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    Pender's Cafe

    3.7 (41 reviews)
    Closed 10:00 am - 3:00 pm

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    Divey
    Moderate noise
    Good for kids
    Outdoor seating

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    F L.

    Great little restaurant for homemade burgers and bbq. Also great place for a quick bite to eat.

    a checkered floor and a jukebox
    Steve F.

    Great little greasy spoon diner! Burger & fries with a good old fashioned Coke in a glass bottle; classic!

    "Pender Burger" with side of fries.
    Nick N.

    We were up visiting Downtown Wilmington from Florida and were looking for a place we couldn't eat back home. Spotted this one while driving along and decided to give it a try! Great place, really know how to make a burger. The food was outstanding, especially the crinkle fries. The burgers were handmade to perfection! The hand squeezed lemonade was also terrific. The staff was very pleasant and courteous. All-in-all, I would recommend this place to anyone wanting to try hometown burgers.

    Jim B.

    A luncheonette - not a diner. Menu is more limited than a typical diner - usual breakfast items, sandwiches, burgers, a few entrees - fried flounder, a seafood combo for $8.95 was the most expensive menu item. Counter on the right as you enter, booths on the left - red vinyl. Decor is very dated - maybe circa 1980? No music, no TV. One server and one short-order cook at breakfast today - both older Southern ladies. Only a few customers - this town sleeps in late - I saw very few people downtown at 8:30 on a weekday. I did not see this place open on the weekend. I believe that they do breakfast and lunch only weekdays. I had eggs, bacon, toast, grits, coffee - less than $6.00 with the tax. Food was good enough. Service was friendly and food came out quickly. Good place for cheap eats.

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    Amber B.

    Food was decent. Husband didn't like the F french toast. Son didn't like the pancakes. Tried them to find out why. They tasted like pork sausage like the grill needed to be clean. The lady their was not friendly to us although she was to all the men went in. She made the experience bad. Took 40 minutes to get our food and we were the first and only in the building at the time until individual men started coming in and she tended to them

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    4 years ago

    Cute atmosphere! Loved the old coca-cola memorabilia! Excellent burgers and cheesesteak sandwiches. Definitely worth it.

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    3 years ago

    Fairly busy on a Wednesday at lunch, good prices and great food. Will definitely be back

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    5 years ago

    Closed at 9am when they supposed to be open at 8am. Such a shame and a waste of time.

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    8 years ago

    One of my top breakfast and lunch spots in downtown Wilmington. Burgers are cooked fresh to order as with everything else on the menu.

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    10 years ago

    Great little place with excellent service. I loved my special order of bacon and hard boiled eggs for lunch!

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    8 years ago

    awesome burgers. fast and friendly. oh and free wifi!!! not to mention great prices!!!!!

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    9 years ago

    Fast service, nice wait staff, good basic diner breakfast food in a place with fun diner decor. Price is right too!

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    11 years ago

    Nice little place to go for lunch or breakfast. The food is okay, a bit overpriced for the quality. Waitstaff is generally nice.

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    Que rico! We always go here for the empanadas and the fresh baked pastries. Mama is very sweet to…read moreus and always enjoy seeing her smile. Very crowded on the weekends so get there early if you plan to dine in for breakfast with a large family or group!

    Cute, cozy and quaint cafe. Parked for Free on the street. Not many tables inside, but there were…read morestill open spots for us to sit down. For breakfast, tried the meat lover omelette, egg and cheese, croissant sandwich, and two empanadas (beef and choripan). I liked how all of the dishes were garnished with fresh spinach leaves and an orange wedge, making them look colorful and appealing. My partner enjoyed his omelette, which included chorizo and julienned ham slices. Omelette was presented differently than the typical omelette, with it cooked/shaped as a bowl and stuffed in the middle with fillings. They don't make croissants in the house, but they bake them so it's nice and crispy. It was very filling. Next time I'll add ham to it to give it a salty taste. Empanadas were delicious. Served with a chimichurri sauce. Beef empanada was a little bit on the sweeter side. Their espresso machine was broken so they only had black coffee. Black coffee was alright, nothing special, but, it was nice to drink hot coffee out of a mug, making me feel like I was at home. They have coffee cards, which you hole punch yourself. You get a free coffee after getting 10 hole punches. If you care, your clothes might have a little bit of a cooking smell after being in the café for a while.

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