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    The Pelican Cafe

    4.3 (42 reviews)
    Closed 6:00 am - 9:00 pm

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    What's the vibe?
    Casual
    Outdoor seating
    Dogs allowed
    Good for kids

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    Cheese, bacon and egg on English muffin

    Wow...the cook here knows how to make a bang-up breakfast sandwich! Delish!! Very affordable too. Better stop in even if your not hungry. Server is very nice and FAST. Parking is tight.....be careful.

    Ann H.

    Small town diner, classic styling, good people. It's confusing though, as the sign outside has the name "Rail Side diner" (owing to its location across the street from the railroad tracks) but all signage inside has the "Pelican Cafe". It seems they relocated to this spot but left the outside name. This place was busy. The one person waiting tables was working the tables and the counter seating as if she's done it for years. Turns out, she has, based on our conversation. There was a no-wasted-movement method to her dance around the diner. Wood panel walls, requisite animal heads on the wall, seats at the counter -- this place has it all. So does the menu: traditional breakfast items, sandwiches -- hot and cold, omelets, burgers, salads, entrees from the usual chicken fried steak, to liver and onions, meatloaf, polish sausage and kraut. (It wasn't until much later in my visit that I figured out why this little town had something like polish sausage and kraut -- but kudos for it). They also have a daily special they write on the chalkboard, a board that covers the soda cooler in the back. That was a little weird, since you'd have to know it was there. Maybe in small towns they like the conversation and would rather people ask. I went with breakfast. It was standard fare but very good, came out relatively quickly, and I rather liked the fact that when I asked for toast, there was only one slice of bread. Less waste that way. The coffee wasn't anything special, but had enough caffeine to do the trick. Three stars for the food, but four stars for the menu variety and wait staff that kept the coffee coming. Can't quite round up, but maybe on my next visit.

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    Dawn T.

    This place has the best breakfast ever! And they cook it exactly how you want it even if you're weird and you like all your food separated on the plate. :-) (That comment is for a certain someone that reads these regularly) We stop here every time we come through Laurel. The lady running the place is great too!

    BIG chicken fried steak!!!!

    If your hungry and looking to leave full after your meal then Pelican is the place. A hidden gem with BIG portions & reasonably priced. We orded the chicken fried steak, eggs, hashbrown & toast & wow look at this picture...Like I said Big portions!!!!

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    9 years ago

    Always a great meal. By far the best little diner in the area. Service is great and food is even better.

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    We drove by and the "serving breakfast" sign , so we pulled in . We ordered the tri tip breakfast…read moreburrito and biscuits and gravy . The homemade biscuits and scratch sausage gravy was Amazing ! The Smokey tri tip burrito had peppers on it , and it also was Amazing ! The service outstanding ! We will definitely be back as regulars . We have family coming to town , we are going to bring them here and let the girls play in the game room , while we enjoy some good . I would give this 10 stars ! Thanks for the excellent food and service ! Jason and Gina !

    Food trucks -- an ideal way to accommodate the social distancing of today's environment. Making it…read moreeven more appealing is coming across one that can serve very tasty food. Burnin the Bone to the rescue. In all fairness, though, they were doing this before the virus disrupted things. While I've never had a bad anything, the brisket sandwich is still my favorite. The roll is okay, but brisket is what makes it--- that I can order some brisket alone for a future get together or meal is even better. They do offer catering, after all. The breakfast items aren't a standout for me when compared with the lunch things. They're good, not stellar. Although I will say one day they had a "fire hog" burrito with egg and brisket...not sure if it was a lunch or breakfast item, but holy hell ... it had the fires of hell in every bite, between the jalapeño and Serrano pepper and the ghost chili sauce. That hell tasted damn good. Mostly serving from their spot in the Heights, Burnin the Bone occasionally sneaks out of that area and sets up elsewhere. It's a father and son team running the truck -- a family thing. His wife runs "burnin the bean coffee"'stand next door to where this truck is parked in the Heights location. Find this truck, try their food, support a small local business, and enjoy the food.

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