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    4.0 (28 reviews)
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    Casual
    Moderate noise
    Outdoor seating
    Dogs allowed

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    Stephanie H.

    Stopped in for a quick breakfast with a friend to start the day. Got there before her and was greeted immediately with a friendly smile and offered a table and a cup of tea. I ordered the floretine omelet and it was fabulous. Staff were so helpful and busy as bees. Seemed like several regulars enjoy dining there as staff knew names and held little conversations. Very welcoming environment, will be coming back.

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    Kate C.

    I stumbled upon this on Yelp and was so glad I did! My husband and I and one of our daughters went on a Sunday morning for breakfast. The place is in an area that was once thriving but is now run down on the outside. Inside however was great, nice and clean, tastefully decorated and our service was a 100. The prices were reasonable and our food was good. I had an egg & cheese on a hard roll with avocado and a side of home fries. My husband had French toast, our daughter got a combo of eggs, toast, home fries, and pancakes.

    Breakfast on the way

    Nice, friendly, busy hide away. Only the locals know about this hidden gem. I had the Going Green Omelet; asparagus, broccoli, spinach and avocado with 3 eggs, that and home fries - $10 ... it was awesome and fast too!

    Clean and spacious

    Do not be discouraged by the outside and the look of an abandoned parking lot! Yes, the building looks so sad, with empty shops and the only thing open was a liquor store and this restaurant. But I'm so glad my husband was so open minded as we were on the hunt for some lunch in the area. The moment you walk in, it's a whole other vibe. Clean. spacious. The menu had so many options. Breakfast and typical diner food. They have great breakfast specials, and the prices are extremely reasonable. Almost so low that I'm wondering how are they staying in business? But, they must get alot of breakfast traffic. We came during lunch.. around 2pm on a sunday. It wasnt busy at all. One or two other tables filled. I got the turkey club triple decker with fries. Hubby got the roast beef triple decker with sweet potato fries. Both hit the spot! And we were able to have plenty of leftovers. They're definitely very generous in the meat portions. The service was friendly. Felt very family-owned vibe. Definitely will come back to try breakfast options!

    Best breakfast I've had in a while! Everything here is super fresh & delicious. The fruit salad is made fresh every day and isn't a premade fruit salad like some dinners have. The owner & workers are super friendly and welcoming. They are also extremely affordable for such high quality food! I can't wait to come back.

    Delicious! Single pancake with FRESH blueberries.

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    Great place for breakfast or lunch. I had a great hamburger and fries . Everyone was friendly and I highly recommend this spot to all!

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    Food and service were fantastic! Wonderful firm fresh fruit on my son's pancakes. My burger was delish!

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    I'm thrilled to have stumbled upon a gem like this. Great food, even better service. Small town feel and the folks are happy to be here.

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    4.0(128 reviews)
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    Meat and Co is a creative sandwich shop in New Haven's upscale East Rock Market Food Hall. If you…read morenotice the sign, you'll see they've rotated the lower case "a" in "Meat" so it's upside down. Think of it as a culinary warning that they don't do things the normal way. I've had two sandwiches from Meat and Co. on two separate visits in 2025. The first was the Haute Tuna Melt. The tuna salad itself was good. It has some hot pepper and chive flavor. The tuna sandwich was on a panini-pressed ciabatta roll. I prefer some type of grilled sliced bread, which I think is more common, for a tuna melt. But that's fine. The biggest miss for me was the cheese. The American Cheese was not at all melted. So it's really just a tuna fish sandwich with American Cheese, Lettuce and Tomato. Good for what it was, but it wasn't a Tuna Melt. The second was The Rick Reuben. It must be more "Rick" than "Reuben". because it is the least "Reuben" Reuben sandwich I've ever had. It had pastrami, which is acceptable for a Reuben. That was about it. Instead of kraut, they had a mild red cabbage slaw. Instead of Swiss, they had cheddar. Instead of grilled rye bread, it was on a long panini-pressed pretzel roll. Admittedly, I didn't pay careful attention to the menu description because Reubens usually fall into one of a small number of types, and I like them all. Although, the online menu I saw did not reference the pretzel roll. This sandwich was too far away from any accepted form of Reuben to be called a Reuben. If it had been called a Pretzel Pastrami Melt, which is far more accurate, I wouldn't have ordered it. It was fine for it was. The pastrami was average though. Given how much I like the other East Rock Market vendors, I'm unlikely to return. If you go, pay close attention to the menu and maybe ask questions. 3.25 Stars

    I was excited to find out that there was a panini shop near me and I want on 1/2/26 a Friday night…read moreat 6 pm and the person working there seems like he did not want to work! He was in his phone the whole time. I asked if it was a panini and he said "no, ciabatta". I ordered a Voodoo chicken which was supposed to be spicy but it was disappointing with no flavor . My husband ordered a steak and cheese and the steak was cheap cut mostly gristly. Our paninis were not toasted, COPD AND HARD BREAD and I'm not sure why as they have the equipment to do it. We also ordered fries but the person refused to make them and said " I don't have any ready ". Okay but can you get some ready? He was extremely lazy and didn't want to work. Cold hard ciabatta with sub par ingredients. $40!! 2 sandwiches. We will not be back . Extremely poorly managed. Lazy employee and sub par ingredients.

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    4.4(12 reviews)
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    Service was great. It was the appropriate mix of friendly and business oriented. Ordering was quick…read moreand easy. We saw a large number of people doing takeout, especially pizzas and ice cream to go. We did not try these items, but they seem to be very popular. The clam strips were perfectly fried. Not greasy. The batter was flavorful. The portions were great for the price. We felt like we got a really good value. The coleslaw and the tartar sauce tasted homemade, which was a super bonus. The coleslaw was balanced with a hint of pickle. The tartar sauce was very dill forward and lemony, which we liked. The lobster roll was very good. You have not lived life until trying a lobster roll on the east coast. And this one was perfect. Everything was hot and an appropriate temperature. Perfect balance of flavor with good chunks of lobster. I saw the chef melting the garlic and the butter for the garlic knots. Everything is made fresh to order. I would've happily waited twice as long for the quality of food that we received. It was great! This is such a hidden gym. We are definitely coming back.

    Very Nice Persons served me both times I went for Wings the first time and the Ice Cream choice was…read moreextremely delicious I haven't tried them all yet but the Black Raspberry, Butter Pecan and Peach was so good so I went back for more of the same. Only beef was I wanted half fries and onion rings combo they couldn't do disappointed but maybe they will change that rule but overall very tasty and clean restaurant and the ambience was decent they have a banquet area too! As well as banquet trays for orders to go!

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