The 35-seat dining area at Attitude is, un- surprisingly, busiest on Sunday mornings – the most popular breakfast dish is a platter heaped with freshly-baked biscuits and Kormanik’s sausage gravy, and layered with fried potatoes, bacon, a sausage patty, scrambled eggs, and grilled sweet peppers. The signature Italian Beef sandwich (made with spicy Italian Giardiniera and grilled peppers) and a crusty Cubano sandwich top the list most most-requested sandwich fare. “This neighborhood is changing a lot,” Allen says, noting that the popular Urban Mining vintage venue is moving from the basement of the historic WarwickTheater near 39th Street to just across the street fromAttitude into the old Bitterman’s Chocolate building. The former El Torreon roller rink, located across the street, and dating back to 1927, is being rented frequently as a special events venue. There’s plenty of street parking for patrons, Allen assures me. The traffic along 31st Street isn’t quite what it was when the stretch of 31st and Troost was as popular a shopping area as the Country Club Plaza – there was even a busy Jones Store in those days – but who knows what’s coming? ^
Top: A quote from American philosopher William James hangs in the restaurant. Middle: An Attitude breakfast Bottom: Tile floor from when the restaurant operated as a pharmacy.
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