Sissy's - A Sweet Shoppe

Rube's 701 W 10th St Metropolis, IL 62960…read moreJuly 5, 2023 Wednesday - 7:10 AM for breakfast 2 Adults Atmosphere - 3 stars Food - 3 stars Service - 2 stars Background - Business trip to the area and need some breakfast. Atmosphere - Old building with dining in a large room. Mostly filled with locals at long tables. We sat at a 4 person table in the corners. Food Drink - Coffee served with a spoon in it. I take my coffee just black. Breakfast - I went with the 2 eggs, Choice of bacon, sausage or ham, with toast or biscuits and gravy. I had too 2 eggs over easy, got medium, sausage that looked like bacon, and the biscuit and gravy could have had more gravy on the thin biscuit. Service - After we placed our order our waitress had to visit us and ask me how I want my eggs. I took 25 minutes to receive food. The clock is ticking and I was not sending the bacon back because I ordered sausage. Future - Maybe as I have another trip to the area soon.

Very small place, but warm and homie feel. From where we were sitting had a clear view of a very…read moreclean kitchen. Menu at first was a little daunting because it felt more like an alacart style. Food is fresh and hot. Service was friendly and accommodating. The collection of random coffee cups was the main selling point for us, and would strongly recommend if you're in the area to stop and try it. Very underrated and undiscovered place.

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The menu is a horrible photocopy

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I like this location. You get in, and get out. The dining room is small, though there are more…read moreseats out by the Playspace. Food is standard McDonalds; the only thing I got here was breakfast. Did they really have to charge for water?

I got there and placed my order at the kiosk, but it wouldn't let me pay at there so I had to go up…read morefront, didn't get served for 30 minutes, and after I didn't get my food for another thirty minutes. A woman and her daughter had been waiting a hour as well to order. My food was also quite cold for being just made, they also forgot my order, which was the only reason I even got it in thirty minutes

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Went to get ice cream entered the store at 8:45 knowing they closed at 9 but there was 10 other…read morepeople in the store, got our ice cream at 8:55 sat down to eat our ice cream and at 9:03 they rudely screamed by the way we are closed looking dead into our soles.

Great service even when there is a line all the way to the door they get the work done and with a…read moresmile.

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Always fast and reliable even when there's a long drive through line. My preferred ice cream spotread more

The food was the only thing good about our experience. The drink machine for refills was down…read more The drink machine behind the counter only had selective drinks. The store is falling down around its self. Will think twice before going back again.

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Stopped by to try this place out before we made the last leg of our trip home and was surprised to…read moresee that the place appeared to be abandoned No cars in the lot and no tables in the restaurant. Assuming it's permanently closed.

Service is good and it's cheap…read more Unfortunately, the last 2 times I went, I had diarrhea almost immediately after. Thought the first time was a fluke, but since it has happened twice now, I won't go back :(

Chili Cheeseburger and fries were very good as well.

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Waffle hut supreme omelette :)

Sonic Drive-In

2.7(6 reviews)

1.1 mi

Breakfast burritos are about half the size of other locations. The large wrap is the same but it…read moredidn't have much egg inside. I tasted more wrap than anything. Service was fast. They got my order right and were friendly. You can order ahead and tip in advance if you prefer. Drinks are also half price if using the app.

Three days ago I ordered two sonic cheeseburgers on their app along with some fries and tots, when…read morewe got to the park and opened them up both of the cheeseburger buns were hard as a rock! They were old and stale, this is a second Time this is happened to us... no

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Rita's Italian Ice & Frozen Custard

5.0(1 review)

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The frozen custard is excellent. Very fair priced for any of their treats. I've had the chocolate…read moreand coffee flavors which I found very rich and tasty. Sampled some of the frozen ice flavors and they were good to. My wife loves their pineapple shake. She said it's the best.

Rural King

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4.7 mi

We were in Paducah for the 2026 Quilt Show and had to stop in. This store is like a Tractor Supply,…read morebut bigger! The inventory truly amazed us. We were especially impressed with the gun and ammo section, where the prices were excellent. My wife told me to stock up on ammo, and I did! We also bought some pet items.

I've been in the Paducah store at least a dozen times. Friendly staff, good prices, and…read morespecialty items will keep me coming back. I am familiar with Rural king from a Tennessee store. So happy Paducah has one now...! Check out relief usually happens when line's form.

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McDonald's

2.2(27 reviews)

5.9 mi

My mom and I were visiting this place after a long day at school and me helping my karate sensei by…read moreteaching part of the class, and we got in the drive thru. We were the only ones there. Then, a lot of other people started pouring in the drive thru. We waited to order, but the drive thru lady said to wait a minute before we ordered. Then, we could hear the voice of her taking other people's orders. MAY I REMIND YOU, we were there first. Me and mom started trash talking the drive thru lady (remember that). Then we finally ordered our meals, and the guy at the window in front of us was taking a while, but finally we got our food. But when I looked in the bag... my fries were UPSIDE DOWN! Now, remember the thing I told you to remember. Yeah, I think she heard us trash talking her, and put my fries in upside down. But it was a busy night, it looked like, so it might have just been that. But the food was EDIBLE. And it tasted good. So I had a hard time deciding if I should rate this 2, or 3 stars. Probably 2. I don't live in Alabama. ##!@#$%^&*()

Staff was hateful, the wait time was way longer than it should be. They will not run the food out…read moreto you unless they have everyone that is waiting order. So we waited 10 minutes to get McDonald's drive-through once we were passed the pick up window. However, three cars behind us got their food in five minutes. Doesn't quite seem fair during the normal morning business hours of 8 AM.

Drain at drink station.

Second order of French fries.

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Outside trash bin. Full. Why at 2 PM on a Monday afternoon. Where is the manager? Do they walk the property?

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