Chaperral Cafe

Other parents beware you must have your children dressed to their approval. They are very rude. I wanted to inform them and their staff of the car seat safety issues so maybe you won’t judge other parents. My son was not wearing a coat. For his safety. Please watch this
I dont want him ejected from the car. I am a certified car seat inspector! I took training on it and know the dangers of a coat. He has shoes he has socks. He takes them off. I am not going to stand out in the rain with my door open letting the wind and rain blow in when I can unbuckle him walk 10 steps to your door. The whole bringing us a towel to take him outside in is stupid. So you want us take longer struggling to keep him wrapped in the towel you offered us. Have him exposed to the rain longer by have my car door open trying to unwrap him from the towel. Making him be in the cold even longer. We had just started coming there I think 4 times the past month. The car was right out front. Its not freezing cold out it was raining. We have blankets and socks and even 2 coats for him if we need them. We don’t need your old towel or lectures. We have just started going to your diner but I promise you we will not EVER be back. They have a shop small sign on the door but treating customers this way makes me want to go out of town or shop big businesses! Our waitress didn’t bring us refills. She never checked back on us. If she spent less time telling co workers my son had no shoes and socks on she could have actually done her job! My husbands soda was gone and never got a refill! I guess standing talking is better than serving customers!

Nice lil hole in the wall restaurant. Shirley, the owner is usually always in back cooking, and comes out to say Hi. I like the fried chicken buffet, as its good food for a good price, $ 6.99 plus drink, all you can eat, mashed potatoes, veggies, few other homemade type items and salad bar. No gravy for the mashed potatoes which seems odd to me.
They open very early in the morning and close early evenings.
Nice home cooked style meals for decent price.
Burgers and fries are good too, small patties, but low cost, so I get 2 orders, ha.
Service is OK and as expected. They do have free wi-​fi too.

I look forward to sit down and eat in this restaurant when I travel to Shelbyville. The biscuits and gravy is my favorite. The staff shows great hospitality that will make you feel comfortable.

I got the hot bar which had various homemade dishes and sides. The food was just okay. Better than fast food but not any better than I make at home. Main dishes were nearly empty and didn’t have much meat. They didn’t get topped off while I was there. The hot bar was $ 5.95 not including a drink or the salad bar or any desserts. They do have a regular menu that you can order from as well.