"Do ya wanna little cream cheese with your bagel, or a little bagel with your cream cheese?" City Jakes has been doing bagels right for years! read more

Great little breakfast, lunch joint. Owner is totally customer service driven. Great service! Had the #3, Western sandwich. Piping hot served on a kaiser roll with cheese oozing out everywhere. $6.95 comes with coffee. read more

City Jake's Cafe - Western egg sandwich...#3 - Breakfast & Brunch Near Me - Springfield, Massachusetts

Great, quick breakfast spot. My breakfast sandwich was perfect before a morning spent at the dmv lol. Owner is a Supppperrr Nice Guy! Will be back! read more

AMAZING breakfast sandwiches!! Holy cow, so good. I order ham over medium on rye. Jake is even considerate enough to ask how you would like the egg cooked, which is much appreciated as I am a lover of over medium. You can call in an order 5 minutes before and just drop in and pick it up and be on your way in a minute or less. He is a cash only place, but I literally consider cash my "breakfast sandwich" fund. Self owned and ran company with great prices and portions. Just tried a salad as well, very fresh and delicious chicken and vegetables. I was happily surprised by the spring salad mix as I am not an iceberg fan. Huge portion with loads of variety in each bite. Couldn't recommend this place more. read more

Very friendly staff and lots of regulars coming and going while engaging in friendly conversation with the owner who is as welcoming an owner as I have seen. Not cheap but not expensive either. The food, which is excellent is served in decent sized portions. Overall City Jake's is an excellent value for the money. If you drive there be prepared to put some quarters in the parking meter, $.50 per hour. read more

City Jake's Cafe - Breakfast & Brunch Near Me - Springfield, Massachusetts

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I'm not in Springfield often, but when I am I generally come here. City jakes is a great spot for a breakfast sandwich or a burger. The service is friendly, fast, and the food matches. This is a no frills place. There is a counter with some stools along the window and a few non padded booths, but don't expect a waiter. However, it's still clean, something that I can't say about most cheap shops. Basically this is one of those eateries that has great food for a good price, generally accompanied by an impatient nasty owner behind the counter. Yet, in this case Jake is a friendly face eager to earn our business and boy does he ever. Now go give this small business your money, you won't regret it. read more

My wife and I went there for breakfast and was one of the best ever. Food was great and be sure to read the 50 facts about Jake on the wall. Truly an enjoyable dining experience. PK from Bristol, Ct read more

Overrated. Yeah it's cheap and a lot of food but preparation and taste lacking. Uneven omelet cooking. Outside brown but inside mush. Corned beef hash very little corned beef. Potatoes overwhelmed with flavor of green peppers. Bacon just weird. Rye toast good but barely toasted. Coffee flavorless. Cash only. Loud boisterous owner chef. Restaurant dusty and tables and booths not wiped down. How it was so busy for takeout and delivery I cannot understand. read more

Found this little gem walking from Mgm. Delicious food and a very friendly owner/operator.

I wish I lived my life with half as much energy as this man. Very nice and accommodating. Made one of the best egg sandwiches of my life. If you want fast breakfast or lunch with food made with love come here. He genuinely cares about his customers. Next time we're in the area, we are definitely going back. HAVE A JAKE DAY!!! read more

Love this place. Great and fast service, cozy atmosphere and the food is amazing at an affordable price! Thanks Jake! read more

Came here for lunch and the man himself, Jake, whipped up a delicious pastrami sandwich. Great location and they deliver to your work, 10/10 would eat here again. read more

Great al in all, but you lose one star for forcing me to listen to "Info Wars" while I eat breakfast.

Great diner food at reasonable prices. But the best thing is the way you feel welcome there. I was there at an off-peak time and was treated like a valued customer. The cook/prob owner could not have nicer. read more

This place is great. The owner does not take tips, but will contribute to his children's college fund. The food is made at request, service comes with a smile. We had great pancakes, french toast and a breakfast sandwich with potatoes. The prices were low and quality was high. read more

Good selection, very quick- cash only but priced well and the place was diner-ish and clean. Went for breakfast hot the western omlet and was given a heaping plate of potatos, bacon and omlet, excellent. read more

With plastic and Styrofoam, lost my biznes have had breakfast sandwiches to go befor,while working downtown, at original fort,miss those days read more

This place is just amazing. Great selection and the food is delicious. I first discovered this gem in 1996. The owner is an incredible man.

Great food. Jake provides a classic New Yorker dining experience. You feel right at home in the city. Family friendly and awesome for a quick but large breakfast. He is accommodating to additions or substitutions. Only breakfast place in the city that makes the food right in front of you!! Awesome b read more

Great food great prices! And the person cooking was super nice too! Thank you for understanding we are on vacation and a little confused :)

My favorite lunch spot in Springfield. Wonderful sandwiches and breakfast.....I Always come here when passing through this town! Thanks Jake! read more

The Philly steak & cheese was excellent (lots of grilled onions) and the service was outstanding! We were very impressed.

This owner makes an unordinary place spectacular. His superb friendliness & willing to make customer happy is unparalleled. He treats everyone better than family & is genuinely a special businessman. The inside is nothing fancy; it could use some new booths, or a bit of a spruce up---- but the food & charm of the cook in charge & boss man make this a home run !!! read more

Great food, reasonable prices. Owner made great recommendations. Generous portions. Loved the place & Jake himself.

A great place to have breakfast or lunch! The food is done in diner style venue. The staff and owner add a special atmosphere to the experience. You can tell these people love what they do. A great experience.! Thank you! read more

Breakfast all day! Jake's got a great little cafe with quick service. I'll come back.

Food was good. Owner was very abrasive and rude to customers. Talked over us while we were trying to complete our order, and refused to allow us to complete our order before provide us our total and moving on to the next customer. read more

Wow. Im in from out of town and I travel often so this place came recommended through a local and I have to agree. Very good, quick meal. Great service, I ordered an omelet and it came with plenty of food. Jake puts a personal touch into the experience and makes an effort to get a feel for what you like. I will absolutely return here for breakfast. I need to try lunch sometime. Enjoy! read more

City Jakes just served my office the crappiest, slimey food I've ever seen. It took 2 hours from order to receipt of the food which wasn't even what we ordered. They are rude and refused to rectify the matter. DON'T go to City Jakes unless you want rudeness and horrible food. read more

My boyfriend and I were looking for a breakfast/brunch place and decided on this because of the ratings. We tend to be a little cautious of places with lots of good reviews and I always read the bad ones first to gauge just how bad a place really is but this one had nothing bad about it! We found our way there pretty easily (in this day and age GPS makes anything possible right?) only to discover that it's street only metered parking. Thank goodness we had enough change for an hour-- the perfect amount of time for a good breakfast here! Anyhow, we walked on in and were greeted by a super friendly guy behind the counter (Jake, I'm assuming). We weren't sure what we wanted yet so he kindly handed us a couple menus and told us we could grab a seat and come back up when we'd figured it out. We took a while to figure it out and once we re-approached the counter he came to us with friendly banter about memorizing the menu. We ordered the #7 (French toast + a meat + potatoes + coffee/tea/fountain drink) and #10, the city slicker (3 pancakes/2 french coast/1 waffle + 3 eggs + a meat + potatoes + toast + coffee/tea/fountain soda). Both were delicious. I personally have never been a huuuuge pancake fan when I eat out but those were amazing pancakes. The food is served on/in styrofoam dishes, which really was my only complaint about this place. I hate the sound of any kind of silverware on styrofoam, plus trying to cut anything on styrofoam runs the risk of cutting through the plate. Anyhow, the portion sizes were great, the prices were amazing (about $10/person!), the taste was delicious, and the service was stellar. I would 100% recommend coming here if you're in the area and looking for a decent breakfast/brunch/lunch. I also ordered a turkey grinder to go for later and it tasted just as good as I'm sure it would've been had I eaten it a little more "freshly made" earlier in the day. Be sure to bring spare change for the meters and cash for the meal as this is a cash only place! And knowing how politics have been lately, know that he does play Info Wars but also know that you're not required to eat there and listen to it ;) read more