Harbaugh's Cafe

901 S Illinois Ave B, Carbondale
(618) 351-9897

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Ranch Potatoes N Eggs over Medium with Wheat Toast

Regular Brew with Hazelnut Coffee

Bacon and Cheese Omelette

Chocolate Chip Pancakes

Garden Veggie Frittata

Plain Cheese Omelette

Stuffed French Toast

Earthquake Sandwich

Chicken Cordon Bleu

Wisconsin Scramble

An eggs-tra large pancake, 2 eggs your way, and 2 strips of crisp bacon or 2 sausage patties. Served with warm maple syrup. Blueberries, bananas, walnuts or chocolate chips for an additional charge. We have taken some traditional breakfast basics and created specialty egg dishes using fresh ingredients, quality cooking, and a bit of imagination.

Wisconsin Scramble

3 farm fresh eggs, lightly scrambled with a quartet of cheeses: monterey jack, cheddar, swiss and cream cheese. Served with ranch potatoes and whole wheat toast. We have taken some traditional breakfast basics and created specialty egg dishes using fresh ingredients, quality cooking, and a bit of imagination.

Egg Plus Ham

We have taken some traditional breakfast basics and created specialty egg dishes using fresh ingredients, quality cooking, and a bit of imagination.

Egg Plus Sausage

We have taken some traditional breakfast basics and created specialty egg dishes using fresh ingredients, quality cooking, and a bit of imagination.

Corned Beef Hash

Home-cooked corned beef with diced potatoes and onion, topped with 2 eggs your way. Served with a side of hollandaise sauce and whole wheat toast. We have taken some traditional breakfast basics and created specialty egg dishes using fresh ingredients, quality cooking, and a bit of imagination.

Egg Plus

2 country fresh eggs cooked to order. Served with ranch potatoes and whole wheat toast. We have taken some traditional breakfast basics and created specialty egg dishes using fresh ingredients, quality cooking, and a bit of imagination.

Egg Plus Bacon

We have taken some traditional breakfast basics and created specialty egg dishes using fresh ingredients, quality cooking, and a bit of imagination.

Omelettes

Bacon and Cheese Omelette

Served with potatoes and toast. All of our 3 egg omelets are served with melted cheese unless requested plain and served with ranch potatoes and toast. Choose from any combination below. Add veggies for an additional charge. Add meat and avocado for an additional charge.

Mushroom and Cheese Omelette

All of our 3 egg omelets are served with melted cheese unless requested plain and served with ranch potatoes and toast. Choose from any combination below. Add veggies for an additional charge. Add meat and avocado for an additional charge.

This Little Piggy Omelette

Filled with a combination of bacon, diced ham, pork sausage, and bubbling cheese. All of our 3 egg omelets are served with melted cheese unless requested plain and served with ranch potatoes and toast. Choose from any combination below. Add veggies for an additional charge. Add meat and avocado for an additional charge.

Bacon and Avocado Omelette

Plain Cheese Omelette

Melted cheddar and Monterey jack. Served with potatoes and toast. All of our 3 egg omelets are served with melted cheese unless requested plain and served with ranch potatoes and toast. Choose from any combination below. Add veggies for an additional charge. Add meat and avocado for an additional charge.

Tomato and Avocado Omelette

Veggie Omelette

A spectacular combination of spinach, mushroom, onion, celery, tomato, and green pepper folded into 3 farm fresh eggs and topped with melted cheese. Served with potatoes and toast. All of our 3 egg omelets are served with melted cheese unless requested plain and served with ranch potatoes and toast. Choose from any combination below. Add veggies for an additional charge. Add meat and avocado for an additional charge.

The Egg-ceptional Omelette

This has it all. Sausage, diced ham, fresh bacon, spinach, mushroom, onion, celery, tomato, and green pepper all topped with melted cheese and sour cream. All of our 3 egg omelets are served with melted cheese unless requested plain and served with ranch potatoes and toast. Choose from any combination below. Add veggies for an additional charge. Add meat and avocado for an additional charge.

Midwestern Frittatas

The Sir Kavan Frittata

The chef's favorite. Diced bacon, tomato, and fresh spinach leave baked to perfection into 3 eggs then topped with melted cheese. Served with potatoes and toast. Faced omelet created in Italy. It's – a-like – this: eggs, cheeses, and various other goodies cooked and served in a skillet. Complimented with our ranch potatoes and whole wheat toast.

Garden Frittata

A harvest of fresh vegetables and mixed cheese make this dish egg-specially nice. Faced omelet created in Italy. It's – a-like – this: eggs, cheeses, and various other goodies cooked and served in a skillet. Complimented with our ranch potatoes and whole wheat toast.

Some Like It Hot Frittata

Chorizo sausage, tomatoes, onions, green chilies, and a mix of cheeses topped with sour cream and accompanied by salsa, a warm flour tortilla, and potatoes. Faced omelet created in Italy. It's – like – this: eggs, cheeses, and various other goodies cooked and served in a skillet. Complimented with our ranch potatoes and whole wheat toast.

Skillet Breakfast

Bacon and Onion Skillet

Ranch potatoes, and chosen ingredients, melted cheddar jack cheese topped with 2 basted eggs. Served with wheat toast. It's all here. We start with ranch potatoes, add your favorite from below, sprinkle with melted cheese and top it all of with 2 basted eggs. Served with toast. Add veggie for an additional charge. Add meat or avocado for an additional charge.

Diced Veggie Skillet

It's all here. We start with ranch potatoes, add your favorite from below, sprinkle with melted cheeses and top it all of with 2 basted eggs. Served with toast. Add veggie for an additional charge. Add meat or avocado for an additional charge.

Green Chillies Skillet

Includes onions and salsa. It's all here. We start with ranch potatoes, add your favorite from below, sprinkle with melted cheeses and top it all off with 2 basted eggs. Served with toast. Add veggies for an additional charge. Add meat or avocado for an additional charge.

Ham and Mushroom Skillet

Eggs Ole

Breakfast Burrito

Fluffy scrambled eggs, green chilies, tomato, and onion tucked in a flour tortilla sprinkled with melted cheese and topped with salsa and sour cream. Served with ranch potatoes. Adventurous appetites will both start and end here. Chorizo, sausage, or jalapenos for an additional charge.

Burrito Grande

Fluffy scrambled eggs, green chilies, tomato, and onion tucked in a giant flour tortilla sprinkled with melted cheese and topped with salsa and sour cream. Served with ranch potatoes. Adventurous appetites will both start and end here. Chorizo, sausage, or jalapenos for an additional charge.

Mexican Omelette

This omelet begins with chorizo sausage. We then add green chilies, onions, and melted cheese and top it off with salsa and sour cream. Served with ranch potatoes and toast. Adventurous appetites will both start and end here. Chorizo, sausage, or jalapenos for an additional charge.

Pancakes and French Toast

Plain n Simple

Blueberries, bananas, walnuts or chocolate chips for an additional charge. Always made from scratch, our pancakes are served with whipped butter and warm maple syrup. These cakes are memory-bound and eggs-tra-big.

French Toast

3 pieces of English muffin bread dipped in a special batter, grilled golden, and sprinkled with powdered sugar. Always made from scratch, our pancakes are served with whipped butter and warm maple syrup. These cakes are memory-bound and eggs-tra-big.

Mickey Mouse Pancake

Add a second pancake for an additional charge. Always made from scratch, our pancakes are served with whipped butter and warm maple syrup. These cakes are memory-bound and eggs-tra-big.

Stuffed French Toast

2 pieces of our french toast filled with diced pork sausage and slightly beaten eggs and topped with melted cheese. Served with ranch potatoes. Always made from scratch, our pancakes are served with whipped butter and warm maple syrup. These cakes are memory-bound and eggs-tra-big.

Salads

Dinner Salad

Mixed greens topped with a blend of cheeses, carrots, celery, tomato, and croutons. Served with your choice of dressing to the side. Salad dressings: ranch, 1,000 islands, Italian, balsamic vinaigrette, citrus, or house Catalina.

Spinach Salad

Fresh spinach layers tossed with crumbled bacon, egg, sliced mushrooms, and swiss cheese topped with sunflower seeds and alfalfa sprouts. Served with house Catalina to the side. Salad dressings: ranch, 1,000 islands, Italian, balsamic vinaigrette, citrus, or house Catalina.

Avocado Delight Salad

Mixed greens, citrus dressing, raisins, walnuts, avocado, and feta cheese. Salad dressings: ranch, 1,000 islands, Italian, balsamic vinaigrette, citrus, or house Catalina.

Chef's Salad

Fresh mixed greens topped with a blend of cheeses, ham, turkey, tomato, and croutons. Served with your choice of dressing to the side. Salad dressings: ranch, 1,000 islands, Italian, balsamic vinaigrette, citrus, or house Catalina.

Sandwiches

Earthquake Sandwich

It all starts on whole wheat bread. Then we layer avocado, tomato, fresh sliced mushrooms, a hint of onion and melted smoked gouda cheese. After its broiled, we top it with sprouts and ranch dressing. Our sandwiches are served with your choice of 2: ranch potatoes or cottage cheese. Add a cup of soup to any sandwich for an additional charge. Turkey or ham to any sandwich for an additional charge.

Reuben Sandwich

Tender slices of corned beef on grilled rye, topped with swiss, sauerkraut, and 1,000 island dressing. Our sandwiches are served with your choice of 2: ranch potatoes or cottage cheese. Add a cup of soup to any sandwich for an additional charge. Turkey or ham to any sandwich for an additional charge.

Harbaugh's Chicken Apple Walnut Sandwich

A mayonnaise-dressed salad blended with diced chicken, crisp apples, and walnuts. Served on raisin toast and swiss cheese and sprouts. Our sandwiches are served with your choice of 2: ranch potatoes, or cottage cheese. Add a cup of soup to any sandwich for an additional charge. Turkey or ham to any sandwich for an additional charge.

BLT Sandwich

This classic combo will surely please you. Served on whole wheat toast and swiss cheese. Our sandwiches are served with your choice of 2: ranch potatoes,or cottage cheese. Add a cup of soup to any sandwich for an additional charge. Turkey or ham to any sandwich for an additional charge.

Grilled Cheese and Tomato Sandwich

Our sandwiches are served with your choice of 2: ranch potatoes or cottage cheese. Add a cup of soup to any sandwich for an additional charge. Turkey or ham to any sandwich for an additional charge.

Sweet Sensation Sandwich

Thinly sliced grilled turkey breast, swiss cheese, and apples served on seared and sweet raisin bread. Our sandwiches are served with your choice of 2: ranch potatoes or cottage cheese. Add a cup of soup to any sandwich for an additional charge. Turkey or ham to any sandwich for an additional charge.

The Shawnee Club

Sliced turkey breast, avocado, bacon, swiss, sprouts, tomato, and mayo on whole wheat toast. Our sandwiches are served with your choice of 2: ranch potatoes or cottage cheese. Add a cup of soup to any sandwich for an additional charge. Turkey or ham to any sandwich for an additional charge.

Chicken Cordon Bleu Sandwich

Grilled chicken breast topped with grilled ham, melted swiss, lettuce, tomato, mayo, and red onion, on french bread. Our sandwiches are served with your choice of 2: ranch potatoes or cottage cheese. Add a cup of soup to any sandwich for an additional charge. Turkey or ham to any sandwich for an additional charge.

Ayla's Bundle Sandwich

Ham, turkey, swiss, tomato, and 1,000 islands dressing grilled on whole wheat bread. Our sandwiches are served with your choice of 2: ranch potatoes or cottage cheese. Add a cup of soup to any sandwich for an additional charge. Turkey or ham to any sandwich for an additional charge.

Grilled Ham and Swiss Sandwich

Thinly sliced ham, swiss cheese, spinach, and tomato on whole wheat bread. Our sandwiches are served with your choice of 2: ranch potatoes or cottage cheese. Add a cup of soup to any sandwich for an additional charge. Turkey or ham to any sandwich for an additional charge.

Drinks

Coffee

Juice

Calypso Lemonade

Soda

Iced Tea

Decaf Coffee

Sides & Such

Side of Bacon (3 sls)

Ranch Potatoes with sour cream

Side of Turkey Sausage (2 pcs)

2 turkey sausage patties.

Side of Fruit

Small Biscuits & Gravy

One biscuit in half topped with gravy.

Large Biscuit & Gravy

Side of Sausage (2 pcs)

2 sausage patties.

French Toast

Side of Ham

Wheat Toast

English Muffin

Yeast-leavened bread.

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Recent Reviews

We stopped in for breakfast Saturday, Oct. 18th. There was a bit of a wait for a table, but it wasn't too bad. The server was attentive and knowledgeable about the menu. The breakfast burrito was good but the tomato salsa was a bit to acidic. The other dishes we got were all very tasty.
The prices were slightly higher than I expected, but overall was a good value for the quality.
The next time we are in Carbondale, we'll most likely go back.

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October 2025

Looking for breakfast and lunch on the strip.. look no further. Five stars for atmosphere because everything is different inside of the restaurant. From the tables to the mugs, possibly even the plates that you're eating on everything is different and it's extremely unique..

Was there for breakfast and the food was great. Can't recommend the ranch potatoes anymore to anyone. It's a must if you're eating here.

September 2025

Whoah… this place was amazing, no seriously. I went there last weekend, 8/23/25. I went to school here at SIU-C from 2005-2007 and never went there to eat while in college. I tell you what …I highly regret it. This was hands down the best breakfast I have ever had.

My waitress was awesome, I believe her name was Lisa. She had a great attitude, very nice, and resourceful, she answered all my questions and recommends a meal for me after describing what I wanted...

September 2025

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