Robert Robertson had not originally planned to go into the family restaurant business.
Then he changed his mind as to why.
When his father, Bob Robertson, came up with the idea for To Flippin' Egg, "I knew I could do something really good with it," he said.
That Flippin' Egg, 4466 Washington Rd., Evans, opened in 2017 in the former ShoChin Chinese kitchen.The Robertson family owned and operated Evans Diner, just half a mile away. The 1950s style restaurant was housed in a stainless steel dining car.
Columbia County regulations prevented the Robertsons from disassembling the dining car and reassembling it elsewhere in the county. When they were looking for land to move the old dining room building, they found an old ShoChin that offered plenty of space, but changing the name to "dining room" didn't match the decor.
Then they came up with the idea of That Flippin' Egg, a happy family restaurant with grinning cartoon mascots on the walls, menus and t-shirts.An egg with a spatula winks at customers from a restaurant sign. Another helmet egg with general's star thanks the veterans. Another egg wearing a cowboy hat greets visitors by shouting "Hello, yolk!"
"I had something to do with this," Robertson said with a smile at the puns used in the restaurant and in the commercials. “We try to keep it cheesy and cheerful.”
The restaurant offers all your favorite breakfast favorites, including multi-mix combos of eggs, bacon, sausage, ham, oatmeal, homemade fries, biscuits and gravy, and toast. Unique versions of Eggs Benedict include South-of-the-Border with grilled chicken and peppers and Veggie Lovers with baby spinach, mushrooms, onions and peppers.
omelettes and skillets are made to order by each customer choosing three ingredients to create as many combinations as possible. The meat selection is "an old-fashioned bologna that the older generation loves," Robertson said. “We keep it available – very popular.
Jae Edmond loves the restaurant so much that he invited a friend over on the last morning of the week.
"I brought her because she's from South Carolina and I said, 'We have to go to this place that I love,'" she said. "We Like It"
There are currently three locations for That Flippin' Egg: Evans, Aiken, and South Augusta. The dining car, which has not found a new home in Columbia County, is located at Augusta, 3321 Mike Padgett Hwy.
Multiple locations are possible, but we won't be prosecuted "until we know where the country is going economically," Robertson said. "We'd like to go to Grovetown, but we're in no hurry.
While few restaurants serve breakfast, That Flippin' Egg offers an extra dose of coziness. Two cooks and two waiters have worked for the Robertsons for about 15 years.
"It shows how we work and why people keep coming back because they keep seeing these familiar faces," Robertson said."I would say without them we wouldn't be where we are."
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