Northfield Restaurant

I love this place. I go with my kids and I cannot get enough of it. Breakfasts are great and the SOUPS are fabulous. Home made,tasty and healthy. I love the lentil and navy bean. Great pricing. Perfect for kids. Forget the junk chains and go for this GEM in NORTHFIELD. Keep up the great cooking!

Great omelets the way you ask,  fried potatoes with the omelet done right, The different soups on a daily basis are great and hot, Reasonable prices, clean, always crowed at lunch. Get there before 11:45 or after 1:00 other wise probably a short wait. The sandwiches are good size and very filling and come with soup. Dinners are also quite good.

They don't make 'em like this anymore, which is a shame because, when done well, these types of places are awesome.  You get above-average diner food, terse but generally pleasant service, and good value.

+ Solid, hearty turkey burger, good enough to eat with just onions and pickles
+ Omelettes are unfortunately the flat griddled type rather than the fluffy skillet variety.  But they're cooked through, even browned a bit on the outside, just how I like them.  And these people are not afraid to toast the devil out of an english muffin either.
+ Gorgeous, perfectly cooked steak fries like you hardly ever find anywhere anymore
+ Fried chicken pretty bland but very moist
+  This is a good spot for soup, too; the lentil is simple but good, and the navy bean is very good.  I spent months chasing the clam chowder (an occasional Friday soup) and when I finally tried it, I was fairly well satisfied.
+ Chocolate malt milkshake in the B+/A- range
+ Rice pudding, pretty good though doused with cinnamon

Milkshakes, burgers, fries, breakfast all day...God bless America.

Look at the generous portions here.  Once I ordered a daily special shrimp basket, $7.95.  I got a bowl (not a cup) of soup, a pile of fries which had to come on their own separate plate, a baker's dozen fried shrimp, and a big scoop of cole slaw.  Oh, and a basket of bread, which I believe is gratis for all customers.  Eight bucks!

If you go around 1pm you can probably get a booth, but before that a solo luncher is best served at the counter.  They do a brisk business, and rightfully so.