Sharpsville restaurant specializes in pancakes, omelets and burgers BEYOND breakfast

IF YOU GO

Where: Breakfast at Tiffany’s

Address: 45 S. Walnut St., Sharpsville, Pa.

Phone: 724-962-1366

Hours: Monday and Tuesday, 6 a.m. to 2 p.m.; Wednesday, Thursday and Friday, 6 a.m. to 8 p.m.; Saturday, 6 a.m. to 2 p.m.; and Sunday, 7 a.m. to 2 p.m.

Online: breakfastattiffanysdiner.com

SHARPSVILLE, Pa.

When Tiffany Daley was a little girl she dreamed of owning a restaurant. Armed with her Little Tikes kitchen set and Easy Bake oven, she would pretend she owned a restaurant and would create original dishes such as salads made from dandelion greens and crab apples.

Daley’s childhood ambition came true 10 years ago when a generous and wealthy acquaintance gave her a “true character” financial loan and, at the tender age of 23, she became the owner of a Sharpsville restaurant that she called Breakfast at Tiffany’s.

Specializing in one-of-a-kind pancakes, omelets and burgers, Breakfast at Tiffany’s serves breakfast all day, seven days a week, and is part retro 1950s diner, part modern culinary adventure.

“I like to say we’re an old-school diner with a modern twist,” Daley said. “Our menu is a mix of simple, traditional items you’d get at a mom-and-pop diner and specialty, gourmet items that we’ve created. I’m constantly thinking up new recipes.”

My dining experience at Breakfast at Tiffany’s started with a sampling of the restaurant’s stellar pancakes.

First let me tell you that these are no ordinary pancakes! Each one is the size of a medium pizza (unless you ask for the kids’-sized portion), and each one even comes with a pizza cutter for slicing. The only thing bigger than the size of these pancakes is their delicious taste.

I tried the chocolate chip pancake, pineapple upside down pancake, pecan pie pancake, strawberry pancake and maple glaze bacon pancake.

The pecan pie was my favorite. It boasts a crusty-sweet pecan topping that pairs perfectly with the soft texture of the cake.

The chocolate chip pancake is decadent enough to be classified as a dessert, as is the pineapple upside down pancake with its tropical topping.

The strawberry pancake comes with whipped cream and is a traditional favorite, while the maple glaze bacon pancake is a real original, blending the hearty taste of bacon with the rich sweetness of maple.

The pancakes range in price from about $5 to $7. Patrons can add a side of meat for $1.99.

The next item to grace my table was a Western omelet ($6.29) with diced green peppers, onions, ham and American cheese. The delicate folds of egg were light and fluffy and were bursting with veggies and ham.

Daley is very proud of the restaurant’s specialty omelets, which include a buffalo chicken and bacon omelet, a cheeseburger omelet, and a southwestern omelet with salsa and hot pepper cheese.

“I always encourage repeat customers to try something new,” Daley said. “If they tend to order a traditional omelet, I will encourage them to try one of our specialties.”

Daley does the same thing in regard to the restaurant’s burgers.

She served me a Tuscan burger ($5.99), which probably wouldn’t have been the first item I would have gravitated toward, but wow, I’m glad I tried it.

This juicy burger is topped with sliced tomato, mozzarella cheese, sauteed garlic, parmesan and pesto. The beautiful marriage of flavors is picked-from-the-garden fresh yet hearty and filling.

The breakfast burger ($5.99) is another one of the restaurant’s popular specialty burgers. It features bacon, hash browns, an over-easy egg and cheddar cheese.

Recently, Breakfast at Tiffany’s started serving Friday fish dinners. The dinners are priced very reasonably at $9.99 and include a generous fillet of Haddock (fried, or garlic Parmesan-crusted) and two side dishes (choose from baked potato, coleslaw, salad, soup or sweet potato).

The Haddock is incredibly mild and flaky. I sampled both the fried and the baked and was partial to the Parmesan crusted variety.

“A lot of people don’t know that we are serving fish,” Daley said. “This is a very delicious, affordably-priced meal.”

Daley is proud of how Breakfast at Tiffany’s has grown since its beginnings and strives to serve quality food at reasonable prices.

“I believe in eating and shopping local,” she said. “I encourage people to take the time to explore local restaurants and try new things.”

Daley studied in the Restaurant Program at Trumbull Career and Technical Center during her junior and senior years of high school and is now a substitute teacher for the program and mentors future culinary students.

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