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    The Rusty Cow Cafe

    4.3 (84 reviews)
    Closed 7:00 am - 2:00 pm

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    Moderate noise
    Casual
    Dogs allowed

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    Side of eggs and bacon
    Christine M.

    Definitely in the diner genre and casual, the service was friendly and fast and the portions were huge! Pretty much everyone was walking out with to go boxes. The decor is farmhouse and very quaint. A good hearty meal!

    Sloppy joe special!
    Tracy E.

    I arrived to the Rusty Cow around lunchtime and was greeted and seated immediately. I was impressed with the breakfast and lunch options available. However, my server recommended the special of the day, the sloppy joe. (To be honest, I was a bit surprised there wasn't a fish special, given that its a Friday during Lent. However, since I'm not Catholic, its not a big deal to me.) Back to the sloppy joe- it was very good! Not quite as good as my moms sloppy joes, but still pretty darn good! The fries were also good. Very hot, crispy and fresh. Overall, I would recommend the Rusty Cow and will definitely return!

    Dennis E.

    I stopped for lunch and the place was packed. The inside is very quaint and charming. My server came right over and took my order. After a very short wait she brought my lunch, and everything looked good. I ordered the Hot Beef, and it was tender and juicy and very tasty. This was a good meal for the money. I will be back.

    Nancy E.

    We celebrated Veterans Day at Rusty Cow today. My Dad is a Korean War veteran and Rusty Cow offered a special for all Vets a free meal of Chipped Beef AKA as SOS. We'll my Dad surely enjoyed the meal. Thank you for the kind words to my Dad. I know he appreciates it. We also had eggs and ham, eggs and bacon, chicken strips and a Reuben. Everything good as usual. Thank you again for honoring the vets

    2 eggs, Kielbasa, home fries, and toast  Delicious.  Good portion sizes Great service even while it was busy.
    Greg S.

    Home style breakfast! Not a huge menu selection but nice options Quality and value weee great. Friendly staff.

    The Turkey Shoot
    Marion C.

    We went to The Rusty Cow for a late breakfast recently. We had about a 15 minute wait to get a table, then from the time we ordered till the time we actually got our food was just under an hour. The restaurant was full, but it didn't feel all that busy. More like the people were just camped out for extended periods of time. I saw very few actual tables with food at them. So, we were all clearly waiting for a long time. The owners continually walked around, stopping at tables to talk to patrons, checking on them. As opposed to actually helping out in back of house. I ordered the Turkey Shoot, substitute for Swiss cheese, no onions, with American fries & sour dough toast. My omelet was just okay. It severely needed more cheese in it. The hollandaise sauce was alright, but nothing to get excited about. The American fries were very fresh, but had no seasoning on them. The sour dough toast was actually the best thing on my plate. My partner ordered the country fried steak breakfast, with scrambled eggs, a biscuit, & a side of sausage. He said the eggs were fine, country fried steak was okay, but needed to be crispier. I tried it, the texture was melt in your mouth, but not in a good way. The biscuit tasted freezer burnt, the sausage links were just normal sausage links, the gravy was a little too salty, needed more pepper & sausage. He would describe it as very middle of the road, nothing special. I would say it's pretty disappointing. I wish I could give half stars, because I would ultimately give them a 1.5.

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    Basic decent food. Good service. Like a Perkins, but it's good to support local. Watch the hours...

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    Working on the road for 20 years. This place is inexpensive, good food, and good service.

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    8 months ago

    Great breakfast, huge selection,good service at reasonable price. Will definitely return when in area,

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    11 months ago

    Lovely place, good quality food, I wish crowd were a little more diverse but... the server was wonderfully Minnesota-friendly

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    2 years ago

    Great food, ambience and friendly service. I love all the cow paraphernalia. Food portions are hearty.

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    Holy Cow - nice home style breakfast, well prepared, big portions and excellent service

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    3 years ago

    The food and service here were excellent! A classic breakfast spot that you shouldn't mess if you're in this area.

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    Less Uffda, More Lefse: that's what this place is about! We…read morethought the service was lacking, especially for a Saturday morning (a relatively popular time for them). Since this was our first time, we had no idea that it was a 'seat yourself' type of place and there were no signs indicating so. We stood at the door being stared at by the patrons and the employees. It took several minutes for someone to tell us we could sit wherever. Finally, our waitress stopped over, took our drink order, but because we weren't ready, she left. She didn't come back for more than 15 minutes. She did apologize, but it was far too long. Prices were reasonable and two specials were offered - our kinda place! My husband took part in one of those specials and ordered the country fried steak and eggs. I ordered the regular steak and eggs. We did substitute an order of toast for the Swedish pancakes (gotta!) It took a really long time for our food to come, which was disappointing. Food did come out hot and my husband was a big fan of the country fried steak. I didn't think the Swedish pancakes were anything I would HAVE to order a second time, but I'm glad we tried them. The hashbrowns were probably the highlight of breakfast. A waitress did stop by with a dum dum for kids, which was a cute added touch!

    Stopped in with a friend, after going for a walk. Our usual place was closed, so we found this one…read moreand decided to give it a try. It has a small town, local hang out feel to it. There are plenty of tables that aren't crowded too close together. Staff was extremely friendly. Everyone around us appeared to be eating breakfast, and it all looked good. However, since it is a Swedish restaurant we decided to order the meatballs and lefse. Both had average flavor, but wasn't anything special. The gravy on the meatballs were under whelming. I don't think I would order them again but I definitely want to go back and try their breakfast.

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    Leela on 8

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    (49 reviews)
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    We found this great spot for our date night. The outside seating patio was beautiful - filled with…read morepotted plants and flowers, hanging outdoor lights, and unique outdoor lawn decorations. As we entered, we were greeted right away by one of the friendly servers. We were there in time for happy hour and they had a great cocktail selection. I had the La Bonita Margarita - it was delicious!! We had the chicken wings with peach habanero sauce for our appetizer and it was crispy and juicy! We had the Tibs - highly recommended - and the salmon....both were flavorful and yummy. We had the strawberry cheesecake and it was dreamy! This was a great spot and we would definitely come again to try other items on their menu!

    We ate here recently, and honestly, we won't be back. One of our two coffees came out wrong, even…read morethough the server repeated the order. My husband didn't want to make a fuss, so he just drank it. Then we waited about 20 minutes for our food, and when it finally arrived, my dish wasn't even the right one. I ordered the beef benedict -- pointed at it on the menu and watched her write it down -- but she brought out the veggie version instead. So I had to wait even longer for them to remake it. When the correct dish came, the beef lacked flavor and didn't add anything to the benedict. Super disappointing. The french toast was just okay - nothing amazing, and the bacon had no crisp at all. To top it off, our server never refilled our water, even though she refilled the tables around us. I ended up drinking my husband's water. Overall, the service was rough and the food wasn't worth the wait. Honestly surprised this place has such a high rating.

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    4.6 mi
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    ‼New restaurant try that should go on your list!‼…read more I've wanted to try @churchillstmn in Shoreview for a few years now and just hadn't gotten around to it yet. Finally went and had an awesome lunch that I'll definitely need to go back for again. Everything we ordered was really really good. The menu had so many contenders so I'll need to come back and try other things. We noticed a pancake go by our table and that kinda did it for me. I love me a savory and sweet situation so I went with the following and fell in love with my choices and my Auntie's sandwich too....sorry, not sorry. The Breakfast Sandwich (so much flavor going on in this sandwich and when I ordered the response was ooo good choice, which is a deal maker for me) Kid's Pancake on the side (Uffdah this was yummy) Crispy Chicken Sandwich (not my order today but tried a bite and my goodness was it good. The looks of the breading put me off a bit to start but it was deceiving. It wasn't heavy and thick but it was thin crisp tasty breading to complement the sandwich I was impressed with how flavorful the chicken was and balanced with everything.) Monster Cookie was a delicious treat later too So basically everything we got was great and when I go back I'll maybe get something new and let you know thoughts then. Safe to say you should check it out sometime. For more awesome food spots check out the account mallorymademetryitmn on Instagram!

    Always great food. They seem to have settled on counter based ordering and you get your own water…read more My one dislike is when paying at the counter that the lowest tip is 18%. Since I have to get my own water and place my order at the counter that lowering my normal 18 to 20 % to 15 seems reasonable. Note they put on a credit card service charge of 3 % so you are back to paying 18% over menu price anyway. Sunday brunch , so get there early. Mocha $5.50. Good flavor but seemed like the chocolate was not fully desolved. Croque Madame $19 with salad. Very well made sandwich with a nice presentation on the salad. Avocado toast $15 always very good and she always get it Raspberry danish hot latte $8. Very good not too sweet. Two brunch specials $19 each. Was very good Service was good. They cleared dirty dishes quickly.

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