Main Street Cafe

This place has always been a great and relaxing restaurant. My wife and I have been going here for 25 years. Even after Art and Lillian sold it it was enjoyable. Well that has changed. Unfortunately. We went there tonite. I ordered the BOB sandwich. It came and it smelled like old freezer burnt beef. I had the waitress smell it and she agreed it did not smell good at all. I ordered a cheeseburger. It was very Dry and tasteless. My wife’s Pattymelt was terrible. She ordered chilli and it looked like barbq
sauce and beans and tasted like it. I really hope this changes. I really like his place. Please here me

What a great little restaurant! How many places do you go where the waitress/​owner — knows your name when you arrive, has your drinks to your table AS you sit down & knows your order without asking (unless you change it up a bit)! Tony is a terrific cook! Chrissy is just adorable & she is so sweet, fast & obviously accomodating! Vickie is great too! The prices here are very, very reasonable — best breakfast in McHenry & most reasonably priced, too! Give them a try — you won’t regret it! Breakfast or lunch — delicious food, cooked as you want it!!! Besides — it is an amazing building — such a history in this building — just look at the brick walls & the old fashioned (original) pressed tin ceiling!

The food here is surprising good. Very good in fact. The place is old and tired but come here for the food and service.

Good little place, Good breakfast options. Only real criticisms would be maybe some music instead of the daytime tv background noise, And I thought the cheese came on the inside of an omelet? Either way, We’ll be back. Check em out.

Ok,
Here is a little gem in the town, when you first walk in you know you are in a very old building as it has that old building smell. But this is a great little place to have a quick breakfast or lunch and the food for my first time was done right and done well.
I ordered the Ribeye steak sandwich. Are you seeing a trend, yep I love the Ribeye, I believe it is the most flavorful cut of beef.
Anyway enough about my favorites, this is a little lunch joint that is run by a husband and wife team. And the food is delicious. It is EXTREMELY RARE that you order a ribeye sandwich medium rare and it actually comes out pink in the middle. I would say this is a pretty difficult feat because the cut is so much thinner than a regular cut of ribeye.
So Big Kudos to the Chef, you nailed it, my steak was cooked to the correct temperature, the mushrooms and onions were great and what a great choice of bread for this sandwich it wasn’t too tough and it held up the juices that were being absorbed. This was a great sandwich.
My only input to improve the plate would be find a better pickle, the soft mushy ones really don’t belong on your plate, especially with how good the meal is.