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    Portage Cafe

    4.3 (81 reviews)
    Open 7:00 am - 1:00 pm

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    I had the ham and cheese omelette, hashbrowns, and a side of their sausage gravy with a biscuit.
    Amanda F.

    [[HIGHLIGHT]]Cute little cafe with friendly service and the food was delicious!![[ENDHIGHLIGHT]] I'll definitely be back!

    Steak and eggs
    Helen H.

    No frills diner-style food, I had the steak and eggs and they make it all to order right over the counter! Great service, very sweet lady helped me out (it was my first and only time in Portage, everyone else seemed like a regular and had good conversations with the workers there). [[HIGHLIGHT]]Homey place and the prices are great too compared to Madison or other larger cities in Wisconsin.[[ENDHIGHLIGHT]]

    Blt with fries
    Gina W.

    Good option instead of fast food and I was ordering lunch for my husband, my brother, and myself. We placed our order Via doordash and the whole experience was good! They closed 1pm and I places our order at noon so they were out of the meatloaf sandwiches. Someone from the cafe called me right away once I placed my order for the food and asked me if we wanted to ordere something else instead. They both ordered BLTs and I ordered the turkey sandwich also some cheese curds. The food was good! Expected nothing less!

    Rushell M.

    Very friendly service. [[HIGHLIGHT]]I love that I can see the cook prepare my food.[[ENDHIGHLIGHT]] [[HIGHLIGHT]]Clean restaurant and good food.[[ENDHIGHLIGHT]]

    Meatloaf sandwich, it is amazing!
    Michael W.

    You will come here and you will like this review because you will really like the food. Also, you will be surprised at how little you spent. We stopped in on our way to Granite Peak (they are the same exit as Cascade Mountain). Cute "old fashioned" diner with barstool seats and booths; a picture on the wall showed the same interior back to 1955. They have large dividers between each booth, which was nice. The waitress was very attentive and she was very quick. The owner, Steve, is on the grill and you can tell he knows his away around a grill. The prices are great, most items are under $10. I ordered Steve's Meatloaf Sandwich, a generous cut of meatloaf, grilled onions, on marbled rye bread; it was amazing. I kept thinking about the the rest of the afternoon. We just got the chips with our meal and they were fresh. My wife got the Reuben; it was great. This was not a Reuben where you took a bit and got a chunk of meat, you bite through and it was TENDER. My son got the bacon cheeseburger and couldn't put it down; he ate it non-stop and said it was one of the best he ever had. This place is no frills but the food is memorable!

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    Christina W.

    Return trip just three months later. We sat in the same booth and ordered almost the same lunch items. Hubby and I each ordered their famous meatloaf sandwich with chips. Hot cheesy goodness. Teenage son had the bacon cheeseburger with chips again. He inhaled the burger so quickly. It's just that good. Same delicious food. Same great experience. Thank you Portage Cafe!

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