Seafood Restaurants in Mattoon

“The best service and food in town! Amazing owner! Support local!“

“Glad to see the Alamo Steakhouse and Salon is still doing business in Mattoon, IL in front of the Cross Country Mall. My first paying job was there in 1982 - it was originally called Fat Albert's Steakhouse and Salon, first started in 1978, not sure when name changed to Alamo, probably sometime in the late 1980s or early '90's. Made $4.50 per hour in 1982 when minimum wage was at 3.10. Not bad. Worked part time, usually Wednesday nights and every Friday, Saturday and Sunday for about 28-32 hours per week. Was a busboy dishwasher. Night shifts could see us not get done cleaning all the dishes until after midnight and sometimes as late as 1 am. Worked a few Saturday/Sunday afternoon lunch shifts but the night shifts were more demanding and crowded. Will never forget their thick and juicy steaks, of which I paid for a few at a discount, the great crinkle cut steakhouse fries and the chocolate cake, which I scarfed from time to time out of kitchen freezers. Great food back then, Manager back then was a man named Mike Cunningham, remember probably five other names but don't want to go into naming names. Man, those chocolate cakes!!! couldn't get enough of those.“