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    Route 66 Cafe

    4.2 (25 reviews)
    Open 6:00 am - 2:00 pm

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    Kathy F.

    they say you want to eat good food eat where the locals eat on Route 66. This is the place to go walk in nothing fancy just plain Good Food. You will feel like your having a meal at a long lost relative home the servers make you feel like a local.The menu is basic home cooking but done right when your cooking it the right way a lot different things aren't needed. They offer a Breakfast Horseshoe and Pony version which you find south of Springfield and I will tell you it was perfect.

    Simple, relaxing and friendly customers.
    Lisa T.

    Awesome food and no frills. Good down home cooking. Won't regret stopping if you're looking for good down home cooking with none of the fuss.

    Mini horseshoe call a pony!! It's Texas toast, hamburger, Fries and cheese sauce!! So good!!

    Service was great, food was amazing and the staff was very friendly!! Horseshoe was amazing!!!

    RunAway B.

    Eatery Litchfield, Illinois --- "Stacey's Route 66 Cafe" was my 1st stop on Historic Route 66 for 2018 ... GREAT eatery! no counter-seating, but 4 booths & lots of table seating. Off-street parking is plentiful. The food is tasty-riffic & the prices are great! My pork & mashed potatoes smothered in gravy was SUPER! Super Smilin' Server "Jeannie" gave me lots of smiles, like her quote "gravy is my favorite beverage" "Run-A-Way Bill" was here! #RunAwayBill #DUSA2018 #Route66 #Route66RunAwayBill #HistoricRoute66 #USroute66 #MotherRoad #Ruta66 #WillRogersHighway #MainStreetOfAmerica #FoodUSA #FoodRAB 05.18.18

    Hungry man's breakfast skillet and chicken sandwich

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    11 months ago

    We are so happy we stopped. Breakfast was yummy and our coffee cups were always full. Thank you Diane for taking great care of us!

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    8 months ago

    Home cooking! No frills, great food, very friendly service. Try the biscuits and sausage gravy or the breakfast "pony shoe"!

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    9 months ago

    Food was delicious. Best fries we've had in awhile and the taco salad was great. Lots of variety

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    2 years ago

    The service is awesome. The food is yummy. We go here a couple times a month. My favorite place to get biscuit & gravy :)

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    3 years ago

    Very cute diner, good food and good service. Really enhanced our route 66 experience.

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    4 years ago

    Stopped in on the way to EAA Airventure 2022 and had a great breakfast. Terric service and the biscuits and gravy were tasty!

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    4 years ago

    We enjoy the food and recommend their skillets for breakfast. Tucked away on old 66. Service, price and cleanliness all superb!

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    3 years ago

    Great spot and service. Our food came quickly and our bacon was perfect. Happy that we stopped in.

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    3 years ago

    Awesome little gem! Excellent service and delicious food. Prices were reasonable too.

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    Super Smilin' Server "Jeannie" gave me lots of smiles, like her quote "gravy is my favorite beverage" "Run-A-Way Bill" was here

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    Route 138 Cafe

    Route 138 Cafe

    2.9
    (20 reviews)
    7.3 mi

    There are times when you want to walk into a space that has been carefully put together by someone…read morewith all the right training, so the colors are just so. The furniture blends seemlessly into the theme of the menu or some such. There are other times when you are content to walk into a clean, simple space where the decor has been put together over the years by many different people, with different quirks and fancies. The furniture is functional, might not even all match...all good. Route 138 Cafe is that second kind of place. The name alone, is so plain sense Midwest, practical. It not some whimsical thought excercise like Nutmeg Hutch or some such. There are no fancy uniforms, the staff might have on T-shirts from the restaurant. We have had no issues with any of the staff, they have been nothing but pleasant, effective and welcoming. We have been here a few times now since moving to the area, this was the first time for lunch. I had a breaded pork tenderloin sandwich with seasoned fries, my wife got a BLT with same. Do splurge for the "special" fries vs. the standard crinkle cut. Somehow crinkle cut fries take me back to elementary school, and no matter how hot and great they may be in this present time, they take me back to luke warm unsalted punishment on a plastic tray. There is nothing fancy about anything I have eaten here. It's not perfect, what is- it is also obviously put together with care. That goes a long way. I have had beautiful, expensive meals and left hungry and full of regret. We left Saturday afternoon feeling full, comfortable and starting to fit in to our "fly-over" retirement.

    Went for dinner with my grandfather. The waitresses were nice, but completely clueless. When a…read morenearby table asked for a manager, they were informed there was no manager. We waited 50 minutes for a chicken wrap and roast beef. They didn't have silverware clean, so we had to wait another 5 or 10 minutes for that after the food came out. There was one cook in the kitchen audibly yelling in the kitchen in time. Though the staff seemed overwhelmed were overwhelmed, although there were less than 10 tables. As someone with experience managing bars and restaurants all over St. Louis, the fault here lies with the owners or management. The staff were not set up for success. There should absolutely be a manager on duty. In fact, it's the law - in illinois you must have certified food protection manager on sight at all times. Not having a second cook on duty sounds like ownership trying to cheap out on overhead. The food was ok. Not bad, and not good. I'm not sure how this place passed a health inspection.

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