Love little cafes like this. Food was excellent and the waitress was very attentive and friendly…read more Great place to stop!

Country Fried steak was good. Luckily they serve the gravy on the side because it was not good…read more Definitely not sure why it's ok to charge $3.50 for drip coffee

I have been to Caleb's several times for breakfast My…read morefavorite meal is chicken fried chicken with eggs. I also love the chicken and waffles. This is nice place with friendly servers and great food.

Good food, great prices!…read more We are always looking for places for breakfast. I think it may be our favorite meal to eat out and Caleb's will probably make it into our rotation. The place is part of the red bridge shopping center which has been redone and looks really nice. I got the cheesy omelet with ham. Some variation of this is what I always get. It had cheddar and jack cheese, and it tasted really good. I think if they would have added American cheese to the mix it would have been perfect. I got the potatoes and unfortunately they were over seasoned. The sourdough toast was good. My wife got the country scramble. She liked it but she thought the gravy was just ok. Seems like gravy is the weakness at a lot of places so if you find one that has great gravy then that is five stars. The restaurant itself is fine. It's clean, but to me it just looks like every other breakfast restaurant and I wish they would have done something different to stand out. Our server was very accurate, efficient and pleasant. It's a breakfast place so they have big sections and turning tables is the name of the game, so keep that in mind. Having worked in restaurants in my younger days I totally know what makes a great breakfast server and this is what you want. The price was really good. My wife and I ate there for 30 bucks. In 2026 that is really good. Overall, the place was good and the price was great. I gave it 4 stars because nothing stands out but it's solid all around. For the most part, that is all you need, we will be back!

I have been here many times for the lunch. You can never go wrong with their menu…read more Staffs are always friendly and welcoming here in TJ's. Vintage ambiance. During my last visit, I have tried their "Giant homemade tenderloin served on a grilled bun with a side of coleslaw". Trust me, you cannot finish em in one shot. As the name suggests, it is a giant one. I ended up a taking leftovers lol. They also have a good dessert option here. Hopefully, I will visit them next time for brunch or breakfast to checkout their menu.

My family has been coming here for brunch a couple times now and the food is good, waitresses are…read morealways friendly, and even the customers are nice. It's like one big family getting together for brunch. On this time dining in, I didn't have the best experience. My hot chocolate looked very unappetizing after the whipped cream settled and I found meat in my hash browns. This immediately grossed me out because although I do eat meat, my husband doesn't and I couldn't help but to think what if he had gotten this plate and eaten that piece of meet and broke his long years of being vegetarian. After letting the waitress know, she apologized and let me know that everything is made "in one big grill". That didn't reassure any of the "what if" scenarios that was building up in my head. I believe this process needs to be re thought out because I'd be very upset if I was a vegan/vegetarian and I found meat in my food or just the thought of them being cooked together that close for a piece to fall in...yeah no.

Portia's Cafe (Feb 14, 2023)…read more Portiia's Cafe was not a planned visit while visiting Kansas City. It was my last day in Kansas City, and I was planning to hit the American Jazz Museum before flying back to Seattle late afternoon. As the airbnb area where I was staying did not have any fast food around, I had to decide on a breakfast place before the American Jazz Museum opened at 10 a.m. As I was traveling cheaply using public transportation, the 2 closest places to the Jazz Museum that's easily accessible and within walking distance to the museum were either Portia's Cafe or McDonald's. Bring a fan of diners, Portia's it was. It was drizzling that morning, and Portia's was a slight walk from the bus stop. Dragging my wet luggage into the Cafe, I was cheerfully greeted at the entrance and took my seat not too far from it. The waitress recommended some of the food and I sat down to observe life in the cafe. The place is old but very comfortable. A different area ( I sat near the counter in a booth) had many pictures and posters on the walls, and provided history of the restaurant, and more. The food came - a solid omelet with melted cheese and meats, a nice portion of hash browns, a fresh squeezed glass of orange juice and a cup of eye-opening coffee. It was on the greasy side, but that was exactly what I wanted as I intended to skip lunch before the late afternoon flight. The restaurant environment was lively, with many long term customers coming and going exchanging Valentine's Day greetings. Feels like "Cheers" in the day time - "You wanna go where everybody knows your name." After finishing my meal, I visited the other area of the restaurant to look at the pictures and posters. The younger waitress there told me stories of some of the pictures. I actually met Portia as well, the proprietor of the restaurant. So cool! Please have fun by visiting the place and enjoy some home style cooking. Shout out to the young waitress there who showed me around the photos and posters. I promised I shall write a glowing review, and here it is. Happy Eating !!!

it saddens me deeply a place where I've been having breakfast and sharing camaraderie not only…read morewith fellow patrons but owners and staff as well of the restaurant for 20+ years now (new staff- the younger generation in the family) has been rude, unprofessional, and uneducated, resulting in losing a 20+ year customer. I will NEVER step foot back in this establishment. SHAME ON YOU GRAND DAUGHTER- I never thought I'd be treated so poorly when 1 year ago the girls knew me well enough to know that I liked a 1/2 glass of milk but in a coffee mug. (I only came 3-4 xs a year but had been coming for over 2 decades) I am beyond disappointed & I rate this establishment w 1 star, only because I can't give them zero.

The food and service here is absolutely wonderful. Classic diner food and friendly staff. She…read moreregularly made sure our sweet tea and coffee were full. Short wait time.

Absolutely love this breakfast place. It's a little hole in the wall service was fabulous. Lisa did…read morea great job. Food was great as well. Definitely a place that I will be returning to. We had the breakfast burrito and French toast meal.

What a fabulous sandwich! The food was so good and the bread was out of this world good. We also…read morehad the delicious potato soup and carrot cake (yum!!). It is hidden away in the bank building but is definitely worth the trouble of seeking it out.

I was really looking forward to trying their egg salad sandwich. I ordered it on white bread, which…read morewas high-quality and delicious. The egg salad was very disappointing, however. The only flavor that I got from it was lots of mayonnaise and black pepper. I ended up throwing out a lot of the sandwich, which I hated to do because of the delicious bread. I got my order to go but appreciated the atmosphere of the eating space. The person who prepared my order was friendly and pleasant. I might try the place again sometime but am not too motivated right now.

Party of 6. Comments from the table. Seated near the restroom hallway. Questionable odors. A…read moremixture of food, urinals and feces. Food: Everything was solid. Couldn't stop talking about the mixture of odors by the group. Eggs were cooked perfectly, toast was OK. Sausage was solid. Burrito was OK. Hash browns looked good, but were absolute garbage. I don't understand why line cooks don't understand, hash browns have to be fresh to be good. You cannot cook them in advance and heat them up. Doesn't work. Mixed reviews from our group with one stating not sure I can go back. Because of the bathroom smell.

The portions for the price were actually pretty nice, but the actual food itself was kinda a mixed…read morebag. My partner got some Strawberry pancakes and really liked those, but I got a Chicken and Waffles and found myself thinking it was just kinda...meh. And whatever butter/margarine they use, I definitely could've done without. But our server was lovely, and made sure that we were always full on drinks and brought our food out piping hot!

It was ok. Always…read morelooking to find new breakfast places and stumbled across The Wooden Spoon here on Yelp. I got a corned beef hash benny and the poached egg was overcooked. The yolk should run and these didn't. Not the end of the world, but when you cooks eggs all day it would have been nice to have them not overcooked. It tasted ok. The corned beef was good and I would get that again, but not on a benny. The hollandaise was ok but a bit bland. I was expecting some lemon flavor and that tangy kick but it was super mild. It was fine just not to my liking. My wife got a breakfast quesadilla and it was stuffed full and was better than mine. I had a bite and it was pretty flavorful but we did have to pay extra for sour cream which was weird, but whatevs. The place has a lot of signs inside. Not sure what i make of it but there were enough of them that we both noticed. Our server was good but a bit quirky. For instance, she sat us and as we were sitting down she asked if we knew what we wanted. Not rude or anything like that we just thought, hmmm that was interesting. We told no we needed to look at the menu and it was all fine. I just think she had a quirky personality, nothing off putting. We kind of laughed about it and went on. More of a story than anything else that we talk about and get a kick out of. Overall the place was ok. We would come back if we were close around that area and hungry but we probably wouldn't drive across town to eat there.

I'm a sucker for breakfast and was in the area for an appointment. I walked in and was greeted…read moreimmediately with a friendly smile from a gentleman who seated me. I ordered a caramel macchiato as it was recommended to me. It was placed in a to go cup so I could take it with me if I did not finish it in the restaurant. I ordered the Angry Irishman without the jalapeños and a side of pancakes. The food was pretty good. I was also notified that they make their own breads in house and their own homemade from scratch gravy. That is a huge plus! I think I would come back and try something else on the menu. The service was the most stellar part of my visit. The two gentlemen servers were very helpful and kind. Biggest downfall I would say is it was a little pricey and they do charge extra for using a debit/credit card rather than cash which I did not disclosed anywhere prior to receiving the bill. Give it a try if you're in the area.