JAM on HAWTHORNE (Chinook Book day!)

Lunch at Jam (2239 SE Hawthorne) with our two for one entree coupon snipped out of our beloved Chinook book, was perfect. Timing had us placed between two dining room rushes which provided the ideal booth in the back. Our waitress was open and new, brought Geo a sippy cup and took the liberty of smelling her hair and sweetly saying to her "you smell just like a baby," causing Georgia to fall into a puddle of love. The kids menu is $3 and is nothing like those awful deep fried finger offerings at most places which Ruth won't eat in any case. Peanut butter and jelly, grilled cheese, lemon ricotta pancakes with fresh blueberry sauce, some kind of noodle. Our half reuben sandwiches with roasted pepper soup were delicious, Ruth's pancakes were a big hit (and enough for all four of us to share). Stumptown coffee. Total bill for the four of us, plus a fat tip, less than $20.