Franny’s

This place is DISGUSTING. It’s so dirty I hated being in there. Don’t even get me started on the food, it’s horrid. I went to Franny’s this past weekend for breakfast and was completely disappointed. The food was so undercooked I got food poisoning. The waitress was incredibly rude as well. Never returning.

Looking for a great meal and friendly atmosphere? You found the right place. I have been here a handful of times and never leave hungry. The staff is super friendly and treats you like family…

Huge portions. Good family food. Decent prices. Friendly staff. Only four stars because the décor could use a little love. Overall it’s a home-​cooking type of greasy spoon. Recommended.

Tasty omelets overshadowed by dirt and refuse — everywhere. If you like a clean table, or a clean floor, and clean walls and windows and to be asked how your meal is, or for your waitress to eat her food out of sight and not continue chewing it as she delivers your food to your table, you’ll be fine with this place. I just could not get over the fact that customers sat and were served at dirty tables and countertops that were neither wiped down nor had the dirty settings removed from previous diners. Disgustingly dirty! The local regulars seem to ignore the overflowing trash barrel, the chewing waitress who chewed while bringing food to their tables, who also used her smart phone for personal calls during her shift, and who never bothered to ask how anything was. I really wanted to endorse this single unit business, but to do that I’d have to be without a conscience. If Unilocal had not suppressed the other reviews of this place, I would have gone elsewhere.

My sister told me she loved this place, and went often with her kids. So when my friend and I wanted to grab an early lunch, this was a no brainer. Of so I thought.
Walking into the restaurant the first thing we noticed was the floor covered in leaves and other assorted trash. After checking out the tiny room we found ourselves in, we found that the only patrons seemed to be regulars and well over 50. We didn’t fit it. Lol.
We found a seat at a Sharkey table and waited and watched the wait staff have a long conversation about figuring out their cash out before being acknowledged.
My sister had told me she loved the eggs benedict, so of course I ordered a plate. My friend got a burger cooked medium and onion rings. This is where we sat back and waited. And waited. And waited. What ended up being a little over a half hour for this simple order. But that’s not all, as we sat and watched whom we assumed was the owner lady cooking our meal. We observed a couple things.
1. The cut and I’m assuming blanched fish bucket of potatoes sitting next to the flat top, not covered and for the life of me I don’t know why but not iced down.
2. She places a burger patty (looked frozen, but was unsure from the distance) on the grill with her ungloved hands, then with the same unwashed hands grabbed a couple hot dogs and throws them on the grill.
3. At this point she leaves and goes in the back for about 5 minutes and returns with a plastic bucket from Sysco, opens it and scoops out a thick golden yellow goop into a bowl and tosses it in the microwave. This ended up being the pre-​made store bought Hollandaise that seemed more like silly putty then sauce.
4. When she is taking the burger OFF the grill (after 25 minutes for a medium burger) she places the bacteria infected potatoes on the grill. This made for uncooked, soggy and luke warm potatoes covered in paprika.
5. When making an eggs benedict, it is wise to TOAST the English muffin and not place it on the plate fresh from the package. This is something she obviously didn’t know as mine was untoasted.
6. When frying onion rings, before adding them to the fryer, make sure the fryer is at the proper tempature. His onion rings were so saturated with grease that we took a napkin and squeezed a ring in it and soaked the napkin through with grease. No lie, we actually did this and it was pretty disgusting.
7. Putting a full 16oz cup of hollandaise sauce on top of poorly prepared eggs benedict does not cover up the shoddy work, just makes it worse with the oily and broken store bought sauce taking over the entire plate like big people at a free buffet
8. As you probably guessed, 25 minutes on a grill is WAY WAY WAY to long to cook a burger when the requested temp is Medium. The burger was so well done it looked like a hockey puck and the cheese actually was burnt black on the bottom of the bun.
9. Learn to SEASON EVERYTHING!!! Season the eggs, season the potatoes, season the burger. Salt and pepper is a chefs best friend. There is a reason for that.
Needless to say, I will not be going back to Franny’s. My thought is they need to get someone in there that knows how to cook and spend a weekend cleaning from top to bottom. Then after everything is clean, take a Servsafe course or three.

Located in maplewood square in Malden, this place has been putting out quality breakfast for many years. In addition to breakfast they offer delicious lunches as well, along with seasonal specials each day. It’s clean, affordable and the staff is nice…