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Big Tomato

4.0 (64 reviews)
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Closed • 6:00 am - 2:00 pm

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Moderate noise
Outdoor seating

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Evan C.

I came to Poughkeepsie for work. I left pretty early and didn't have breakfast. So after a quick search I found "Big Tomato" a local spot. I figured I would help small business and stop in. There is no parking so you have to do street parking. I lucky parked in the front. The outside of the building is dated and a bit hard to see among the other store fronts. Inside, I noticed the place feels like it's from the past. But it was inviting. The waitress told me grad a seat and she asked if I wanted coffee. After she took my order and took it to throne cook in the restaurant. I noticed a TV on the back wall playing modern music, it was great. After, my meal came and I started to eat. The home fries were different. They used a mix of vegetables I've never seen on home fries, but it worked. I was disappointed the ketchup on my table was empty and when they replaced it, it definitely was not Heinz. The egg was not as big as I thought. They used white cheese and that was fine. It just left me wanting more. I definitely enjoyed the atmosphere, but the food didn't move the needle for me. I enjoyed the music, staff, and atmosphere, so those are wins.

Jake B.

Wonderful little diner in Poughkeepsie. The food was cooked perfectly, and it felt like a true diner experience. Great pancakes, great eggs, great sauces. The price was also exceptionally reasonable. The only thing I wish they had was real maple syrup, instead of pancake syrup. I'd absolutely recommend!

Dogs allowed!
Mosa H.

This is not a fancy diner by any means but it is so unapologetically local. I came with two of my friends and our server was attentive and playful. I ordered a breakfast plate with perfectly cooked over easy eggs and a substantial heap of bacon. At $6-$9 for a full breakfast, this cafe is worth visiting. The consistent rotation of regulars interacting with the staff was fun to watch. Don't expect a nice date location but you will get a unique Poughkeepsie experience at the Big Tomato!

What I received

Definitely not good! The sandwiches are soggy and as you can see not enough eggs/ bacon

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Catherine H.

Sometimes you're just in the mood for some good ole diner food - and this local place is perfect for that. It's got the funky decor, the homey vibes, and the no nonsense attitude. We had omelettes, rye bread and unlimited coffee and it was just what we wanted.

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15 years ago

Best Breakfast in Poughkeepsie. My favorite: short stack of pancakes, lots of butter, bacon, and vanilla milk.

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first time here and happy with its food and service. Though a bit slow , food is delicious.

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One of the best little diners in town! I live he old school mom and pop feel of this place. Great breakfast!

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A star for every major artery I clogged with my glorious, classic short-order style breakfast. A real old greasy spoon.

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Palace Diner

3.0(330 reviews)
1.6 mi
•$$

Quick breakfast after procedure at Vassar Hospital. X Benedict replaced with bacon instead of…read moreCanadian bacon and I had the eggs Benedict Florentine. We both wanted the home fries extra crispy. My sister checked in to see if they were made with onions. We were told that they were not so we went for it. Anyone who follows my reviews knows I have allergies to alliums so we made the point to let our waiter, Matt know. He was quite alert, and I believe made an effort to make sure that he communicated my allergy to the kitchen. It did not take long for our order to come out and it was stunning and massive. See the photograph. Unfortunately, my sister noted almost immediately that there was onion on the plate. How disappointing because it looked so good. We flagged down Matt to let him know. He was very apologetic and swept the plate away back to the kitchen returning a few minutes later to let me know that the hashbrowns were not an option. We replace those with french fries. Overall, the plate was returned about 10 minutes later and looked free of onions. The eggs were cooked the way we asked, and the french fries were crispy, although they appear to have been tossed in cornstarch or flour to make them crispy - that's a coating which I'm not fond of. All in all, the eggs were delicious and the portion size could have fed three people. We ordered a couple of desserts to take away. Grand total was about $50. Yikes. Add the tip and you're up to $65 for breakfast. I recognized that this was a fancier breakfast and not eggs over very easy, etc. but $50 for two breakfast and two desserts two beverages. That's a lot. Even at the price of groceries these days, $65 still goes a long way in the breakfast category. The ambience is classic diner and very clean the service was quite attentive, friendly, and professional although we did have to flag Matt down a couple of times. I don't think he was distracted, I think it was more his workflow. The loss of the star is because I was served something I was allergic to. That's not really excusable, but they did apologize. I am convinced that he advised the kitchen of my allergy but before finalizing my order, a trip to the kitchen to verify about whether onions or garlic was in any of the food would have been appreciated

Ordered chicken panini $16 A little light on flavor, and…read morea small amount of meat/Filling AS COMPARED to the same panini at Lola's cafe for $14 which had more meat/filling and better flavor The serving of fries was MUCH more fries than Lola's and lola's fries kinda sucked After tax and tip $20.29 NEVER AGAIN AND THEIR STUPID TIP OPTIONS ON THE MACHINE ARE TAX ON THE TAXABLE AMOUNT INSTEAD OF SUBTOTAL I never pay tip on tax Sorry Palace I'll be back at lola's from now on BTW The service at Palace's was SUPERB better than at Lola's

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Dutchess Diner

3.4(138 reviews)
5.1 mi
•$$

Love this place. Food is fantastic and the waiter was super kind to our son. Definitely will be…read morereturning.

1/7/26 - stopped in for lunch at about 1:05 PM. It wasn't busy at all considering it was lunch…read morehour. The hostess brought us over to a table that needed cleaning and the floor under it, needed sweeping as well. We sat ourselves at the next table that was clean. I don't know how she could miss the mess on the floor. Our waiter took our orders - for me a medium rare burger with a side of onion rings. She ordered the deluxe burger; which comes with french fries and three onion rings, also medium rare. When they eventually came out, both burgers were beyond well done and cold!!! Then our waiter disappeared! I say waiter because I had to wait around for him to eventually be summoned from back in the kitchen by someone who didn't look old enough to be behind the bar. He looked at me like I was making it up. I cut the burger open and it was obvious it was overcooked! He asked if I wanted it replaced?! Sorry for the inconvenience, but it's not what I ordered! What do you think - was in my thought bubble. He never came by to refill the coffee, or ask how everything was? When the bill came, I was charged for the deluxe burger & for side of onion rings. What I ordered was a plain burger with a side of onion rings. The waiter "explained" that's how the computer figures it out. I mentioned to my lunch partner that the boss must be off, today. Everything seemed to be going downhill. It's rarely like that. It'll be a while before we go back, after that slap in the face. This wasn't our first and only meal there. We've been there dozens of times.

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3.7(38 reviews)
0.7 mi

Today I ordered food to take out I asked for a modification…read moreto the fish /chicken soft tacos and the host and chefs' granted my request . I ordered salmon, soft tacos, medium to rare . I open the package to a fantastic presentation. Everything was packed and wrapped beautifully . The salmon was to die for! !!! It was so fantastically delicious! I called City Line to tell them. I explained that I usually eat salmon 2 to 3 times a week and I've traveled out of the country at least five times within the last year ordering it wherever I was . I think this is probably the best salmon I've had within this time frame . I applaud!! It was cooked perfect perfectly, and the fillets were perfect sized. The beans , rice fresh guacamole & salsa also deserve a round of applause ! Below is a picture of one of the tacos because they demolished the other ones, but it certainly doesn't do it justice! Thank you and this is now become one of my new food obsessions at this establishment!!

Today I visited City Line Diner in Poughkeepsie with my family. I called ahead and was told the…read morewait would be about 10 minutes. When we arrived, we ended up waiting close to 30 minutes. While waiting, I noticed another group that stated they were a party of 9 was seated ahead of us, even though there were only 7 people, while we were a party of 6, including children. That left me confused and frustrated, especially since we had called ahead and were patiently waiting our turn. I left feeling disappointed and uncomfortable. I can't speak to why the wait list was handled the way it was, but the experience made me feel that we were treated unfairly. I used to come to this diner often, and because of this experience, I will not be returning. More importantly, I hope no other family has to leave feeling the way we did today. Unfortunately, what was supposed to be a special Mother's Day with my family ended in frustration and disappointment. Thank you for ruining what should have been a meaningful day.

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The Ship Lantern Inn

4.3(166 reviews)
4.5 mi
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I can't believe I have lived 30 minutes away from this gem for years and tonight is the first time…read morewe went. To be honest my wife and I were saving the inn for a romantic night away but tonight we were shopping as a family right by the restaurant and everyone was dressed nice so we decided to try it. Are you kidding me with this joint? I'm so glad we went in. The service was over the top, we had a waitress and a maitre'd waiting on us hand and foot. The food was also an excellent experience- I started with a shrimp cocktail which had 2 different cocktail sauces. I then had the osso bucco on a bed of risotto - not to be missed. And I ended with the bananas foster which was served old school with the tableside cooking presentation. My wife had the filet mignon which was cooked perfectly. She also had a crock of French onion soup which she loved

I only knew of Ship Lantern Inn through my husband, who used to drive this route back in the late…read more'80s/early '90s while stationed at a naval facility in Newburgh, NY. More recently, a coworker of mine mentioned she had dined here. Hubs and I had just finished with a gender reveal party in Stony Point and decided to come here then afterwards head up home. Ship L. has a warm, woodsy charm with dark woods, a large bar area to the right as you enter. This place has a spacious dining area on the left with an old-school energy that feels just right for a long-standing rest'nt like this one. Service was great from everyone: friendly, attentive and welcoming all around. That said, awesome service and history can only carry a restaurant but so far. We were told their long-standing chef of 30+ yrs either resigned(?) or didn't want to work here(?) and based on what my coworker told me- that she noticed a difference in the cooking not too long ago when she came here. Sadly, it shows. Our escargots were extremely salty. My husband's pork chop was salty. His vegetables also salty. At that point, I held out hope that my Chilean sea bass might at least redeem the evening. No such luck. Salty again. Even the mushroom risotto- which actually had delicious flavor, was overpowered by too much salt. By then, after one appetizer and two entrées all salty, we figured dessert would at least save the night. Nope. I ordered profiteroles with chocolate gelato instead of vanilla and was truly looking forward to them. Except, the profiteroles were rock hard. The chocolate drizzle tasted like Hershey's syrup, making the dessert taste cheap for a restaurant of this type. My husband, who always goes for sorbet, ordered the mango flavor- but to me it tasted like an unripe mango blended with sugar just to make it palatable.. If you're from the Caribbean or know a true mango taste, you know exactly what I mean. And don't even get me started on the cocktails- they tasted more like juice than actual drinks. At the end of the night, we realized we weren't imagining things. A $245 dinner with weak cocktails, overly salty food and disappointing desserts was no balance for a restaurant with such a long-standing history. For that reason... we out.

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3.2(57 reviews)
5.1 mi
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The food was tasty and the seats were comfortable. The waitress was extremely kind and helpful when…read morewe didn't know what to choose. They have a very big variety of items from chicken and waffles to quesadillas and much more! They even have pancakes with Oreos and Nutella! Omg! Wow! The pricing was fair as now a days it just costs more due to inflation. Waitress/ server Tania was super great, professional and excellent service!

I am not the world's biggest pancake fan, but I like them. My wife, who is a fairly big pancake…read morefan, wanted to visit Village after doing a bit of research while we were on vacation in the area. Although I'm normally Team Savory at breakfast, I make an exception if it's my first time visiting a place with pancake in the name. Village is located in a mall near the Wappingers Falls and Poughkeepsie border. The inside was very clean and nicely decorated. Service was very good. Although my Turtle Pancakes were well constructed and looked fantastic, the pancake base was not great. It had an unpleasing mouth feel, lacked fluffiness and didn't have great flavor. My wife had a similar reaction. I don't know if this was a "one off" bad batter, but we were surprised that a place specializing in pancakes didn't have this component of their food on automatic slam dunk mode. The toppings were tasty. I only ate about one-third of my pancakes. Partly because it was a large serving. Partly because the pancakes weren't really enjoyable. Maybe they're usually better, but I couldn't say. 2 Stars for the pancakes themselves, but in light of the toppings, service and atmosphere, I'll rate my experience at 2.5 Stars overall.

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Mozzarella sticks with a side of tomato sauce and lettuce.

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