All the food production, clean up and cash transactions take place behind a single wall of service. No rolling racks of trays here! There is a U-shaped table adjacent to the register that likely once held a till, but now is home only to the coffee fixins. Beside the register, the selection of condiments was rich, offering several types of Tabasco hot sauce, nicely off-setting the ketchup packets.

The first thing I noticed about my meal were the potatoes. The second was the quantities. Both factors ended up being disappointing. The potatoes were deep-fried, and given their internal texture, we figure they originated from a bag in their freezer. They were deemed edible, but not great. Even if they’re not great, there still should have been more of them. My plate looked sparse. Our eggs were  as eggs always are, but the two pieces of bacon looked lonely.

If they had some more potato buddies or bacon brothers to hob-nob with, it could have been a palatal party! As it was, they had to mingle with the rye toast in order to feel important. The coffee however, was great! Too bad there wasn’t free refills. Even the cook lamented to us that it was a “lame” policy before excusing himself, citing that he “only works here”.

The cafeteria has a nice colour scheme going for it. I appreciated the high volumes of purple intermingled with dark green. The scheme was even included on the chairs! Half of them were purple, the other half green. Plants were adorned all over but it was difficult to tell if they were real or not. We sat beneath large prints of jazz greats which offended Leif’s professional photographer side that they weren’t originals.

The best part of the whole experience was the view from the huge windows. Facing north, they offer a splendid view of downtown. We got an eyeful of the numerous murals which make downtown Winnipeg great.

They don’t accept debit and the nearest bank machine is impossible to find. While the Posties are lucky to have a place open for them 24 hours, the public can do a lot better without walking far.

October 11 2007

POST OFFICE CAFETERIA

266 Graham Ave

Breakfast Special $2.67 before 10am, coffee & refills extra.

Open to the public:  6am - 6pm

Open for Posties 24 hours.

Today's breakfast experience started out with a few loud, reverberating gongs. First off, the plan was to go to the Garrick Hotel, a place we've been to before and quite enjoyed (for the atmosphere more so than the food). Turns out, nine months ago the diner changed owners and now they don't serve breakfast. The Garrick restaurant is now a "Roti Cafe", which looked intriguing but didn't fit our gastronomic criteria. Leif and I (uncharacteristically unaccompanied) trudged our way to the Posties building.

The breakfast special ended at 10am, but fortunately it only goes up $0.88. Sliding our trays along the metal rack, the cook told us that they only had bacon left. Fine with us! Like other cafeterias we've tried, they whipped out our food in near-record time. In fact, it was the toast that took the longest. "No brown bread left," fine, we wanted rye anyways. The cook was the same person who took our money, which we thought was a bit odd

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