Whenever the wife is hungry for breakfast or lunch the first place that comes to mind is the Dairy Cottage.
I am giving them 3 stars for the past but honestly the last 2 times we have gone it has been a disappointment.
Today we were the only ones in there at 2 pm for a late lunch. The waitress was rude and didn't pay us any attention. We had to flag down two other girls as they were chatting away in the back.
Here are my gripes: the fries suck, the rolls for the sandwiches has too much bread and too little of the meat.
I do like their breakfast on the weekends. The girls who work on the weekends are very attentive, I am pretty sure there are like 8 of them pouring coffee, busing tables and bringing out your order.
This place used to be a lovely stop between home and high school for me to grab a good cheesesteak. Or, celebrate after a basketball game!
Cute little restaurant that serves great hoagies, cheesesteaks, icecream and italian food!
So, to re-cap:
So my needs for a great cheesesteak goes like this:
- Meat texture (chopped)
- Meat amount (overflow of roll)
- Roll quality (crispy outside, so soft inside)
- Cheese amount (at least 5 slices)
- Cheese placement (mixed in, not on the top/not on the bottom)
- Onion texture (lightly sautéed)
- Onion amount (throughout, not overflow)
Texture, cheese placement and onion texture TOP NOTCH! There could have been a bit more meat, when you got to the ends, there was not enough to finish the roll. The roll was a little lacking in texture as well, just so-so. However, it was delicious!
Right off the bat, let's just say this place isn't special. Â It's not really that creative of a menu. Â It's as basic as a Delco joint gets. Â
But it's been around forever. Â It has a lot of choices on the menu. Â It even serves breakfast. Â Overall, it falls in the not bad category. Â
I didn't try the cheesesteak everyone was raving about. Â I actually tried to get a healthy meal in this place (yeah, silly me). Â They actually do make a half-decent turkey burger, which doesn't happen too often anywhere. Â They have an even more half-decent chicken caesar salad. Â The soup was homemade, but just OK. Â
In my past, I do remember getting a really good breakfast sandwich on a long roll here. Â If they served that for dinner, I'd probably forgo the healthy kick I am on lately.
This place has been around for multiple decades and I've been stopping by here off and on for fifteen years. Â This place puts the "C" in casual. Â It's about stopping by to chow down on pizza/hoagies/burgers/fried food and of course ice cream. Â
You're not going to break the bank here. Â There is nothing on the menu over $10 unless you load a large pizza with lots of toppings.
I've tried burgers, hoagies, cheese steaks, other assorted sandwiches and the accompanying fries and or onion rings. Â Average food would be unusual. Â Everything here is a notch above that. Â
You don't come here for the atmosphere. Â You don't come here for gourmet cuisine. You come here to have a solid basic meal at a decent price and not to count the calories!
This is only the 2nd time I've been to Dairy Cottage, but I must say I'm now a fan.
Saturday afternoon while out with the kids, my daughter suggested Dairy Cottage for lunch. While she got her usual wrap, and my son, the grilled ham and cheese, I was bold and decided on the Turkey and Stuffing sandwich. I'm glad I made the choice.
The sandwich consisted of Cranberry Sauce, Gravy, Stuffing and real Turkey (not the processed deli stuff) on a long roll. If you like Thanksgiving dinner, this is a pleasant substitute for lunch. I will not hesitate to order it again, and will jump at a chance to go back.
Dairy Cottage also has some great french fries. Crisp on the outside, tender on the inside, it's almost as if they're battered in something before they're fried. Everything was quite good.
This is a bold statement so let me get it out of the way first:
The best cheese steak's in the world are sold at the Dairy Cottage.
That's a fact. I don't know how they do it. I've been a Dairy Cottage customer for almost 20 years now. I've been with them through all their changes. The cheesesteaks have remained awesome the whole time, even as each young pimply faced teenage matures as he climbs the ranks to bestow the mighty spatula before passing it along to the next worthy soul. All the other chicken variations of the cheesesteak are great too, but I'm a "cheesesteaks should be made with steak kind-of-guy".
With that said, everything on the menu is worth a try. You really can't go wrong. My other favorites are tuna hoagies, milk shakes, a classic cheeseburger, and a chicken parm sandwhich. If I'm not mistaken curly cheese fries were removed from the menu a few years ago, and they were awesome.
As I mentioned I've been taking out or eating in for nearly 20 years now. Averaged out over the long run, service has always been quick, accurate and friendly. Sometimes it gets really busy in there and those servers bust their asses.
One thing is for sure... Every time I go back to Springfield for a visit, it won't be complete until I get a Dairy Cottage cheesesteak.
All the cool kids hung out here when I was in school (this place is like right next to where I went to middle school) Â I bet Jeff H. was a cool kid. Â
I went a couple of times when I was in high school. Â The chicken cheesesteak Is the best thing that they've got going for them. Â Srsly. Â
With Nick's Roast Beef kinda close and the fact that I wouldn't be caught dead in Springfield any more, I rarely get to go to the Dairy Cottage any longer.
I'm not sure why it's called the Dairy Cottage, it doesn't seem to have much more dairy than any other restaurant has that doesn't make such a point of it. Anyway it's still a good place to go to get reasonably priced greasy and/or fried things.
The Dairy Cottage has the standard pizza place menu: pizzas, stromboli, cheesesteaks and chicken cheesesteaks. They've also got salads, wraps, and some entrees like chicken parm (which oddly enough I haven't sampled) that change from time to time. Hand-dipped ice cream and milkshakes are also available. If you order soda, which you probably will, be forewarned.. the large size is a bladder buster.
The chicken cheesesteaks are my personal favorite, slightly less bad for you than a regular cheesesteak... as if it really made a difference once it's slathered in cheese and eaten with a bag of chips.
This is a seat yourself place so when you go in don't be shy, just find a table you like and stake your claim.
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