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    Halfway Cafe

    3.5 (245 reviews)
    Open 12:00 pm - 1:00 am (Next day)

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    Moderate noise
    Casual
    Good for kids
    Happy hour specials

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    Chris M.

    .They have televisions 360 degrees around the restaurant/ bar. Great if that is what I was there for. Half is restaurant half is the bar. It was 4:30 in the afternoon and the place was three quarters full. They have their own parking lot so that is not an issue. I had a Ruben with onion rings. The Ruben was soggy and I thought the onion rings were oily. The Ruben had corn beef, sour kraut, Swiss cheese and thousand island salad dressing. It was room temperature so it must have been sitting in the kitchen for a while. That's probably why it was soggy. The serving size was large enough to justify the price. I love Ruben's and order when I see it on the menu. The bartender was friendly, greeting me when I sat down. She was attentive to my desires. Despite the food, I would return to give it another shot.

    Dee C.

    All right at this point I'm had enough things here that I could tell you they do not miss. I know that everything I order off the menu is about to be good. I have had steak tips from here clam chowder, stuffing (omg, mad they don't always have it. Hint hint). Today I order a hot dog everything on the side and they listened to just that. But I was not expecting this monster. Came with a side, you have options. I always get Chef vegetables hoping that I get brussel sprouts. Today I got broccoli but I love it because they never cook it so it's soggy it just has this nice crunch. And it has this nice like salty flavor to it so it's not just like blend broccoli. Not to mention when you go in there those ladies are the ish. Shout out to them in the hard work they put in because that place is always full and somehow they always are able to put in those little side orders for me.

    Turkey tips dinner

    OMG, my favorite place has really gone downhill! Just ordered a turkey tip dinner, chicken nachos and a side order of fries. The nachos was editable, but barely had any cheese on it. The turkey tips were HORRIBLE! They took it upon themselves to butterfly the tips into small thin pieces and then burnt the heck out of them! Tried eating a few pieces, but it was like eating hard, chard rubber. Was looking forward to sharing a delicious meal with my son, but could not do so because of all the carcinogenic chard on the meat. Extremely disappointed dinner. Will think twice before ordering from halfway in the future!

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    Jonathan R.

    Nice pub with lots of beverages to choose from and a decent menu for burgers and sandwiches. Prices are high for the quality but the popcorn is good ( if you line it salty). Keep things simple here and you will fair fine. Enjoy!

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    Bianca F.

    This place was so cute and cozy on the inside. We got the cheesy garlic bread and fried pickles that were just amazing !! I got the turkey tips that were served with a generous portion of coleslaw and fries. If I had some kind of dipping sauce with the tips it would have been perfection ! I want to try a burger when I go back !

    On a rainy night day like this, some prefer clam chowder BUT I chose RUM PUNCH

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    Spectacular food. A perfect neighborhood bar. Prices are extremely reasonable. I wouldn't change a thing about it

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