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    George Rivolo Diner

    4.2 (41 reviews)
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    Closed 6:30 am - 2:00 pm

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    Dogs allowed
    Good for kids

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    Mike B.

    Excellent breakfast and excellent service. A real local place with solid basic breakfast, cooked fresh directly in front of you. Clean, polite and friendly. Limited seating and no tables or booths. Might be cash only. A lot of older working guys on a Saturday morning and waitress/cook seemed to know everyone. Just a nice experience. Looked like they had good biscuits and gravy as well.

    JP B.

    Woke up at 6 am on a Saturday...wth...starving. Didn't want to wake anyone up and didn't want to cook or clean it up and needed a part for my old Triumph motorcyle...meaning a trip to The Rock Road. Yelped it and this place was in that area. Glad I did. Food was breakfast...hard to screw up. I view diner food as pretty pretty utilitarian. Eggs over easy...sausage patties...and buttered white toast. It was good. BUT, a heavy dose of Americana early on a Saturday morning (while nursing a slight hangover) was perfect. Like I said...cheap breakfast food, so don't go here and bitch that they don't have hollandaise sauce...they have gravy...get a biscuit. Anyway, I enjoyed listening to the biker/trucker from Southern Missouri talking golf with the 2 seventy year old retired union guys...who were sitting next to the black lady...who was next to the mom and two kids. Loved it.

    Never trust a skinny cook!!!
    Jessica A.

    I absolutely LOVE this place!!! Staff and owner are super friendly and down to earth. These gals really know how to cook a down home good breakfast Prices are extremely reasonable for the amount of food you get. Casual, laid back environment...come as you are This is a must try in Overland...hidden gem They are open 6am-2pm daily....breakfast served all day.

    Whiteboard walls with specials.  One lady show!!! Handling it. Great old school diner feel!
    Samantha L.

    My fiancé and I just moved to the overland/ breckenridge hills area. Today we took a nice stroll through our neighborhood,into "downtown" overland (which is so cute! And chalk full of so much history!!!) to this cute little diner! One lady working the diner bar; talking orders, cooking the food, and cleaning. She was very friendly! The diner is IMMACULATE! It is very clean! The coffee: great diner-coffee $0.90/cup Most things come a la carte: with add-on options. It is cash only!!!! They have a wide selection of breakfast and lunch/dinner options. I will be back to try the slinger,pancakes,and biscuits and gravy!! We ordered a patty melt, chicken strips, French fries, and chilli. The meal: chicken tenders were good, nice breading and crisp. Chili was delish! I see many winter trips for a bowl of chili! Party melt was on point. Fries were good, unseasoned; but you could watch them go straight from the fryer to your Plate and in front of you in no time, salt was easily added while still got enough for it to stick. We will be back!

    Yup, hand peeled taters ready for the grill, your way!  Unlike most other dinners in the area, they do NOT use frozen taters out of a bag.
    J B.

    We love this place. What a gem. Of all the dinner we've been to around town, this one is hands-down the best. Hand-peeled, sliced or diced potatoes, yup. Fresh from scratch gravy? Oh yeah! Friendly staff and regulars? You bet! Credit cards accepted? Sorry, this is a cash only establishment so if you want a fantastic breakfast for very little dough, this is the spot to curr tour hangover. Ooh, I almost forgot, they have an outstanding burger and sometimes, on Fridays for lunch, they offer the absolute best pork steaks I've ever had!

    Delbert H.

    George dinner is just a good old dinner. They are kind of high on there price. But the Quality is above average. What hurys most is the price of coffee. For the price you should get a couple of refills. You can go down the street to QT and get double the amount for less

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    If you're looking for an old style diner, Georges is the place to be. The food there is delicious and the prices are low..

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    It not the greats place to eat breakfast but it will do. But one positive note, you will meet the people of Overland

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    This place is great, The staff is always friendly and the food is fantastic. Try he catfish. It GREAT

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    Food is great, staff are excellent, vibes immaculate. I very rarely say this but I absolutely get…read morethe hype around this place. Side bar breakfast sausage is a sage sausage not traditional so be advised if that isn't your thing. Also big shout out to Max Pryce, I know him from elsewhere so I may be biased but the dude is one of the funniest people you could ever hope to meet and so genuinely kind that it's infectious.

    I've been meaning to eat southwestern-themed breakfast food since I saw the legendary "chorizo and…read moreeggs" scene from the movie Midnight Run. The opportunity finally presented itself when a member of my old man's bicycle group suggested this place for a Friday afternoon lunch. I was more than happy to step away from my responsibilities for an hour or two, and the only thing that would have made it better is if I'd been able to disappoint a group of people standing in line, like at the DMV. I'd been as far south on McCausland as a shopping center near the intersection with Manchester, for a drug test for a job, which I'll have you know I passed with flying colors. Consulting Google Maps on the way to the restaurant, I was surprised to see that it's on (er, kinda on) Southwest Avenue. Does it serve diner fare with a southwestern flair due to its address, or is that a mere matter of coincidence? According to a guy I know, who knows several people who work there (don't be jealous), it's the latter. Certainly, you wouldn't put a restaurant here for the ambience. This looks like the kind of place where you'd ditch a stolen car after using the backseat for a fried chicken dinner that somehow involved ketchup (why?) and an assignation with a lady of the evening. If you live nearby, I guess it's not off the beaten path, but who lives here? The menu is a veritable plethora of riches. You could have breakfast food, or you could have lunch food, even if you couldn't bring yourself to roll out of bed until after 10:30 AM. It's downright anxiety inducing! I toyed with the idea of a torta or a burger, and I also saw that they had milkshakes. I ended up going with breakfast food, because I love breakfast food and I don't get it as often. Specifically, I went with something called the Rocket to Bacon Land. It's a bacon and goat cheese omelet with arugula and caramelized onions, served with home fries and your choice of bread. I could have gone with various kinds of toast or a sopapilla. I went with a biscuit. It was amazing! It looked like something your mom would make with Bisquick when she's feeling especially lazy, but it tasted great. It may have been better than the biscuits at Popeyes--which is pretty much the highest compliment you can pay a food item. The omelet was also pretty good. I appreciated the generous helping of eggs, which must have run them, thanks to a certain individual who shall not be named. It was definitely an egg-forward preparation. The arugula didn't seem to add much, as I suspected, and I don't know that the bacon or onions were present in sufficient quantities as to be truly dominant. The goat cheese was definitely a choice. It was warm and soft (ahem), but not melty the way you'd expect cheese in an omelet to be. I liked it, but I don't know if I liked it as much as a regular ol' Denver omelet. I'm a close-minded individual. I buy vanilla ice cream for the taste. Would I feel the same way, to varying degrees, about everything else on the menu? There's only one way to find out.

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    Tables and seating
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    We didn't know Carl's was cash-only before we went. Thank goodness we had cash!…read more The whole store is pretty small, with around 20 seats total on two separate counters. It has a real old-timey lunch counter feel. The service was great! Our waitress was super sweet and attentive. The food was really good! I'd definitely come back if I was in STL. I'm a pretty picky eater and this satisfied me. The smashburger was great! Cooked well and not burnt at all. The fries weren't my favorite. They were okay but I think switching to a different brand or frying them in something else would be better and more flavorful; as it was, they were pretty bland and inoffensive. The coke was great too, with teeny tiny ice like all good diners have. The shake wasn't something I'd order again. We ordered chocolate and it tasted like milk with a little chocolate syrup thrown in. Onion rings were good too! A super fun stop! I'd come back!

    Just about as perfect as you could ask, for the diner feel, Smashburger. I went as plain Jane as…read moreyou could with a double Smashburger with just some raw onions so I can get the full flavor of the burger, which had crispy edges just like it should. I got my first root beer in probably two decades because it was in a barrel. I think you're meant to have root beer at a place where they serve it out of a barrel. About as authentic as you could get and I really liked it check out the pics.

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    The Piccadilly at Manhattan

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    4.3
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    I got the Chicken Pot Pie. It was amazing! First, it came out so quick. I thought that we would…read morebe waiting for a lot longer. The pastry was light and flaky, and a perfect golden brown. This filling had lots of chunks of chicken, and the vegetables and gravy were a flavor bomb. This was the best that I've had in a long time. We went on a Saturday evening and we had to wait around 20 minutes for a table, so if you are planning to go on a busy time, definitely try to get a reservation ahead of time. Our waitress was outstanding, helpful, and kept our drinks refilled constantly. The restaurant is small(ish), but has indoor dining, a four seasons type of room, and outdoor seating. We'll be back!

    Last minute decision to go here for dinner as we hadn't been in a while. Lots of full tables but…read moreit was unseasonably hot so no one sitting outside. We were seated quickly and our waitress, Karen, stopped by for drink orders and asked if we had dined there before, that was an affirmative. Karen was no nonsense and efficient, telling us about the special and answering questions about the pot pie. We happened to be seated next to a table from someone I knew, so we didn't have to pretend not to stare at the food they ordered, lol. We just talked about all that we ordered. Their Piccadilly fish looked amazing as did the rib special. I ordered the chicken pot pie, I had been thinking about it, and craving carbs to boot and it didn't disappoint. Karen informed me that it had lima beans and corn, so I wasn't shocked by that. Came in a bowl draped with puff pastry. Pastry was flaky and lightly browned, the base was creamy with lots of chicken chunks, carrots, corn, and lima beans. I haven't had lima beans before and I liked them. I had ordered the soup of the day, Tuscan white bean that sounded great, but I thought it was just ok. Husband ordered the fried chicken with slaw and mashed potatoes. The chicken was HOT! I enjoyed the leg piece I snagged off his plate, the breading is thin and adhered well to the chicken, the slaw was creamy, I didn't try the potatoes. Great home-style food, nice atmosphere, efficient service. Try the pot pie!

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    Fried Chicken - ample portions, great green beans, marvelous mashed potatoes, good gravy, and crispy tasty fried chicken...
    Fried Chicken - ample portions, great green beans, marvelous mashed potatoes, good gravy, and crispy tasty fried chicken...
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    The Crow's Nest

    The Crow's Nest

    3.9
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    6.7 mi
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    Upon being seated at the Crow's Nest yesterday, we were informed that the deep fryer wasn't working…read moreand that, because we were a group of more than eight, we would not be allowed to split our checks and would be charged an automatic gratuity. Not only were we not granted an exception on the checks as consolation for not being able to order french fries, there was no indication that this had even occurred to our server. This is precisely the level of temerity we need to inculcate in young women in our society, and I'd encourage her to apply for a job at the women's-only sports bar a few doors down if and when it ever opens. It'd be tragic if she wasn't there if and when I return, but I'd appreciate the fact that she has a greater mission. Hopefully, the deep fryer is working. It being out of commission naturally limited the number of things on the menu we could order. We were only told that we couldn't order anything that required a deep fryer, not given a modified menu or anything. I started going through each item and imagining how it might be prepared, but I couldn't muster the psychological bandwidth to continue. Hit my Cash App if you appreciate the amount of unpaid emotional labor I was compelled to contribute. It occurred to me that I might just get a burger and a side salad, but then I saw that they carry a club sandwich. I love a good club sandwich, and I figured it might make for a light, refreshing alternative, given the weather. There's an option to get a cup of soup for $1.50 extra as a side with your sandwich (no, they didn't offer to eat the charge), and I figured that might go well with my sandwich. I was kicking myself when they brought out someone else's order with the side salad. It looked really good. The Frisco Burger, or whatever they're calling it, looked good too. Meanwhile, the BBQ Beef & Cheddar Soup--the soup du jour (that's French), according to Flo--looked gross, like something your dog might cough up. But damn it was good! It was more beef than anything else. A large bowl of it might actually be too much food. (I'd still eat it, natch.) The overall flavor profile was along the lines of a good french onion soup. It was a reminder that I need to be ordering soup in restaurants more often. I wish the club sandwich was cut into little triangles and fanned out on the plate in some elaborate configuration, like at a place where rich old ladies have lunch, but I guess that wouldn't have been in keeping with the theme. Instead, it was served on the world's thickest Texas toast, with the world's dullest steak knife protruding from its center. This sounds like hyperbole, but I may have honestly been served the equivalent of half a loaf of bread. It was much more bread than I required, but at least it was fresh and delicious, as were all the other ingredients. Turkey used for sandwiches is almost never remarkable, but this was surprisingly great, as good as anything you'd get served as an entree unto itself. Nothing about this place suggests that it would have such good food, but it just goes to show you can't judge a book by its cover. The decor, the overall vibe and the lack of hospitality might not be for everyone, but don't let that deter you.

    What a great place! Popped in and found seating right away. The had a lot of great food and drink…read moreoptions, including vegetarian and vegan. We got cheese curds for the table and I got the hot honey mac and cheese. The food was delicious. They had a retro movie playing and lots of cute decor. It was super fun to sit there and enjoy the ambiance. The service was also quick and good. Will be coming back.

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    Heated patio
    Heated patio
    Brunch Burger Beef patty(veggie option available), cheddar, bacon, fried egg, garlic pepper Mayo on muffin
    Brunch Burger Beef patty(veggie option available), cheddar, bacon, fried egg, garlic pepper Mayo on muffin
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    Chris' Pancake & Dining

    4.0
    (527 reviews)
    7.6 mi
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    Came here for breakfast on a Sunday late morning. They have a few tables for outside dining or you…read morecan sit inside. The parking lot was filling fast. I'm glad I entered from the opposite way google maps wanted me to add the lot isn't as big as it should be. The seating inside is a little cramped to me, at least where they sat us. It was a 2 top next to the wall across from a 4 top. Between our table and the next was a tiny path to the bathroom area which is too close. Next time, I'll be specific with where not to seat me. Outside of that, the service was really good. Great staff, very attentive. Menu had a nice option so it took us a minute to fully review the menu. The food was delicious. Cinnamon roll was very sweet as expected so brace yourself. My menu mimosa was pretty good. A lot of pulp from the mango and not enough champagne but still enjoyable. We will definitely.

    My husband and I wanted to try a new breakfast spot. We stopped by another spot in the area but the…read morewait time was over an hour. So we pivoted and came across Chris' pancakes. Upon arriving, the parking lot appeared jammed pack, and you could tell there was a wait. I checked us in to be put on the waiting list. Our wait was about 30 minutes. We were sat at a two top table. A server came over to grab our drink order, and our actual server came over to introduce his self. Our server was polite and willing to answer any questions I had. We waited about 30-40 minutes for our food to come out. I ordered short stack pancakes (w/strawberries and blueberries), bacon and eggs. The pancakes were huge, fluffy, and savory. Bacon was crispy, and eggs were cooked perfectly. My husband ordered a country omelet that came with a side of pancakes. He stated his pancakes were rubbery, but his omelet was good. This place is not very big and can feel quite cramped when full. There's not much room to stretch out, and when people are walking past it feels as if they are all up on you. The building was extremely cold, even with a jacket on. Very filling, and the prices are reasonable!

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    Clean, large dining areas
    Clean, large dining areas
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    Fish sandwich
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