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    Update; I had the opportunity to travel south on I55 past Elkhart, so I came back to visit The Wild Hare. Had a egg salad sandwich, delicious! A glass of ice tea on the side, and took a slice of chocolate cherry cake to go. Delicious! Browsed the antiques, bought several antique community cookbooks! $2.99 each, what a deal! Staff are helpful and courteous, the chef owner is charming!

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    Candis E.

    What a great find! Husband and I were taking a weekend roadtrip down and back on Route 66 and stumbled on Wild Hare. We thought we were just going to be poking around a cool antique shop and were greeted by a lovely lady letting us know about the lunch specials. It was lunch time so we stayed! Tomato basil soup was so fresh and light! Served with oyster crackers that were herb seasoned. Simply amazing. Husband had a bacon and Swiss quiche that was piping hot and delicious. I had the salad sampler platter that was a scoop of all their homemade salads... each was better than the last and the Moroccan rice salad and carrot salad were my favorites. Everything on the menu was scratch made... took our desserts to go and can't wait to get home to eat them.

    Who wouldn't love to eat in this amazing little room?! There are amazing murals all over the interior of this building !!

    We took an aimless drive for something to do on a sunny February Sunday- we were kind of hungry but didn't know where to go exactly. As we drove past the pretty flat fields on the little two lane roads, there was the big hill in the distance and it seemed to beckon us- it was the town of Elkhart. We were familiar with The Wild Hare café but weren't sure if it was open- thankfully- it was! Yay! Immediately knew we had found just the right place for our Sunday getaway lunch! It is visual sensory overload the minute one steps inside- it's a mix between antique shop, cafe, art gallery with a little bit of everything to delight the eyes! We found a cozy table near some greenery and the fireplace. It's a seat yourself kind of place having many interesting niches to choose from! You will understand better once you visit - Anyway, I opted for the special which was chicken cordon bleu with mashed potato(!) - why not?! And my husband had a grilled panini type sandwich and one of the homemade soup selections- yes homemade - everything is homemade - not delivered from a food service and thawed. All of our food was so good leaving no room for any dessert of which they have many selections. If you happen to be traveling or living near Elkhart, give this place a try! I can't wait to go back ;) also- everyone working there super friendly and made us feel right at home.

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    Super crabby owner threatened that we could not bring our 5-year-old back. Not a problem at all. We will not be back!

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    Everything, food is good, the service is good and the prices are good. And the business is for sale if you are looking.

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    Mother's Day lunch was delicious. The desserts are sooo good. Best waitresses and Peter is checking to see if you are happy with everything.

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    What a gem in our drive from Michigan to St Louis. Not a varied menu but everything is fresh, delicious and served in a quaint atmosphere

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    Effingham was our first stop on a road trip to San Antonio. We pulled in medium late but full…read morehungry. Scanning the food places we picked this because it seemed to have decent ratings and a lot of reviews. Plus, you get go wrong with good ol' American cuisine. The first kind of hiccup is that they must have recently moved building. Though they moved right next to their existing building, there was no signage and we had to rely on our own eyeballs. Which almost led us into the wrong building. Not a bid deal, realistically, but it threw us for a loop. Getting inside, it was super clean. Long bar, plenty of tables, modern, many tvs for many sports. Plus, the building itself seemed rather large. A chonker of a building, if you ask me. Our hostess brought us into what seemed like the back 40 of the building and seated us next to a garage door that overlooked a cement pad that will one day be a cement pad with things on it. Not even mad. Saw a train. Here's the money shot. Have you ever been happy adjacent? Have you ever been right up to the edge, the precipice, the peak, then turn around and leave? That was kind of the ideal feeling here. The ambiance and service and general-ness of the entire place was spot on. The food itself looked top-tier. But it felt a click away from perfection. Let's look into it. As a hefty man (fat, not the garbage bag brand), I'm a man of appetizers. Also of wings. Therefore, sign me up for 12 bone in wings for an app. Split into three flavors: Carolina BBQ, Buffalo, and regular BBQ. They came out looking and smelling delicious. The sauce flavors hit hard. But I was a little let down with the dryness of the wings. I know sometimes it can be difficult to knock a wing out of the park because those damn things just want to get crispy. But I don't want to fight chewing the meat off the bone. It felt like a battle me and my mush mouth would lose. Now, from what I understood, all sides were a la cart. Color me fine with that, fatty will order anyways. Especially since I saw they offered street corn AND hushpuppies. So naturally, that's what I ordered. The hushpuppies came out and were the round kind. Which I am no stranger to. They had good flavor, good done-ness, but missed the mark on the size. If they were hush people, they would have been premies. A little sad they didn't get to experience their full potential. Now, for this part I will say I was forewarned. My server did mention the street corn came in a bowl and was served cold. I thought I was better than somebody who judged street corn by its temperature. I was wrong. It did come cold. And because of that, it was not tasty. Missed the mark completely. I did get a bonus side, your typical, run of the mill French fry. They came out and looked great. Meadiu

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    I ordered the chai, half expecting something thin and overly sweet. What arrived instead was a…read morewarm, fragrant testament to restraint--balanced spices, just enough milk, and a whisper of quiet joy. I sat back with K.W. in one of the window-side chairs, letting the mug steam gently into the late-morning light, and took in the interior. It's the kind of place that rewards attention: reclaimed wood, soft colors, seating that invites rather than insists. This was not an Instagram café--it was a Christian coffee shop. And I mean that as praise. I don't just mean it had a verse on the wall or worship music humming faintly behind the grinder. I mean the place carried a spirit of care. You could feel it in the details, the warmth of the baristas, and--most of all--in the baby shower happening quietly in the side room. From what I could tell, it was all women--close family friends of the expectant mother--gathered in soft tones, with gifts, cake, and affection flowing. There were balloons. Laughter. Maybe a tear or two, but the joyful kind. I thought about the holiness of childhood, the ridiculous courage of parenting, and the spiritual stubbornness it takes to keep loving in public. There are many ways to do Christianity poorly. But when it holds space for reflection, for the protection of the vulnerable--children, the poor, the disabled--it becomes something rare and tender. Guest House feels like one of those places where such values are quietly lived out, without announcement or ego. I'll be back. For the chai. For the ambience. But mostly to support a place that, in its own gentle way, remembers what a gift life is.

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