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    Skidoe's Cafe and Grill

    3.5 (36 reviews)
    Closed 9:00 am - 2:00 pm

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    Casual
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    Good for kids
    Good for groups

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    Grilled chicken breast, yams, corn muffin, and macaroni.
    Tiara B.

    I decided to try this spot out for lunch. Walking through the door, the place is not very clean. I don't remember anyone greeting us or offering to explain the menu. The woman at the cashier didn't talk much at all. There was one person waiting before. I ordered grilled chicken, macaroni, and yams. My friend ordered chicken wings and fries. We ordered at about 1:20 and received our food around 1:50. The food was warm. The macaroni and corn muffin was the most decent out of everything. The chicken breast as well as the chicken wings had no seasoning at all, despite them even sprinkling lemon pepper on the wings. The yams came in a sweet syrup. I feel like I need to give this place another try. Maybe try the jerk that everyone else seems to rave about, until then I'll leave this review as is.

    This place is filthy! Bug leg in syrup.

    They operate under "Big Ace Cafe & Grill" on Uber eats. I ordered breakfast from them and it was disgusting!! The corned beef hash was missing. The french toast was stale, like it was reheated/re-used from another order. There was tomato and onion stuck to the bottom of my French toast also, which further leads me to believe it either came off of someone else's plate or their kitchen is filthy. And to add insult to injury, there was a roach/bug leg in the syrup. Absolutely disgusting!! I reported them to the Board of Health.

    Vegetarian options
    Tony H.

    Nice to have another dining option in Bronzeville. Big menu, I'm sure they'll have something for everyone's taste. Lots of vegetarian options. Nice, dining area with lots of flat screens. My food came up quickly, stopped in for breakfast sandwich and a side of hash browns. The hash browns are real potatoes and the sandwich was very good. I'll be back

    Bacon Cheeseburger With Regular Fries

    0/10 would not recommend I went today 12/30/21 found out it was black owned which is always a plus or so I thought I ordered two breakfast to go meals and a bacon cheeseburger my first issue is the pictures that are posted is not what the food looks like the French toast had fruit, powdered sugar and syrup drizzle of chose clearly shown in the picture mines is plain still wet in the middle of each slice and wasn't toasty looking at all on top of that the food was cold. Secondly they don't accept credit/debit card purchases only Cashapp, Zelle, or Cash which is so unprofessional what establishment doesn't take a major form of payment it's almost 2022 that's a little sketchy to me. Thirdly after sending the payment to the man who took my order Antwan I showed him the completed transaction twice before leaving the restaurant he ok"d it a receipt was printed and I wanted outside upon coming back I was greeted by a woman who without a proper "hello" says to me "oh your payment didn't go through" I said then said excuse me? She repeats it again the man is sitting behind the counter on a crate hasn't said a thing to me or even looks my way but he's coaching her on what to say to me but he's the one who took my order and payment I then showed her the receipt that was given to me and the completed transaction receipt from my bank statement they both go back and forth with me that I didn't pay and the payment was never sent even after the shown proof he now has an attitude because he wants me to pay again and I wasn't by the way they have a menu made out with all the original prices scratched out with black marker and are charging people what they want for food then when you ask the price of something they hesitate to tell you now after one last time showing the completed payment the man gets annoyed with an attitude and says just give her the food just give it to her I'll never shop here again CANT even support your own people by the way the total was almost $50 for 2 breakfast meals and a hamburger smfh first and last time!!!

    Fred W.

    Had a breakfast steak sandwich it was delicious steak was tender veggies were fresh great taste fries were hot just to much to eat at one time but I wanted to stuff my self it was that good most definitely will be back too try other stuff , good job i was very happy leaving there.

    Christian F.

    The food is good but the wait sucks. We waited almost a whole hour for our food. So be ready for a slow service. Other than that the place is clean and the food is tasty. But I don't think the wait was worth it. Next time I'll preorder if I can.

    Keith S.

    This place is really good a hidden gem a friend of mine introduced me to he came in for a fish sandwich that looked really good he said it was delicious I tried a bacon cheeseburger and I must say it was grand I'd like to try more as they have a variety of all kinds of food so far so good came in this morning for a bacon egg and cheese hopefully it will be as good as that bcb

    jerk chicken tip dinner w/cabbage and macaroni and cheese. Not pictured: red beans and rice that my jerk chicken tips are taking a nap on.

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    Yesterday I had the steak skillet...where is the beef litterly comes with toast,hash browns, scrambled eggs with green pepper and onions.

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    Favorite spot and the customer service is great the food is delicious best food in Chicago hands down

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    9 years ago

    Not the best jerk tacos I've had, but definitely not the worst. To sum it up they were OK.

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    9 years ago

    Breakfast is off the chain, well hell everything there is off the chain must try the Jerk tips

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    9 years ago

    I love the food and the service but I HATE THE fact of not being consistent when it come to the hours and days of being open.

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