We stopped on our way to Chicago in the late morning, and enjoyed it so much we stopped again on our way back for a late lunch. This is a perfect example of a homey family restaurant - the food is really well prepared and there's a wide variety with a Greek influence and lots of good bakery items as well. They have a number of different 'skillets' which are wonderful combinations. My wife (l/o vegetarian) ordered a spinach and feta omelet which she loved and said the home fries are the best she's ever had. Lunch the next day was every bit as good. We had a flaming Zaganaki appetizer, I had grilled pork chops, and we sampled a few other things. Everything was delicious, and if I lived near this restaurant I'd be there all the time. Both times our bill was less than $25 and worth every penny. And I'd be remiss not to mention our server, Melody. Delightful and always there just before you knew you needed something. Add that it is the easiest restaurant to get to if you're traveling on I-90 and it's a wonder the chain restaurants that try to imitate places like this don't just pack up and quit.
Review Source:Stopped here because they have breakfast all day, and we wanted breakfast even though it was nearly noon. The skillet with pancakes on the side was enough food for two meals, but it was all so tasty I nearly cleaned both plates. Â Service was good--drink refills and the check arrived without us asking. Â Only reason this isn't a five-star is I didn't get a chance to try the non-breakfast food.
Review Source:Food is good, but the service is terrible. I'm very allergic to onions, and always specify that none be on my food. On our first visit, my food arrived with onion on it, and I explained that the reason I had said no onion is due to the allergy, and I told the waitress I needed a new sandwich, because just removing the onion could still make me sick. She was gone about 30 seconds and brought it back, and assured me it was a new portion. Two bites later I was sick, and when my wife removed the bun, while I was in the bathroom, there was still a small piece of onion on it!
Two years later (last summer) we went back in the middle of the afternoon. There were few customers, but it still took 15 minutes to get our drinks, and another 30 minutes to get our food. By then our drinks needed refilled, and the waitress said okay, but never came back with new drinks or to even check on us, until she brought the bill. I left a $1 tip, and she called me a cheapskate as we left.
I'm what you might call a regular at Callahan's.. I go every Thursday for the potato soup. 50 weeks out of 52 its great soup, but every once in while they don't get it quite right..
The rest of the menu is your traditional family restaurant fare from burgers and fries to meatloaf and pork chops.. the prices are great, service is almost always great, and always look forward to my Thursday lunches there.
Although its name suggest some Irish heritage, Callahan's apparently is run by Greeks. And they are very patient.
I arrived with a few dozen other hungover moped riders in the middle of a rally. Callahan's let us park on the sidewalks, mooch electricity for our phones and turn the restroom into a Turkish prison filled with beer farts and the stoops.
Not me, of course. I was fresh, clean and only visited the restroom to wash my hands.
The food was plentiful but not terribly savory, and the coffee was super acidic. It burned and turned my belly for hours.
When I first got my driver's license 20 years ago, this was one of about two places that were open 24/7 in Elkhart. Â (The other was Perkins.) Â That alone meant we ended up there a lot.
Callahan's is maybe a half-step below a Denny's or an IHOP in general decor, and their food ranks about the same. Â You don't come here at three in the morning because Zagat gave it a perfect 30 - you come here because you're half drunk or an insomniac and you want some bacon and eggs.
Service is generally decent here. Â I don't know if they still do it, but they used to double parts of your order; if you ordered two eggs, you got four, etc. Â Decent breakfast fare abounds on the menu, and the sandwiches are okay. Â The dinner specialties are a little more dicey, so you might want to stick with pancakes for dinner.
Like I said, this place isn't fine cuisine, but it's one of few places to hang out late at night in a city that rolls up the sidewalks at 9:00. Â If there was a Denny's across the street, this rating would probably slip a star and a half. Â But it's been around for forever, so there you go.
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