Flying Pig Cafe’s Loss is Aloha Cafe’s Gain
Porno appearance with Ron Jeremy aside, I’ve been an unabashed fan of the Flying Pig Truck since trying them out back in August. So when I heard that they were opening a “cafe” downtown with an expanded menu I got pretty excited. Duck fried rice? Yes please. After all, anybody that can make tofu taste this delicious must be doing something right. Sadly running a truck well doesn’t translate to immediate brick and mortar successquality…
When I stopped in on Monday at 1:45pm they were still in the weeds from the lunch rush, with practically ever customer in the joint angry about something (missing food, missing drinks, general slowness). On one hand I feel bad for the place. Customers should know that a brand new restaurant needs some time to get things on track (especially during the lunch rush in a high density part of town like DTLA.) On the other hand, the one thing I tried was pretty terrible, especially compared to the delicious food on the truck, and the portion was laughably small for the price. I think I might give Flying Pig Cafe another week (or four) to get everything sorted out.
Thankfully Aloha Cafe is right across the street, and was ready to save the day!
Posted at 11:45 am, July 20th, 2011 under Aloha Cafe, Downtown, Hawaiian.
