The Hop has been up and running for less than a year; but the city is already looking for new ways to improve the latest transportation innovation to hit the city streets. Today The Hop announced the creation of a new car specifically dedicated to riders looking for breakfast or brunch on the go: the IHop.

"One of the major benefits of a public transport like The Hop is you've got your hands – you don't have to focus on the road – so it would just make sense to offer food for your trip," said The Hop spokeswoman Tracy Deegans.

The IHop will offer sit-down brunch and breakfast offerings perfect for satiating hungry souls during the long 47-second trip from one side of Downtown to the other. The brief menu is said to include "highly snackable offerings" created distract riders during their brief transit to a locale also likely to serve food (and better food, at that).

Signature offerings will include mini microwaveable IHopple Popples along with the "IHop YouHop," a take on avocado toast that Deegans says is likely to be popular with Instagram influencers.

Cold Pop Tarts and bagels will also be served topped with guests' choice of cream cheese, jam or ham. A toaster will be available for use; however, it's been noted that the breakfast pastries are unlikely to achieve optimal crispness in the short time it takes riders to reach their destinations.

When asked if The IHop would serve pancakes, Deegans responded, "Why would we do that?"

As The Hop's footprint grows and routes are added across the city, IHop officials insist that the offerings will be expanded to include actual meals including pizzas, pasta dishes, potato hash, pulled pork, an all-you-can-eat-in-three-minutes Friday fish fry and more.

Still, even with its limited menu, riders are already fans of the dining car concept.

"It's perfect," said Devon McCarthy, a Foxconn employee for now. "I'd love a little snack while I'm riding to my next meeting, looking over my notes, gazing out the window, and watching Harley riders and bikers completely biff it over the new rails."

"The Hop is hitting all my needs," added Kevin Arnold, an unpaid millennial intern at several Downtown companies. "I can't afford a car and I can't afford food – and here's The Hop offering both. Maybe next they can add rooming, electricity and yoga!"

As with everything involving the streetcar, however, there is also opposition. Whitefish Bay mom and regular talk radio caller Tina Kebbel noted that the money used for the "trolley" should be put toward "schools and potholes -- in that order -- both causes for which I've been a very strong advocate... at least since seven seconds ago when I started this sentence."

Ald. Tony Zielinski also spoke out against the "reckless spending for Mayor Barrett's increasingly ridiculous vanity project" during a press conference held this weekend at his new Bay View mansion's helipad.

The Hop officials noted that the new brunch and breakfast car is definitely a work in progress, with many alterations and changes to come as they receive feedback from regular passengers and workers.

"We considered changing the name, for instance, to The IHob; but we realized that would just be very confusing and a pointless waste of everyone's time, with the likelihood that we'd just change it back in a month or two anyways," Deegans said.

The IHop will begin service in June. Stay tuned to OnMilwaukee for updates as they become available.