Erika's Place — Restaurant in Cicero

My wife and I just had breakfast there this morning. For a Whopping $31.00 she had 2 undercooked eggs, 4 pieces of half raw bacon, fried potatoes ( which were the best part) and 2 slices of toast with the jelly packets which had been handled by several people, laying on top! Mentioned to the waitress that the bacon was undercooked, and she graciously offered to “microwave “ it…..and she was serious about it. I had biscuits and gravy which were lukewarm because I saw them sitting up there for 5 minutes before they were served, and potatoes also which were pretty decent. Waitresses never offered a discount for the half raw bacon, ridiculous price for what we received, no value for what we paid. Do not recommend and will NEVER return. Update; Per the response from the owner, you’re no different from other places that charge exorbitant prices for mediocre food. Yes, everyone wants bacon that’s been cooked twice and resembles wood! Arguing with a paying customer and saying that something didn’t happen, when it did, is always a good business decision (note sarcasm). Also, I NEVER said the eggs were “uncooked” as you said I did….I said “undercooked”. The old saying “the customer is always right” doesn’t apply at your establishment obviously. Yes, I do have several 1 star reviews, because they warranted that critique. I also praise an establishment that outperforms others. By the way, we also took the uneaten food to give to our dogs, just so you can’t say that we asked for...

The grilled tenderloin was top notch. I like mine a bit thicker but it still had plenty of pork flavor and nicely light seasoning. The breaded tenderloin had more breading to pork then i like but it still had good pork flavor. I kept getting hard crunchy bits in the breading. You think you got a bone or stone and then it would break. bit unnerving. The onion rings had the same issue. the fries were soft and soggy, a good 5-10 minutes shy of crispy. Bonus points for wrapping our order in aluminum foil so we could recycle it. The old westfield location was always top notch so this was probably a one off and won't deter us from returning.

• grilled tenderloin
• breaded tenderloin
• onion rings ** french...

We came here on Sunday at 11am after not getting our food for nearly an hour from The Boathouse. We tried to beat the rush, but after taking our order, and forgetting about us, we decided to leave the boathouse and try Erika's. We wanted to beat the rush because we have a 2-month old. So I was leary of going to Erika's at 11am on a Sunday.

But we got sat right away, placed our order, and got our food all within 10 minutes. We all even ordered the exact same things we tried to order from the boathouse.

This was the first time I've been able to take my parents out since we've moved to Cicero and had our baby. I know Erika's has won my parents over, and we'll be back again. I won't be able to convince my parents to try the...