick-sliced English toast with a French flair and the refreshing vegetable gardina frittata. For lunch, try out the baked potato soup, Classic Dickens Salad (veggies with sauteed chicken in a honey-mustard-bacon sauce) or the focaccia turkey-pepper melt. Just like the rural English countryside, the setting features clean, open and airy spaces, crisp garden colors and pictures of cows and chickens.

Categories: Restaurants

Official Website | Directions | Nearby Businesses | Send to Cell