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Breakfast is available all day • *Consumer advisory: Thoroughly cooking foods of animal origin, such as beef, eggs, fish, lamb, pork, poultry, or shellfish, reduces the risk of foodborne illness. Individuals with certain health conditions may be at higher risk if these foods are consumed raw or undercooked. Consult your physician or public health official for further information.

Eggs

Substitute Fresh Fruit Compote for Hashbrowns +$1.75

*#One

$10.79
Two eggs served any style with hashbrowns and your choice of toast.

*#Two

$11.99
Two eggs any style served with your choice of Iowa Ham, Bacon, or Sausage and Toast.

*#Three

$13.99
Two eggs any style with hashbrowns and your choice of Iowa Ham, Bacon, or Sausage and Toast.

Omelets

*Diner Special

$15.79
Our signature omelet includes Iowa sausage, mushrooms, and mixed cheese.

*Denver

$15.79
Stuffed full of Iowa ham, green peppers, onions, and mixed cheese.

*Ham & Cheese

$14.49
Ham it up with mixed cheese and Iowa ham.

*The Gut Buster

$16.99
If you’re not hungry, don’t think you can eat this one. It comes with sausage, ham, green peppers, onions, mushrooms, and mixed cheese. Forget the toast, you get six eggs with hashbrowns.

B'fast Plates

Served on a bed of diced potatoes, topped with two eggs and toast on the side.

*The Vegetarian

$12.99
We take green peppers, onions, cheese, and portobello mushrooms and mix them all together.

*The Works Mmm’

$14.59
Iowa ham, green peppers, mushrooms, cheese, onions, and sausage. This “works” for me.

*Ham & Cheese

$12.90
This plate with Iowa ham and cheddar-Monterey Jack cheese is perfect for a simple breakfast.

The Flipside

Add Iowa Sausage Patties or Links, Ham, or Bacon to Any Flipside Item +$2.19

*Chicken & Waffles

$14.99
Waffle topped with our crispy chicken tenders.

*Cinnamon Swirl French Toast

Two Slices $7.99 | Four Slices $13.99 • Our own homemade cinnamon roll, sliced, dipped in egg batter, and grilled until golden, served with real butter and warm maple syrup.

*Belgian Waffle

$9.99
Original or banana nut, served with real butter and warm maple syrup • Add Strawberry Topping and Whipped Cream +$1.29

Buttermilk Pancakes

Short Stack (2) $6.99 | Tall Stack (3) $9.99 • Our light and fluffy buttermilk pancakes, served with real butter and warm maple syrup • Add Blueberries or Chocolate Chips +$0.99

*Steak & Eggs

$17.99
This classic comes with a six-ounce top sirloin, two eggs any style, hash browns, and toast.

*Sunrise Express

$7.99
Our own breakfast sandwich, egg, cheese, and your choice of Sausage Links, Patties, Bacon, or Canadian Bacon. Also, you can choose from a Big, Baked Biscuit or a Croissant.

*Diner Favorite

$13.49
Our corned beef hash is grilled, then crowned with two poached eggs and served with toast.

*Biscuits & Gravy

Half Order $7.99 | Full Order $12.99 • Homemade country sausage gravy served over our baked biscuits. You better be hungry for this one!

*Chicken Fried Steak & Eggs

$16.69
Our homemade sausage gravy over chicken fried steak, served with two eggs, hashbrowns, and toast.

*Eggs Benedict

$14.99
Two poached eggs and your choice of Canadian Bacon, Iowa Sausage Links, or Patties on a toasted English muffin with hollandaise sauce and hashbrowns.

Breakfast Sides

Toast

Wheat, White, or Marble Rye • Add Sourdough +$0.99

English Muffin

$3.59
Double toasted, nice, and crispy.

Hash Browns

$4.19
Add: Cheese and Sautéed Onion +$0.99 | Sausage Gravy +$0.99

Oatmeal

$7.99
With brown sugar, choice of toast, 2% or half & half • Add Raisins +$0.99

Homemade Cinnamon Roll

$5.29

Fresh Fruit Compote

$5.29
Chunks of honeydew, cantaloupe, pineapple, and watermelon.

Soups

Soup of The Day

Cup $3.25 | Bowl $5.25

Our Famous Chili

Cup $3.99 | Bowl $5.99 • Our famous chili topped with cheese and onion.

Soup & Salad

$11.99
Our house salad with soup of the day on chili. Served with a warm garlic breadstick.

Soup & a Half Sandwich

$11.99
A bowl of the soup of the day or chili, and your choice of a half sandwich: BLT, Grilled Cheese, or French Dip.

Salads

Served with a warm breadstick.

Chinese Chicken Salad

$13.99
Our signature salad! Chicken, mandarin oranges, water chestnuts, chow mein noodles, and sugar snap peas tossed with fresh mixed greens and our legendary poppy seed dressing.

Taco Salad

$12.99
An edible shell filled with lettuce and our homemade chili and cheese, garnished with black olives, tomatoes, and sour cream. Sorry, no breadsticks! • Chicken Can Be Substituted for Chili for +$0.99 • Add Guacamole +$1.29

Chicken Jack Salad

$13.99
Mixed salad greens topped with bacon, tomato, red onion, shredded jack cheese, and a grilled BBQ chicken breast hot off the broiler.

Chef Salad

$13.99
Our own roasted hand-carved turkey with ham, cheese, egg, black olive, cucumber, green pepper, onion, croutons, and tomato on a bed of mixed greens.

Fried Chicken Salad

$13.99
Mixed greens with creamy parmesan dressing, topped with shredded cheddar jack cheese, tomato, egg, and hot fried chicken chunks.

House Salad

$5.99
Tossed fresh greens with a cucumber slice, onion, homemade croutons, and your choice of dressings.

Entrees

Served with fresh steamed vegetables, roll, and your choice of French fries, hashbrowns, baked potato or skin-on smashed • Add a House Salad +$1.99

Grilled Chicken Plate

$13.99
Our broiled or blackened marinated chicken breast is served with our fresh steamed vegetables.

Salmon Plate

$15.99
Broiled salmon filet served with our fresh steamed vegetables. Make it blackened, it's your call!

*Ribeye Steak

$26.99
Twelve ounces of choice, tender beef, grilled to your liking.

Fried Cod Dinner

$15.99
Four strips of battered cod, fries, coleslaw, and tartar sauce.

Teasers

Sampler Platter

$14.59
Can't decide? Try the sampler platter and get our famous chicken fingers, potato skins, and Italian cheese sticks! Served with our own honey jalapèno sauce, marinara, and sour cream. It doesn't get any better than this. No substitutions.

Chicken Fingers

$12.89
You get five juicy strips of chicken served with our own honey jalapeño dip, with French fries • Spice up Your Fingers with Buffalo Sauce +$0.79

Diner Cheddar Puffs

$9.99
A large mound of fried yellow cheddar cheese curds, battered and fried, served with zesty marinara sauce.

Italian Breaded Cheese Sticks

$8.99
Mozzarella cheese sticks, served with zesty marinara sauce.

*Homemade Onion Rings

Half Order $6.99 | Full Order $10.99 • Thin, light, and crispy, breaded on the spot.

Burgers

We serve half-pound burgers broiled to your specifications. Served with house salad or French fries • Substitute Onion Rings +$0.99

*NYO Burger

$14.99
Choice of 3 toppings: Swiss, Cheddar, American, Monterey Jack, Pepper Jack, Bacon, Mushrooms, Grilled Onion, or Green Pepper.

*The Hawkeye Burger

$14.99
A winner! Grilled onion, mushrooms, and cheddar cheese.

*Patty Melt

$14.99
Swiss cheese, sautéed onion, and Thousand Island dressing on grilled marble rye.

*BBQ Burger

$14.99
Mushrooms, Iowa bacon, Monterey Jack cheese, and lots of BBQ sauce.

*Chili Burger

$14.99
Our homemade chili, cheese, and onions on top of an open-faced burger.

Good4U

Sandwiches are served with our house salad or French fries • Substitute Onion Rings +$0.59

Veggie - Veggie Burger

$10.99
Garden veggie burger. Served with lettuce, tomato, onion, pickle, and mayo on a whole wheat bun.

Steamed Vegetables

Side Order $6.99 | Large $9.99 • Fresh cauliflower, broccoli, baby carrots, new potatoes, and sugar snap peas steamed to order • Add Hollandaise Sauce +$0.99

Blackened Salmon Sandwich

$14.99
Six ounces of spicy blackened salmon on a whole wheat bun, served with lettuce, pickle, and Dijon mayonnaise.

Sandwiches

Have your sandwich with a house salad or French fries • Substitute Onion Rings +$0.59

Chicken Jack

$13.99
Plump broiled chicken topped with bacon, Monterey Jack cheese, and BBQ.

BLT

$11.99
The classic bacon, lettuce, tomato, mayo sandwich served on thick toasted sourdough.

Turkey Club

$12.99
Bacon, lettuce, tomato, mayo, and Swiss cheese on white toast. Don't forget the turkey!

Grilled Chicken

$12.99
Our own honey Dijon marinade makes this broiled chicken breast tender and juicy. Make it blackened, it's your call!

*Pork Loin

$13.49
Have this blast from the past! Your choice of a grilled pork loin served with sautéed onions and pickles, or a breaded pork loin served with red onions and pickles.

Italian Grinder

$12.99
Graziano sausage mixed with marinara and topped with melted mozzarella cheese on a baked baguette.

French Dip

$12.99
Made with our tender, hand-carved roast beef, served with Swiss cheese and au jus on a baguette • Make It Philly Style with Onions and Peppers +$0.99

Grilled Cheese

$10.99
Three cheeses grilled until melted on thick-sliced sourdough • Add Bacon to Your Grilled Cheese +$1.29

Reuben

$12.99
Piled high with corned beef, sauerkraut, Swiss cheese, and 1000 Island dressing. Try our house version with turkey instead of corned beef.

Blue Plate Specials

Served every day from 11:00 am - 8:00 pm

Hand - Carved Roast Beef or Hand - Carved Breast of Turkey

$11.99
Our famous hot sandwich is served in traditional style with freshly-cooked meats, hand-carved and flavorful, with SOS (skin-on smashed) potatoes, all covered with gravy • Add a Salad +$1.99

Sides

French Fries

$4.99
Of course they're crispy.

Wets

$5.99
Fries with some beef or turkey gravy.

Chili Fries

$5.99
Like wets but with chili.

SOS Potatoes

$5.99
Skin-on smashed potatoes with a crater of beef or turkey gravy.

Cottage Cheese

$4.99
Old fashioned.

Coleslaw

$4.99
Good old fashioned.

*Homemade Onion Rings

Half Order $6.99 | Full Order $10.99 • Thin, light, and crispy, breaded on the spot.

Potato Cake

$4.99
Skin-on smashed potatoes, fried crispy around the edges, topped with cheese, sour cream, and onion.

Hash Browns

$3.99
Add: Cheese or Sautéed Onion +$0.99 | Sausage Gravy +$0.99

Malts & Desserts

Shakes & Malts

$7.99
We use only premium ice cream. Each one is hand-packed to order with four huge scoops of ice cream. They are big enough to share, but good enough to have your very own • Flavors: Chocolate, Caramel, Strawberry, Vanilla, Cherry, Green River, Cola, Root Beer, Orange or Any Combination of Above! • Premium Flavors: Peanut Butter, Mint, Banana, Blackberry, Almond, Butterscotch, Raspberry, Cinnamon, Oreo, or Hazelnut +$1.00 each

Banana Split

$8.99
Quite possibly the biggest dessert ever. Three hefty scoops of ice cream topped with chocolate, strawberry, caramel, whipped cream, and a cherry.

Pie of The Week

$5.99
Try our manager's choice of pie. A fresh slice served warm • A La Mode +$1.99

*Ice Cream

One Scoop $1.99 | Two Scoops $2.99 | Three Scoops $3.99 • We offer vanilla.

Devil's Food Cake

$5.99
Moist and super chocolatey, we're famous for it! A La Mode +$1.99

Devil's Sundae

$8.99
Our devil's food cake, served with a big scoop of ice cream and covered with chocolate, whipped cream, and a cherry.

Sundaes

$5.99
Chocolate, Strawberry or Caramel • Add Nuts +$0.99

Turtle Sundae

$7.99
Vanilla ice cream, chocolate, caramel, pecans, whipped cream, and a cherry.

World's Smallest Sundaes

$1.99
Chocolate, Caramel, or Strawberry.
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