The building is clean and organized. A little dated as you would expect with an older building…read more It is freshly decorated to created a sunny and happy environment. The team was very friendly and eager to serve. They hustled the food and refills along. No waiting on coffee. The breakfast menu is very large. Plenty of selections for everyone - even kids. Prices were fair. The Mickey Mouse pancake was a hit with our kids. Nice design and fresh tasting fruit. The over easy eggs were cooked as expected. The sausage link was thoroughly cooked. The outside tended to be a little tough. The gravy was very plain - no sausage flavoring. I had to add quite a bit of pepper to liven it up. The biscuits were freshly made and soft.

Classic pancake house/breakfast spot that is fairly new to Muncie (only a year old). Lots of…read moreseating, and a great location. Service was fast and friendly, and there was no wait at Brunch time on a Saturday. The menu is extensive, with all the classic items you would expect and a few interesting combos mixed in. We ordered a veggie skillet, and the pigs in a blanket (sausage and pancakes). The food was great, although needed some salt and pepper. We left satisfied and will definitely come back to try other items.

For years I have wanted to try Payne's since I have driven by the sign on the interstate so many…read moretimes. So glad I finally did. The restaurant was a lot more kitschy than I was expecting, which I loved. Our waitress had a wonderful energy. She was very knowledgeable about the menu. The menu had several unique items. I ordered a Scottish soda called IRN BRU. I love trying food and drinks from around the world. It tasted like an Orange Crush soda. Our waitress said they were known for their Cauliflower soup. It was cold outside so soup sounded perfect. I also got a pepper jack grilled cheese. The soup came in a huge bowl. The combo of the soup and grilled cheese was very filling. My friends ordered the sticky pudding. I had a bite and it was delicious. I cant believe it's taken me so long to eat here. I throughly enjoyed it and cant wait for my next road trip.

My wife and I were visiting the James Dean museum in Fairmont on a nice sunny Saturday. The owner…read moreof the museum (Lenny) suggested driving a few miles north to Payne's for lunch. It's a few minutes off the highway, but certainly doesn't feel like you're in Gas City, IN. It looks like they added on an outdoor space recently. Nothing too extravagant, but nice enough for lunch. A nice younger man took care of us on the patio. The menu was quite eclectic and unique. The tortilla chips and cold bean dip was a great way to start. Both our soups were fantastic....cheddar cheese for one and leek soup the other. Fish and chips hit the spot and apparently a fan favorite. My wife had the club sandwich of GF bread. Great little local spot if you're ever in the area.

Juan's in Chesterfield is owned by the same family. The food is good and fresh at both places. I…read moream grateful they respect vegetarian cuisine and have such a selection.

Absolutely love the food, the environment makes you feel at home. 10/10 highly recommendread more

Train Station Pancake House is a family owned, local restaurant that sells way more than pancakes…read more The menu is broad with hamburgers and tenderloins and prices are great. The restaurant is in a renovated train depot. The decor is a mix of styles. We were seated in a comfy booth by a window. Daily specials were listed on a board. Our server was attentive and friendly. She was busy with the lunch crowd, but managed to check on us frequently. I had a patty melt with a side salad. The salad was huge and fresh. The patty melt was covered in fabulous fried onions and melted cheese. It was a tasty and filling. My husband had the tenderloin with fries. The tenderloin was hand breaded and delicious, but could have used a bit more seasoning in the breading. The fries and pickles were good and lunch was filling. The restrooms are clean and gorgeous. There is ample parking in their private lot. I recommend and will definitely return.

Would not recommend!!! First and last time going. Takes our drink order and comes back with the…read moredrinks and still no high chair, meanwhile holding on to my two year old and trying to keep him from touching everything or running off. My boyfriend asked for a high chair again and this time the lady cleaning tables kindly got one for us and no apology from our waitress. Our waitress comes back for our food order and mid order runs off to grab sweetener for the other person with us and then takes the rest of the order quickly asking no questions about preferences. The food came out cold, the Mickey Mouse pancake was not even close to Mickey Mouse shaped and huge for a kids menu. Never once asked how we were doing, if we needed anything or how the food was. I would not recommend, they were not busy and there were plenty of people working at the time. Prices are somewhat high for the quality you get, I could have made better at home for less. Tables and decor is outdated and worn, but cute. Side note: they threw out a pair of someone's prescription eye glasses as well after two days.

Such a great little diner! Food and service were excellent! If you like local diners, be sure to…read morestop in and enjoy breakfast!

Norms's has a true family atmosphere. Norm's isn't just a name, he's actually the cook. The food…read moreis very good and the portion sizes are good for the price!

Went in on a Friday , service was great. Food was delicious. Cute little hole in the wall bar.read more

If you like traveling through small towns, definitely make a stop here…read more My friends and I stopped here for lunch on our way to Muncie. It's your typical small town bar and grill, but the food is above average for the type of establishment, the customer service was excellent, and the portions are large for an extremely fair price. I was looking for healthy-ish fare and ordered a chicken quesadilla with crinkle fries. The food was fresh, and the chicken meat in the quesadilla was good quality. In addition to the food, the bar owner and staff were extremely happy to see new faces in town. They were extremely kind and accommodating. The other locals were friendly and asked us about our journey. This is truly the best small town America has to offer. Note that this is a bar and grill - not a diner - so it has a bar atmosphere. They also allow smoking inside, but not many people were smoking so it was not bothersome to us.

I don't want to be hyperbolic, but Concannon's makes the best donuts that I've eaten, ever, in my…read moreentire life. Ever. One hundred percent. Nay, one thousand percent. You guys. I don't play with donuts. I'm a donut-eating fool. Donuts are my thing. I have glaze running through my bloodstream. I've never eaten better donuts than the ones I got from Concannon's in Muncie. In fact, I'm planning another trip to Muncie JUST to visit Concannon's and get some donuts. What's a two-hour round-trip drive when you can be rewarded with amazing donuts during your journey? I visited Concannon's by myself, and although I wanted one of each of the donuts they had in the bakery case, I limited myself to three donuts: a glazed pretzel-shaped yeasted donut, a blueberry cake donut and an old fashioned donut. My go-to at any donut shop is usually a glazed twist, but they don't have glazed twists here! Instead, they have a glazed pretzel-shaped donut, which turned out to have all of the elements of a glazed twist, but it was just bigger and more twisty. It was amazing, pillowy, slightly sweet and even more delicious when you pull it apart with your fingers and eat it bit by bit. The blueberry cake and old-fashioned donuts were my favorites, though. These melted in my mouth, especially the old-fashioned. It was so tender and fresh. The old-fashioned is one of those kinds of donuts that I wish I enjoyed with some coffee, but instead, I ate it solo while dancing around delightedly in my hotel room. Concannon's has lots of other sweets, desserts and baked goods, like cakes (including mini cakes and individual cake slices), cookies, whoopie pies, chocolates, popcorn, candies and all sorts of other goodies. There is also a cafe with coffee and other beverages available. This is a must-visit if, like me, you love donuts, but also a must-visit in general because it's such a Muncie institution.

While I grew up on Concannons and it delicious, they use super refined ingredients. Whenever I eat…read moresweets, cakes or pastries here, I am immediately congested, start sneezing and or feel sick to stomach. I don't know if it's cheap overly refined sugar or cheap overly bleached flour. But there's something to it. The flavor is there, but I can't breathe afterwards and my body shuts down. It's hardly organic or clean. Wish the would fix this, cause I'd love to suooort local and I'm willing to pay more. I only eat their food when my family buys. But I wouldn't buying my own because I feel congested, fat, exhausted after eating.

Great service, the food portions are big, it is worth the money! The atmosphere is lovelyread more

The food was great. Front staff had no clue and was utter confusion. I watched as the elderly…read morewaited why there was booths and tables opened. They cared about the big table but not the tables for two. We have talked about stopping there for two years as we travel and that was a mistake. Hopefully your experience was better than ours

Terrific menu! Lots of seating, and good food. Service was ok. Had the Greek Bowl Breakfast, and it…read moreincluded pancakes and hash browns. The Mimosas were a nice touch.

What went well?? EVERYTHING!! I've been in town to see my daughter for a little over a month…read more Everyday my daughter wants to come here for breakfast!! I have had the bacon, scrambled eggs with cheese, sausage links, French toast, pancakes, oatmeal with brown sugar and cream, the BBQ Burger, potato soup (better than my mom's), and iced tea. Everything is absolutely delicious!! Not one complaint!! The waitresses are so friendly, the bus boys are so polite and their hair cuts are amazing by the way! The service is so quick and the food is always fresh and delicious. It's hard to even decide what to order!! Thanks to the owner, the cooks, the waitresses, servers, hostesses, and bus boys!! This is exactly how things should be!!

You walk in to see a counter with seating for four people, high back, swivel chairs. There's a…read morediner menu letter board up on the wall, yellow with age, announcing the flavors of milkshakes and ice cream. It's from the 60s and probably hasn't changed since they put it up 65 years ago. There's a whiteboard on the back wall with the special for the day written out. Bacon egg and cheese omelette or a sausage egg and cheese sandwich on toast. Five dollars. The kind of place with a few locals sitting at a booth having their morning coffee, one of the waitresses offering Jim the last donut because they know he will want it. He accepts it. This is, in my mind, a classic American small town diner. The kind of place I grew up, eating in my hometown of 500 people. It's not high cuisine, there's nothing fancy about the food although I did come across a few things I had never seen before on the menu. Fried mush. Meat grits specials, like the scuttle butt and the chili Bob. An age old, but perfected recipe of eggs, meat, cheese, and a starch either potatoes ( homefries) or toast. The coffee is weak and not much flavor to it but, to be honest, it's exactly what you would expect in a place like this and there's something comforting about that. Honest, simple food made day and a day out, catering to the local crowd and a few roadway, travelers like myself who happen to come across it. There's a certain charm and depth to places like this that have been lived in day and day out by the same people for decades. For those like up rounded, there's the nostalgia and connection to the many other people having the same experience day after day in communities across the United States. Forgive me if I wax nostalgia can get a little sentimental here, but this morning's dining experience definitely elicited that for me. I hope you can find your own version of this sometime today or in the near future.

I love their food is really great the people are so sweet and kind I would like to go there…read moresometime soon