Syracuse Sandwich: Dunkin Donut's Breakfast Sandwich

Who: Dunkin Donuts What: Breakfast Sandwich
Where: Route 11, North Syracuse Phone: 452-1545 Website: Dunkin Donuts
Parking: Shared Lot Accepts Credit Cards: Yes Take-Out: Yes Delivery: No

     Having to go to Zebb’s after church in order to grab a mother’s day gift, we decided to stop in between to grab some breakfast. We didn’t have a lot of time so we stopped at the very busy Dunkin Donuts which sits in a plaza in between Route 11 and South Bay road. People were lined up at the drive-thru which was wrapped around the building so we went inside, this was a mistake. It was packed inside and the employees were running around like chickens with their heads cut off. Seeing as it was now after 11a.m. and we hadn’t eaten since about 7 the night before, needless to say we were hungry. After a short wait in line we were up to order and the girl helping us looked clearly confused, a bad sign of things to come. Christine got a poppy seed bagel with cream cheese along with a cheddar cheese bagel twist. I saw that they have a new breakfast sandwich on a biscuit so I ordered that with a cheddar cheese bagel twist as well.

     We waited about 2 minutes for our order; this seemed too quick and sure enough it was. There was nowhere to sit so went out to the car; this was when I discovered the problem. My sandwich was supposed to be sausage, egg, and cheese on a biscuit. What I had was a sausage patty sitting in between the two pieces of the biscuit. This wasn’t what I ordered nor was it what I wanted. But after looking at it for a minute, I decided it was for the better that they left off the egg and cheese. I don’t like the microwaved egg patty that fast food places serve so it wasn’t a huge loss. I would have liked to have had the cheese but McDonald’s makes a sausage biscuit which is very tasty so this could be too.

     Unfortunately, it was not tasty like the one at McDonald’s. We almost went to McDonald’s but since it was past 11, they were no longer serving breakfast. The biscuit was thin to begin with but when split in two, each piece was only a half an inch thick or so. I’m not looking for bagel sized thickness but I’d like something to hold when I take a bite. I believe that they come frozen and are reheated without even being sprayed with butter or oil. It was very dry which made the outside crust very hard. The sausage patty wasn’t much better and with only two ingredients to this sandwich, it needed to be in order to save it. The patty was pretty generic tasting, greasy with a hint of spiciness. However, it was moist which combated the dryness of the biscuit to some extent. I should have known better to order a breakfast sandwich from a place that specializes in doughnuts.

Rating: Edible - Poor service doomed this sandwich from the start.