Cookie’s Chuck Wagon

Also– went once a while ago and got a pube like hair in our food. Went back more recently and got ANOTHER hair… Could have been a fluke but after 2 times won’t go back. Hairnets anyone?

Great food, fast service. Gil, the owner, is always there and is very hands on. Go there just about every weekend, highly recommend. Fyi… cash only establishment..

First time here was this morning. excellent breakfast! Great service by Caroline! I’m sure we will be going back often.

Me and my family use to eat at Cookies on a very regular basis… to the point of the wait staff knowing what each of us wanted. However, we had to stop going because the food just isn’t the same anymore.
The last three times we visited, the food and coffee were not only cold it was close to being Inedible. We use to never leave food on our plates but now we can’t even stomach it!
It’s really sad because the staff and the owner was very friendly and attentive (in the beginning).

Great coffee and food! Great place! Does not take cards but that is the only annoying thing.

Consistently good breakfast, fast service. Omelettes are great, I really like the pork pie. They don’t take credit cards but they do have an ATM in the restaurant so they can make an extra $ 3 from those who don’t get cash befoe going.

Very few customers on the morning we went for our first and last breakfast here. Wait staff was friendly enough and because the place was nearly empty it didn’t take long for our meals to arrive. However, the toast and coffee were burnt, eggs had no flavor at all and omelets were paper thin. The only good item was the home fries, which appear to be deep fried instead of grilled. Prices were on the high side for what you get. Definitely not worth our money to return for another meal.

While I had a hard time finding this place, the reviews encouraged me to seek it out and give them a try. We arrived before 9:00 to find the place almost empty. We seated ourselves and were promptly greeted and handed their expansive breakfast menu. The place was clean, but nothing special.
I had the posse omelet with coffee. The four egg omelette arrived quickly with 1 piece of whole wheat toast and home fries. While large, the omelet was very bland. I think they used canned mushrooms which added no flavor to speak of. The fillings were watery. For less than the $ 10 price of the «posse» I have had much better tasting large omelets and two pieces of toast. The home fries were the best part of the meal. The first cup of coffee was good, but nothing special, however the refill tasted «burnt» like it had been left on the hot plate too long.
My wife had ordered eggs scrambled but they were very pale and bland too. Her raisin toast was burnt and the server should have seen that and replaced it even if the cook did not. The sausage was a little too spicy for her taste, so she shared it with me. I enjoyed it.
Service was prompt and friendly, although I got the feeling this would improve massively if you became a regular. They have racks of personal coffee cups the regulars bring in and leave.
Overall, not a bad place, but nothing special. For the price I would expect more focus on taste and quality ingredients. The portions are large but the quality was below my expectations.

When I order an omelet, I like fresh ingredients, not canned mushrooms and frozen spinach. Considering the price, I would have expected something better.
Good home fries though.

Cookies has been a favorite of mine for years. They’ve always had delicious food and it’s the cozy sort of atmosphere where the waitresses remember your name and keep your coffee filled. The only negative is they’ve stopped taking cards and raised the prices-​a lot. It’s still average priced for breakfast though. You really can’t beat the food and the people are fantastic!

Forever I thought I would have to scoop up, drop on top, or after-​bite to get my toast with my eggs. The fine folks at Cookie’s Chuck Wagon Inc said nay. They offered my at an affordable price a breakfast bread bowl. I responded with an excitably audible «Hell yeah a breakfast bread bowl». The bread bowl was full of sausage, eggs, cheese, and home-​fries. You have the option for veggies, but I am a man who wishes to revive the time honored affliction known as gout. I decided to pass on whats essentially grass.
Now as I bit into the amazing bowl of awesome I thought to myself maybe the home-​fries will suck. In that first bite I was taken aback by the symphony of flavours that is the good home-​fry. It had a little bite enough for a zesty flavour. The eggs were eggy, the sausage was good. The bread bowl reminded me off french toast but not quite french toast. The meal was a hit.
Now as I like to bring an accomplice to all my forays into gastronomy. I brought a lady who I insisted go with chicken fried steak as she had never done so before. It was not so amazing the steak while thick had a batter like taste. The sausage gravy was so-​so as the gentleman Jeff P. before I had stated sausage gravy is either great or bleh. This was neither. The home-​fries still kicked butt though.
The service was very accommodating I recommend you go.

When you arrive at Cookies, the first thing you find is that, well it’s not easy to find. The restaurant is in a storefront where all the businesses look exactly the same. The fact that Cookies occupies what I am sure was intended to be three stores means you might find yourself walking into the wrong door. When I stepped into the waiting room, my first impression of the place is more «so what» than anything else. The interior is painted some almost but not quite offensive yellow. I think the attempt was to make it warm and cozy, but with everything the same bland color, that’s not what it looked like to me. It looks like if you are a local, they allow you to bring in your own coffee mug and leave it on a shelf in the waiting room. I didn’t take the time to count, but the fact that there were over 100 mugs on the wall indicates that Cookies does have a good set of regulars.
The wait at 9AM on a Sunday was less than 10 minutes. The place was busy, but not crowded. Seems the trade is mostly regulars, as the standard set up at a table does not include a menu. It’s a pretty good-​sized menu, but my eyes went straight to the section titled «Things With Sausage Gravy.» I spotted the Country Benny (biscuit, sausage patty, two poached eggs covered with sausage gravy and a side of home fries) and it was clear what I was going to have for my breakfast.
Mmmm, sausage gravy. When it’s good, it’s almost like you are eating food meant for the gods! But to often it’s just a white cream-​colored thing that has a similar texture but nothing else. Too often what’s passed off as sausage gravy in a breakfast joint has neither the sausage, nor the taste to be called anything other than library paste. This happens so frequently I am hesitant to order it at any of the normal breakfast places, but Cookies has the audacity to name an entire section of menu after their gravy, it can’t be awful, can it?
I quietly drank my tea, and covered my nervousness by reading the front page of the paper. My plate arrived and it was sufficiently covered with a semi liquid substance that was studded with the proper amount of sausage crumbles to hopefully provide the right taste and texture. I hesitantly took my first bite. Nice texture, hints of sausage, no pasty uncooked flour taste. It’s eatable; no it’s even good. Not as good as Bob Evans sausage gravy, the Holy Grail of sausage gravy in my book, but I was going to be able to eat, and better yet, enjoy this. Hey wait, there’s some more items on my plate, are they any good?
The poached eggs where not rubbery, the yolk was a bright yellow color and tasty. The sausage patty was just a bit subtler than I prefer, but then I like a very assertive breakfast sausage. The biscuit was just fair, but I will admit it is better than mine. (I can’t seem to make a decent biscuit no matter what I try. Sadly the things out of the tube are better than anything I can whip up in my kitchen.) The home fries where fair to middling. These where not home made, but instead of the tiny cubes of deep fried potato like substance that Sysco delivers to every shop that thinks they are a local diner, Cookies seems to have opted for the next level up in quality. These were larger chunk of potato lightly deep-​fried and covered with a bit of seasoning before being shipped across the country. So not awful, but not as good as if they started with real potatoes back in the kitchen.
Service was just a bit slow, but not painfully so. Clearly the tempo is intended for one to linger over the food and enjoy their breakfast companions. That seems appropriate for a Sunday morning. Cookies is just a breakfast place now, closing time is noon on weekdays and 1 on weekends.
I think I will be back here, when I need my next sausage gravy fix. It was good enough I don’t feel the need to explore the rest of the menu.