Restaurant Name	Eggseptional Cafe
Address	2256 Union Lake Rd
City, State ZIP	Commerce Township, MI 48382
Phone	248 366-6303
Website
GPS Coordinates	LAT 42.604092 LONG -83.446489
Restaurant Atmosphere	Sit down breakfast diner
Chili Heat	None
Chili Flavor	Tasty
Chili Texture	Thick
Chili Prices	Very reasonable. $1.99 for a cup, $2.49 for a bowl.
Chili Fixin's	Cheese available, basket of crackers.
Comments by Matt Fuerst Rating: 6	Fall is here and not a moment too soon. Many of the fair-weather restaurants take chili off the menu in the summer, apparently deciding to serve some sappy cold soup during hot months than something delicious and wonderful like chili. Ahh well.. For our Fall 2006 Kickoff, we had a recommendation from our co-worker, "Da Beer Stein" on a little hole-in-the-wall cafe by our work. I'm going to go off road a little bit here and mention one thing: the name. I cannot imagine actually typing up a business plan, working hard to make your dream come true, and the best name for your restaurant is the Eggseptional Cafe. That phrase paints a picture of slippery, gross hard boiled eggs dancing to some Manilow tune to me. Really, truly awful. All three of us agreed we would never voluntarily step into the place. Stein actually met his mother there one day, so, he was our "in". Anyway, back to our regularly scheduled broadcast. I wasn't really in the mood for chili and a sandwich, so for the first time in my recent memory, I ordered up just a bowl of chili. Stein was so bold as to come out and ask if cheese was an available upgrade, which it was. Stein's a good guy to roll with apparently. You don't see Everest stepping up to the plate and scoring us some cheese. That's going in my diary. Anyway, we order up our 3 bowls of chili and proceed to bitch about our coworkers like any red blooded American worker. "Hey did you see that dude with the popped collar? We need to make mad fun of him, yo!" "Can you believe that clown that destroyed the bathroom? What a tool!" The usual lines of communication amongst office mates that makes the United States have the most productive workforce in the world. Next thing you know - splashdown. Three generous bowls of chili are in front of us. Right away, Mrs. Everest has his girly frowny face on. What is he PO'ed about? "Too much cheese". How is that possible, I ask you, dear reader? True story - I was once taking a tour of a cheese factory, when the improbable happened. I actually tipped over and fell into a vat of cheese. The cheese workers threw one of those round floatation devices you see on Cruise ships to "rescue me", but I was completely happy just floating there in cheese. Due to the density of cheese, you can actually float on top of a vat of liquid cheese quite easily. They actually bottled that cheese and sold it on the open market as "Matts Foot Cheese". Alright, that whole story was a total lie, but my point is valid. A grown man without a cheese allergy complaining about there being too much cheese is just wrong. I should have looked for an Al Qaeda fan club card in his wallet. On to the chili. Pretty good. Really thick, which is a huge bonus. No need for crackers as a thickening agent, though I threw a few in anyways. Still, a shockingly thick chili. You could mortar bricks together with this stuff, a bonus. Flavor was good. There was a nice base of chili here, and the chef definitely threw a shaker of spice at it. It could use a little more, or some actual heat, but I know that's pushing my luck. Nice chili, good quality. Only one type of bean present. Some finely chopped vegetables in there. In the end, there just isn't much to distinguish it from the pack. A nice chili at a nice price, but a little more love would go a long way. I'd get it if I showed up at the poorly named restaurant again, but I wouldn't drive out of my way for it. PS - Cute waitress too.
Comments by Mark Everest Rating: 6	A couple of days ago, I was told by another coworker, Matt Stein that there was a chili place that Matt and I would have to check out. Eggtastic. A restaurant name with the work egg cleverly blended in. I can't go in there. That's gross. But Stein insured me that the chili was worth trying so I went. Matt, Matt, and I headed out for lunch with me shoved in the back of what appeared from the inside to be a Geo Metro (I had to fold myself up in thirds to fit in back). It turned out that the name of the restaurant is the Eggseptional Cafe. The new improved name wasn't much improved. Still very sceptical at this point. The sign even had an Eggsclamation point with a sunny side egg for the dot. Classy. The inside of the place was much better than the name implied. It smelled like good coffee and looked like an outside cafe with a faux market front complete with awnings. Service is bit slow but we finally all ordered a bowl of chili. Stein asked if we can get cheese and onions on top. "We can do cheese" was the waitresses response. They certainly can do cheese. When the chili came, there was a huge mound of cheddar dominating the cup. They added cheese and eggstra cheese. Without saying a word, I took half the mound off just so I could scoop down to the chili. Matt found this to be totally unEggseptable. He droned on and on about how I whined about having too much cheese. The chili itself was good. Thick with beans and meat with some veggies thrown in as well. I think it could have been a little warmer, though. I like chili nice and hot. This took a little while to melt the mound of cheese. It tasted good. It was sweet but not too sweet. It was different enough to tell that they tried more than most. It's just down the road from the office so, despite the weird name, I'm sure we'll be back.