Amazing food choices, the ribs and homemade chicken breast strips are amazing. That's the positive side, but the service can be better but it depends who you hve for the visit
Sonya Ronfeldt
Great food. My favorite is either a Reuben or chicken ranch wrap. Their fries are the best.
Vegetarian options: Many options for any specific diet.
Atmosphere: 4
Food: 5
Service: 4
Recommended dishes: Texas Omelette, Country Fried Steak, Hot Beef, French Fries, Fries, Meat Lovers Skillet
Ann Snook
Best food and best atmosphere in town and best price. Always good food!
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
Johnny Tejas
Amazing food!!!!
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
Hugh Mc Closkey
Absolutely loved this place. A real mom and pop vibe. Small town America at its best!
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
Tanya WattsRussell (GAM)
Love the layout
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 4
Service: 5
Joshua Rich
great feed and service
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
Oran Hackworth
All great!
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
Ricki Parizek
Once again, I failed to take a picture! A newbie error, no doubt. The restaurant in question is the Frontier Cafe in Grinnell, where I lunched after the Prairie Burn 100 Saturday. I had the chicken philly w fries, and I would love to wax lyrical about it, but here's the rub... I was starving after the race and wolfed it down like a hungry child. This makes me think of how my dining experience is affected by so many other factors than the food itself. I was of the mind to relax in the restaurant, write down a few thoughts whilst enjoying some well prepared American diner cuisine, but it wasn't to be. The yummy meal arrived and was gone before I could really think about it. My experience of dining was altered by my ravenous appetite, which didn't do justice to the well prepared and tasty food. So, the sammie. I do like the chicken philly. All of the ingredients are to my taste, and I always find the sandwich satisfying. This one was quite good, the chicken was lighty seasoned, the cheese was plentiful, and the bun was not only well chosen (nice crust w/ a softer interior), but had that grilled crispyness to the cut side, which seems to make all the difference to me. The veg was diced fairly small, unusual for me, but in no way detracting from the sammie. The fries were fries, well executed but not particular in any way. One thing I will note about the fries is the portion. It was reasonable (for me), so often lately, I have ordered fries and received a massive portion, often three times larger than I could possibly consume. The smaller portion was (again, to me) most welcome. It is a nice place, clean and well run, with a menu that is expansive, definitely having something for everyone. If you are in the area or traveling thru, stop in at the Frontier Cafe , and please, take time enjoying your meal? @RickiGoesOut
Atmosphere: 4
Food: 4
Service: 4
Recommended dishes: Fries, Chicken Sandwich
Paul Padilla
It does have great atmosphere. What I don’t understand is how can breakfast cooks not know how to make over easy eggs without snotty egg whites. If you order over medium eggs to avoid the snotty egg whites, you basically get over hard. You need to break the whites!! It’s that blob that surrounds the yolk. Do that and you don’t get snotty egg whites. The nickel and dime-ing is disheartening. I don’t want pancakes or French toast with my breakfast. I just wanted plain white toast. Can I get that instead?? I was simply told, “there’s an added charge for it.” I know, it’s a greed thing and not a customer service thing. Cold sausage patties because they’re paper thin. They’re bland as well.
Great breakfast catching up with friends. Service and food were great.
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
Timothy Brennan
Feels like a hometown diner. Fun food, nothing super fancy, plain and simple good food. Great staff and fantastic food selection.
Atmosphere: 4
Food: 4
Service: 4
Ed Campbell
This was a fun visit we showed up close to closing. The service was really good and we enjoyed our burgers very much.
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
harley tucker
Very good food and friendly staff.
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
Brookelyn Schlawin
We had a nice little corner booth. All the breakfast food was wonderful. I enjoyed trying the Hawaiian omelette, and my husband liked the Western Skillet. Loved some cheap, good ice cream at the end!! Service was so quick, I could barely keep up. ?
Amazing food choices, the ribs and homemade chicken breast strips are amazing. That's the positive side, but the service can be better but it depends who you hve for the visit
Great food. My favorite is either a Reuben or chicken ranch wrap. Their fries are the best.
Vegetarian options: Many options for any specific diet.
Atmosphere: 4
Food: 5
Service: 4
Recommended dishes: Texas Omelette, Country Fried Steak, Hot Beef, French Fries, Fries, Meat Lovers Skillet
Best food and best atmosphere in town and best price. Always good food!
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
Amazing food!!!!
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
Absolutely loved this place. A real mom and pop vibe. Small town America at its best!
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
Love the layout
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 4
Service: 5
great feed and service
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
All great!
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
Once again, I failed to take a picture! A newbie error, no doubt. The restaurant in question is the Frontier Cafe in Grinnell, where I lunched after the Prairie Burn 100 Saturday.
I had the chicken philly w fries, and I would love to wax lyrical about it, but here's the rub... I was starving after the race and wolfed it down like a hungry child. This makes me think of how my dining experience is affected by so many other factors than the food itself. I was of the mind to relax in the restaurant, write down a few thoughts whilst enjoying some well prepared American diner cuisine, but it wasn't to be. The yummy meal arrived and was gone before I could really think about it. My experience of dining was altered by my ravenous appetite, which didn't do justice to the well prepared and tasty food.
So, the sammie. I do like the chicken philly. All of the ingredients are to my taste, and I always find the sandwich satisfying. This one was quite good, the chicken was lighty seasoned, the cheese was plentiful, and the bun was not only well chosen (nice crust w/ a softer interior), but had that grilled crispyness to the cut side, which seems to make all the difference to me. The veg was diced fairly small, unusual for me, but in no way detracting from the sammie.
The fries were fries, well executed but not particular in any way. One thing I will note about the fries is the portion. It was reasonable (for me), so often lately, I have ordered fries and received a massive portion, often three times larger than I could possibly consume. The smaller portion was (again, to me) most welcome.
It is a nice place, clean and well run, with a menu that is expansive, definitely having something for everyone.
If you are in the area or traveling thru, stop in at the Frontier Cafe , and please, take time enjoying your meal?
@RickiGoesOut
Atmosphere: 4
Food: 4
Service: 4
Recommended dishes: Fries, Chicken Sandwich
It does have great atmosphere. What I don’t understand is how can breakfast cooks not know how to make over easy eggs without snotty egg whites. If you order over medium eggs to avoid the snotty egg whites, you basically get over hard. You need to break the whites!! It’s that blob that surrounds the yolk. Do that and you don’t get snotty egg whites. The nickel and dime-ing is disheartening. I don’t want pancakes or French toast with my breakfast. I just wanted plain white toast. Can I get that instead?? I was simply told, “there’s an added charge for it.” I know, it’s a greed thing and not a customer service thing. Cold sausage patties because they’re paper thin. They’re bland as well.
Atmosphere: 4
Food: 3
Service: 3
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Great breakfast catching up with friends. Service and food were great.
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
Feels like a hometown diner. Fun food, nothing super fancy, plain and simple good food. Great staff and fantastic food selection.
Atmosphere: 4
Food: 4
Service: 4
This was a fun visit we showed up close to closing. The service was really good and we enjoyed our burgers very much.
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
Very good food and friendly staff.
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
We had a nice little corner booth. All the breakfast food was wonderful. I enjoyed trying the Hawaiian omelette, and my husband liked the Western Skillet. Loved some cheap, good ice cream at the end!! Service was so quick, I could barely keep up. ?
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
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