Blue's Cafe

We were on our way home from Austin Texas and didn't want to get into traffic in Chicago so stopped at Blue's for dinner in Kankakee.  The service was very nice, more importantly the food was excellent!  The vegetable soup was amazing, so was the chili soup!  My husband and I split fried chicken and fried shrimp, both were so good.  Brought the chicken home so we could have room for the peach pie that the waitress set aside for us, amazing also.

Best diner around.  We found this after always ending up in the mall's food court, or at a chain restaurant.  This place is really awesome.  They only take cash, so if you don't want to pay their ATM Fee find your bank before you come.  
The place looks and feels like an old time diner, and has local Kankakee history photos on the wall which is neat. We've passed dishes around the table and haven't found a bad dish yet.
The salad bar is great, and obviously, the pie is amazing. If you're sick of fast food, chain restaurants and waffle houses, you need to stop here.

Each of the three times I have been here we have had to get up from our seat and go ask for our check, after waiting for a very long time. The service was never good. The food, while excellent portions and tastes good is expensive. The layout makes it extremely noisy. I think there are other diners in the area that are a better value with much better service.