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    Englanders

    3.7 (45 reviews)
    InexpensiveAmerican
    Closed 8:00 am - 2:45 pm

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    Casual
    Good for kids
    Good for groups

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    Breakfast Burrito
    Nathan M.

    This place is super inviting once you get passed the thrift shop/ antique store and go to the back where the restaurant is located The waitress was so nice and made our breakfast super fun Breakfast Burrito is good nothing special but I would get again Pancake is a little doughy in the middle Buckwheat pancake is so good a definite must have

    Rumit P.

    Extremely packed and lots of vintage items but insanely overpriced. I like vintage items as much as the next hoarder but there wasn't much here for me. Unless you are a diehard fan of a specific type of vintage item, not much here will be worth opening your wallet for.

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    Tamara G.

    A top destination for locals (for the old school lunch counter) & tourists (for the antique/flea market/episode of grandma's a hoarder) alike. We have never eaten at the lunch counter, which is in the very back section (this used to be an old drug store) but we'd like to some day. The lunch counter is old school in the very best way & you'll see locals, many of whom are elderly. It's a soda fountain, if in your youth look it up! You can buy an ice cream float or an ice cream soda! Nostalgia runs supreme for anyone who grew up pretty much in the late 1930's through 1970's. Think of Woolworth's lunch counter. Oh my! The store is like an antiques/flea market which also brings back memories of my Nana's & my parent's homes growing up, along with toys, books and games of our childhoods. This place may not appeal to anyone younger than say, 40-45, unless they enjoy antiques & nostalgia. But it SHOULD be a must see for those under 40 just to appreciate simpler days gone by for sure. We stop in every year we visit Deep Creek Lake, but I don't think we've ever bought a thing. For us it's like being dropped back in time & always puts a smile and on our face & a thanks for the memories.

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    Linda V.

    Englanders was originally started 1946 with the fountain lunch counter; it was a drug store and pharmacy until around 2000 ( when the Walmart opened) then it closed a while to later reopen as an antique store with many consignment vendors and the counter luncheonette! They are popular but it is not fine dining!! They have hamburgers/fries, hot dogs, simple salads, fried fish ( previously frozen) sandwiches and stuff like that. Prices are also about $4-6.75. Lots of local customers and suspicious waitresses.. if not a local.

    Jan S.

    Absolutely delicious. Never had a bad meal here....and of course they absolutely know how to make an authentic ice cream soda. The specials here have always been very good - but get here early.

    Colin H.

    First Impressions: I walked into Engenders and it looked like a nice classic lunch counter/diner. Although the place looks like it could be cleaned up a little bit. Food: I ordered a vanilla milkshake and the chicken finger platter that came with french fries, salad and a roll. Although the vanilla milkshake took longer than it should have I have to say it was the best milkshake I have ever had! It was a thick milkshake which is good and it was delicious. Although the people I sat with had the chocolate milkshake and said it didn't taste like chocolate. The lunch counter doesn't use real chocolate ice cream they use vanilla with chocolate syrup in it which doesn't give it the real chocolate taste. Next was the chicken fingers. The chicken fingers were not as good as I expected them to be. The chicken fingers tasted like they were frozen and they could very well be. We were sat next to 4 large freezers and we saw kitchen staff go to the freezers and bring things back to the kitchen multiple times. I shouldn't pay $9.25 for frozen chicken fingers that I could get at the store for much cheaper. The fries that came with the chicken fingers lacked salt and were very tasteless. The salad that came on the side was very good though and I believe they made there own ranch because it tasted like the ranch at Dutch's at Silver Tree with is homemade and tastes incredible. The roll was just taken from a store bought bag. Service: The service was nothing special the staff didn't make any efforts to make your experience good. Final Thoughts: If you are in town for just the weekend, you can skip it because you won't be missing out on much. That being said if you live here full time or even just have a house in the Deep Creek area give it a try on a boring weekend in the winter.

    Kyle U.

    This place is hilarious. It's like a giant antique store, but in the back is a small diner type of thing. Bacon and eggs. Toast. Coffee. Oatmeal. Sausage Gravy over Bisquits. You know.... I think they have lunch there too - burgers, sandwiches etc. But if you look around the store you can find some pretty crazy stuff. Mostly old junk. But some people like that stuff. Look at the pictures I took of some of their merchandise.

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    11 years ago

    Great small afternoon lunch place. Always love going with my husband and father n law :)

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    13 years ago

    Great breakfast. Neat atmosphere. It can get busy at times, making finding a seat an issue... But that should tell you something.

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    14 years ago

    This is the most awsome place in oakland to eat,,, the best brekfast food all day long!yummmy, awsome ladies work here to take care of you.

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