As may be the case with many coffee aficionados, breakfast is our favorite meal. Cuz we get to drink coffee with it. Oh sure, we drink coffee with dinner too, but the a.m. is our favorite cup; it's when we need our taste, you know?

We've talked about a couple breakfast spots in this column, and now that we're a little more focused in our mission, we'll do it a little more: how singularly spectacular would it be to hit that perfect combination of eggs, pancakes, meat (or substitute meat) products, all brought together under the perfect cup of joe?

Well, folks, we found a fantastic and much ballyhooed breakfast place this weekend -- but the coffee was so awful, it spoiled the food. It's a shame. While water is a key ingredient in coffee, the coffee should have a bit more flavor than mere H20.

Alas, we're going to give them another chance before we condemn them in these influential pages. Which means this is about it for this week . . . except for the contest, of course.