Cheeseburger And Fries
Stow Cafe

Stow Cafe

118 Great Rd, 01775, Stow, US, United States

Casual • Brunch • American • Breakfast


"A quaint diner, but incredibly slow. We sat ourselves to an available booth. It was not busy with a few (about 8-10) people, the two waitresses were standing behind the counter doing nothing but chatting with each other and it took about 5 minutes for the teenage waitress to give a menus and ask if we wanted coffee. I got coffee and my partner got hot tea. We gave our order (I got eggs, sausage and pancakes and my partner got corned beef hash omelette). It took a while for the waitress to write down the order as she did so in longhand. Obviously not taught how to write quickly or use shorthand or abbreviations. While waiting I asked for a coffee refill. The waitress went on to do other things and forgot. I had to ask again. While we waited we couldn’t help but notice the two teenaged waitresses basically stood around and did nothing. When they did anything there was as no sense of urgency or hustle at all. About 30 to 45 minutes after we place our order my pancakes arrived. A couple minutes later my partner’s omelette arrived. Then, a few minutes after that my eggs/sausage arrived. My partner’s tea had gotten cold. My eggs, sausage and pancakes were okay. But, my partner’s omelette was bland and no taste in the corned beef hash. The coffee was okay. There was about a 20% upcharge due to Covid (which was posted on a handwritten notice on the wall). So, $40 and 90 minutes later we left. Not horrible, but not good either. You could tell the wait staff wanted to be anywhere but there and the kitchen placed a higher priority to DoorDash and To Go orders than those inside the diner. It was our first time there and we doubt we will return."

La Casa Mexicana

La Casa Mexicana

1222 Central Park Dr, O'Fallon, IL 62269, United States

Tapas • Tacos • Lunch • Mexican


"this place is amazing. great food! they have a great menu, with a lot of different options! a decent lunch menu also. also great outdoor seating are available, which block the wind and the sun visor in the eyes. we tried this place for the first time today and will definitely come back more often! we tried this afternoon. we started with the fresh guacamole. it should be prepared for our table, but it was already prepared, but that was good. it was still very fresh, much of it and very good! our waitress was very helpful in creating suggestions because I couldn't get out of the thoughts. I was undecided over 6 dinge. I saw more than the lunch menu. she asked if we lived near, and when we said we could order the regular menu at any time, but the lunch menu was cheaper, and can only be specific to the lunchtime, and took me back to the 3 things I looked at there. then she showed her two favorites and told me why. she helped me make my decision (I got the Veracruz plate) and I ended up with love what I got, and would get it again! my fiancée got the cheese steak on the lunch menu and he was also very good! he liked his more than he liked me. I thought he was very good. I was in the mood for garnel, so I liked something better today, but if I hadn't believed today, I might have more. but it would be an ass up, they were both extremely good, and you can't go wrong with both. handicap accessible"