Typical downtown diner in an aging building. Prices were good. There was only one waitress on our visit, she was friendly but overworked. Someone in our party had a patty melt, it was average. Someone else had a BLT, it was average. Another had a club sandwich. It was huge and delicious, we all wished we had ordered one. The fries were okay but slightly undercooked. Scoring breakdown: Club Sandwich 5 stars, the rest of the food was a 3. Closer to 3.5 stars total, but I'm rounding down because of the building and lack of staff. read more

Cowan's Cafe - Club sandwich. - Burgers Near Me - Duchesne, Utah

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The waitress was so sweet. Easy to talk to. Coffee came quick. Prices are good. Had breakfast. Is retro style cafe. Is clean and simple. No alcohol served. read more

Cowan's Cafe - Pancake and the number 6. - Burgers Near Me - Duchesne, Utah

This sport was fun if you are in the area. - Food: I got the soup and salad and some fries as well. The Fries were fresh cut and really tasty. I would recommend getting those for people coming in for sure. The soup I go was a taco salad and that was also really quite nice. The salad was totally just ok and nothing I would recommend. - Ambiance: This was a relaxed place that reminded me of when I was a kid going to diners on road trips with my family. I liked it a lot for that. I also loved the look of the place from the outside and the old rad neon sign. - Service: The service was a lovely young girl that was there for all the needs I had. Overall this is a fine little diner that I would say people can checkout if you wanna go back in time a bit. a fun spot. read more

Cowan's Cafe - Soup and salad. Taco soup. - Burgers Near Me - Duchesne, Utah

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Wonderful food done very well. The service was excellent as usual. The restaurant is very clean.

This is THE PLACE!!! When passing through or visiting Duchesne, this is where you want to eat. Good home cooked food, great service and a very good value. I had the lunch special (bleu cheese bacon burger, soup and a drink .... $10.73 - what a deal. Kiera was a very good server and burger was soooo good. read more

Cowan's Cafe - Cowans Cafe - Burgers Near Me - Duchesne, Utah

Fuel not food. Typical diner breakfast. Nice staff and fast. Good if passing through.

Great food, great people, great experience! Highly recommend!!! Try the male call. Great roast beef sandwich with a horseradish sauce. YUMMY! read more

Cowan's has been the go-to place for breakfast for many years in Duchesne. In fact, it has been the only place for breakfast for many years in Duchesne. Check on business hours as they may change, depending on if anyone wants to work. read more

I was hesitant to give a review on this place as I'm not really sure how it will impact the business. I chose to eat here in Duchesne as I was driving through believing the small business community could use some help. The folks at Cowans want to offer good service to the community and a few changes would really be helpful so they could be better. First of all the french fries were very good. As they are homemade and always tasty. It looks like most of the food is quite good and fine for a small town. I had the chicken fried steak and it was good with the fries. If the owners would just spend a little bit of money improving the booths and maybe the carpet, this place could shape up pretty quick. I just can't give it a higher rating in the condition it is in. Sometimes when the place looks this bad inside it starts to reflect poorly on the food. That's the predicament you will be in if you visit Cohan's café. read more

This little diner has been open since 1933. First impression was to turn around and leave. Very shoddy ambiance. Dirty floors, tables and booths. We arrived in the dinner hour and there were very few guests. We decided to stay and give it a try. The waitress was very pleasant, the food was very good. I would return but I'm reluctant to recommend it because of the shabby condition. You decide, can you overlook the appearance? read more

If I were in a big city, this cute little cafe might only get three stars based on the food, but they eat an extra one for small-town charm. Dinner salad = a pile of iceberg lettuce with a plop of dressing. Mashed potatoes = fake French fries = awesome Fish & chips = A+ Service = fast, friendly, and accurate Ambiance = small-town charm with a touch of kitsch We would definitely stop here again! Next time, though, we'd probably keep it simple and stick to burgers and fries. read more

Cowan's Cafe - Cowan's Cafe - Burgers Near Me - Duchesne, Utah

Best cream of mushroom soup! They used fresh, not canned, mushrooms too, so that made me very happy! We had a generic meal - grilled cheese, fries, and a tuna melt. All in all, it was very satisfying and good down home cooking. Thank you! read more

Cowan's Cafe - outside at night - Burgers Near Me - Duchesne, Utah

Great family owned restaurant. They have a variety of food. Servers are friendly and we love to eat here.

Great food! Everyone with us loved! Might not look like much from the outside but big flavor inside!!

I placed a telephone order on Friday 06/11/2021 at 7:00PM and was extremely disappointed with the food, as well as the service... 30 minutes to get my food, and when I got home it was not even close to what I had ordered. When I called them to let them know what happened, the wait staff proceeded to argue with the cooks while I was on the phone, and basically had a screaming match. I returned the food, and had to wait for the order to be prepared a second time, I arrived home and although I received the right food, it was not prepared properly, and the special requests were not followed which made one of two meals inedible due to a food allergy... Very upset, and they have lost my business! read more

Let me start by saying I really liked this place. My wife and I stopped in on our way to Colorado and it was one of two eateries in the small town. We were excited to try some small, home town cooking. We ordered the biscuits and gravy along with pancakes. They were both good, better than average and worth the money. The staff was also very friendly. However, we waited for over 60 minutes just to get our food which is not ok, almost ever. Every at a fine dining restaurant the food comes out quicker. We had a 7 month old baby and keeping him occupied for an hour to get our food took all the phone out of it. Stop by if your in the area and have lots of time, otherwise keep driving and you will hit a larger town soon enough. read more

Love the small town feel of this place but what really sold me was the food! I had the veal dinner and everything was just right. Soup, roll, mashed potatoes and the veal was delicious. Old farmer men sitting in there talking about politics was fun to listen to. Keep up the good work ladies! read more

Cowan's Cafe - Burgers Near Me - Duchesne, Utah

First and only time eating at this little diner. I had the chicken fried steak for breakfast and it was excellent! The employees were super friendly and the service was great! My only complaint is that the have Pepsi instead of Coke :( read more

Cowan's Cafe - Chicken fried steak breakfast (not on the menu). TASTY!!! - Burgers Near Me - Duchesne, Utah

I like the look and the service. We ordered chicken tenders and they were maybe 3 inches long, made out of nugget material instead on real chicken and there was 3. They had no flavor and were similar to fast food nuggets. The fries were hot, fresh, but greasy and not cooked right. They needed to be fried twice. We ordered the mammoth burger and it was over cooked dry and there was no seasoning on it. Not even salt. On either meal! Atmosphere (sound) is bad. Need music playing and something to block some of the kitchen noise. Just not an enjoyable experience for us. We came because were playing football and figured we'd eat here instead of before we left. We'll have to try the other two places on the next games but as of right now we will not be driving to Duchesne for date night anytime soon. From reading other post breakfast is what they're good at. Some suggestions would be to revamp the menu, get real chicken strips, season things, don't smash the burgers it takes all the juice out of them, turn on a radio or a playlist, add a swinging door to kitchen, and cook the fries right. read more

My meal began with the Creamy Potato Soup. I enjoyed this very much. The potatoes were cooked to perfection! My fish in the Fish and Chips was nice and crispy. The tartar sauce was perfectly seasoned. I have a weakness for real potato French Fries, and Cowan's were delightful! They brought out two huge homemade dinner rolls. My husband ordered the Top Sirloin dinner which consisted of a top sirloin steak (over cooked), seasoned green beans and instant potatoes with brown gravy. Yes, I did say instant. That was our only disappointment. It DOES seem that a restaurant like Cowan's should serve fresh mashed potatoes. Other than that though, our experience was great! The waitress played with our baby boy and made the usual small talk. We would definitely return when passing through Duchesne again. read more

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Jeez, does no one eat here? Why no reviews???? We were just passing through, trying to get from Vernal to Orem when, around lunch time, this town popped up. There didn't seem to be a lot of choices in this small town but there were a couple of parking spots and an OPEN sign in front of this small place. We stopped and found that about five tables were occupied, and we were seated and waited on quickly. My wife had the "lunch special" which was a simple "cold plate" with lunchmeat, cheese and tomatoes. I had some tortellini soup, a turkey sandwich and some potato salad. The food was all good and seemed fresh - the one complaint I had was that there was a little too much salt in the soup. Otherwise A-okay and the potato salad was some of the best I have had in a cafe. The place was clean and simple and the service was good and our waitress was attentive and kept the water and tea full. It is on the main drag through town but is in a row of storefronts along the sidewalk so it doesn't stand out in a particularly noticeable way. Look for it. We left happy and other people were coming and going so it looked like a popular spot for the locals as well. EAT HERE, dang it - and write a review!!!!!!!!!!! read more

Just moved to the area & we've been here several times now & food is large portions & oh so yummy! Patty melt, yum Mammoth burger, yum Fish & chips, yum Pancakes & bacon, yum Oh, and the fries are fresh cut & cooked to perfection!! read more

Just passing through Duchesne well after8pm on a Thurs night and it looked like it was gonna be Cheezits and Diet Coke for us, but then we saw Cowan Cafe was open. Hubby had grilled ham n cheese on sourdough, and he said it was fine. I had Mammoth burger n fries. Burger was fresh, flavorful and cooked properly. Fries were hand cut and excellent. Service friendly, quick, but did not rush us. Whole tab with tip under $20. To me that feels like a deal. read more

I was working at duchesne high school and looked up a place to eat. I saw that this place had great reviews and decided to try it out. It was amazing! I first had the fish and chips for lunch. The tartar sauce was the best I have ever tasted. And the fries were actually real potatoes! Everything tasted so good that we decided that before we leave town we would stop there one more time. I chose to get the mammoth burger with a fried egg. That was also just as good as the fish and chips. If you are ever in duchesne this a place worth checking out because there is literally nothing else in that small town. I love this place! read more

Cowan's Cafe - Mammoth Burger witb a fried egg and fries! - Burgers Near Me - Duchesne, Utah

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My husband and i finally went in to give it a try. It was the most disgusting breakfast EVER. I'm pretty sure they used government cheese in the undercooked omelette, burnt toast and raw hash browns. We will never go back!!! The place wasn't even half full and it took forever to get our meal. The server was not very friendly and she didn't even ask why neither of us ate hardly anything on the plate. Never again!!! Too bad I can't do zero stars. Yuck! read more

Stop here for breakfast. Delicious biscuits and sausage gravy. Pancakes the size of a plate. Light and fluff.

Came here after boating with our 7 kids. They were very friendly. I ordered the burger which was good and the homemade French fries were awesome. The only thing is we ordered soups for some of the kids that didn't come until we were done eating. They were busy so I understand. read more

Stopped on the way north. Typical small town place; the brassy older bottle blonde only waits on the locals. Everyone else gets the younger friendly one who also bosses and checks people out. Patty melt, burger and salad were all good but the fries were old and COLD, put on the plate early OR did our original burgers go to the locals who arrived right behind us? Won't stop again. Wouldn't risk it if I were a traveler. read more

The most disgusting place I've ever had the displeasure of encountering. It's humid (which I thought impossible in Utah), greasy, and just terrible. Took over an hour for a grilled cheese and a side of fries, which was cold when I got it, and to top it all off, a smushed fly was on my plate, drowned in grease. All of his buddies circling my table were probably sad for their comrade's passing, and I just about threw up on the table. Unfortunately, none of this is an understatement. A public health official should investigate. read more

Cowan's Cafe - A fly on my plate (small black thing on the top left area) - Burgers Near Me - Duchesne, Utah

On my way from Steamboat Springs to St George, riding my motorcycle in the rain, I probably did not look like the most desirable customer. Grimy and dripping wet. However, I was welcomed with a smile by the hostess, who doubled as my server. It's a small run of the mill local restaurant. My breakfast was very good. A large slab of juicy ham steak, eggs, hash browns, toast and coffee. Simple enough, but something the Dennys of the world screw up on a regular basis. This meal was close to perfect. The ham had great flavor, eggs were done just right, hash browns were as they should be, crunchy on the outside and soft in the middle, the toast was just that, toast and the coffee was hot and fresh. I would have given an extra half star, had there been marmalade or fruit jams with the toast and not just grape jelly. The service was quick and the server very friendly. I hope to ride to that area again sometime. And if I do, I will make this a mandatory stop. read more

Went here for breakfast after a camping trip, the service was friendly and the place was quiet and gave you this cute diner feel. I got the Veggie omelette and toast and hash browns, the food was what you would get at a diner. The service was fast. I would go back if we ever needed a place to grab breakfast or brunch. Not my favorite breakfast spot but I was pleasantly surprised! read more

This a local diner, and a community gathering place. The menu's quite limited but the food on it is all good. Simple menu with plenty of options if you ask. My favorites are the "San Francisco Burger" which comes with plenty of fries. At breakfast time they have a 2 eggs, toast and choice of bacon, sausage or ham served with hash browns. How can you go wrong with that? The waitresses always remember what I had last time and are friendly. Locals enjoy the small town feel that has literally become an icon of friendly! read more

It was better than the hockey pucks I ate at Burger King earlier in the day. Worth a shot

On our way from SLC to Grand Lake. Not much to choose from but this has to be where the locals eat, was packed at lunch hour. Old building on the main drag. Recently painted inside, but still has old carpet and booths. Good standard fair at reasonable prices. I had the tuna melt with old fashioned fries, still had the skin on, and were not greasy. BF had the BBQ Beef Sandwich, he liked it too. For both lunches, came in at $22. And service was nice and fast. read more

Good for the area. At least they had vegetables with entrees. The pork chops were a bit tough. Good service. Pretty homey feel.

Stopped in here for breakfast. It was really pretty good. It has a home cooked flavor and an atmosphere like you would expect for the locals favorite cafe. read more

I stopped in for a quick bit and found a good place to eat. I had their Male Call. A roast beef sandwich on a hamburger bun. Not too bad. The French fries were under under cooked and I had to call over the waitress to request new crispy fries. I heard from the kitchen the cook moan and groan like a baby about how the fries are fine! I did get new fries and they were cooked better. Surprisingly large portions read more

Fairly average small town dining cafe. The Ben Goode books on all the tables are a good indicator of that. The fries are really greasy but definitely go for the Hot Hamburger with mashed potatoes and horseradish. It is an opened faced burger covered in gravy. This was first place I ever tried a Hot Hamburger and it is still the best. read more

The service was fast and friendly, and the French fries were A M A Z I N G! If you are hungry in in Duchesne, eat here!

The burgers were nicely prepared and they have great service. The food came out fast and was very good.