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    Hinkle's Restaurant

    3.8 (129 reviews)
    InexpensiveNew American, Diners
    Open 7:00 am - 7:00 pm
    Updated 3 months ago

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    What's the vibe?
    Casual
    Moderate noise
    Good for groups
    Good for kids

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    Stephen L.

    Food , service, and historical significance. It does help that my wife has on her famous workout outfit with her new hightop puma's.

    The Dirty Dog with battered Fries and Dill Spear

    This is our new favorite restaurant. The Restaurant , Soda Fountain , and Mercantile are a great place to eat and shop. Very unique gifts. We stopped for lunch and my Wife always orders Breakfast. Eggs over easy, crispy Bacon, Home Fries and she loves their Toast . The Bread tastes like it's freshly baked and butter on both sides. My wife has called me a "Dirty Dawg" , so that's what I ordered; " The Dirty Dog". A grilled Hot Dog on a toasted roll, covered with fresh onions, peppers, bacon and beer mustard with a side or of battered Fries and a Pickle Spear. Delicious! You must try this place! They have great daily specials. I'm tickled they have a sandwich named after me. lol - Tim and Judy (Julie R was an excellent Server and all the other Staff who made this trip worthwhile) Don't forget to sign up for the Rewards Program.

    Cheeseburger
    Kurt H.

    Sat at the bar. Food and service was top notch. Central location. Parking is metered if their lot is full

    Gift shop
    Denny K.

    ALWAYS a treat when we pass through or return to our home region, Hinkle's well-established restaurant continues to sparkle in its new decor (with just a few bits of tarnish in the process.) Food was fair...not exceptional. Mac and cheese and stewed tomatoes were fine. But for the rest: old fashioned standards were not in evidence and some food sat in the serving window much too long. (Check the gravy on my meatloaf photo....very heavily skimmed over. Naughty not nice!). Pot Pie was thick and very flavorful; that is...thick to a fault. Likely sat too long in the broth and 2 of our guests found it much too chewy. Malted milk shake had a decent flavor BUT the malt powder was not blended in and hung in dry clumps to the side of both my glass and the metal stirring cup in which it was prepped and brought to the table. Cherry Ice Cream soda was not even close to the original that we've enjoyed for the past 60 years. In fact, I had to show the soda-jerk (no disrespect) a photo of what it was supposed to look like...even though the menu description did a fairly decent job of that. AND no cherry on top - even after correcting. (Better training definitely needed.) The fried corn fritters were grossly undercooked...please don't serve raw batter to your guests. (Again see my photo.) Service was sub-par and food was delivered to our table of 7 friends for lunch in fits and spurts. We'll most likely return (especially having come here for so many, many years)....but 2 stars have fallen from their original crown of 5. Servers were somewhat "scattered" albeit polite when they did show up.

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    Took my mom there for mothers day breakfast. Totally yummy all the way around, with large portions. Service was very good and friendly!

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    The last 2 Sundays, the young women greeting customers need a lot of training. Very rude telling people about their wait time.

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    Delicious seafood quesadilla & cream of crab soup with lots of crab. Service was great! Desserts looked good & nice atmosphere.

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