Cudahy's Pancake House — Restaurant in Cudahy

Went here this morning with my BF and over-ate a bit because the food got me hook-line-and-sinker. So here's my formal review:

Classic dinner aesthetic that reminds me of home: specifically fond memories of a dinner that burned down when I was a kid. Clean, and the creamers were cold like they'd been in the fridge even though he took them extra's off a different table.

2008 dinner and 2008 pricing. It was insane how low the price point for the place is when they have this much variety at such a high quality.

Prices for what we got:

What we had:

Coffee(free refills): 2.95 Cudahy Gourmet Burger Meal(Burger, Fries, and Soup)(No cheese): 11.95 Breakfast No. 4(2 crepes, 2 eggs, 2 sausages, 2 pieces of bacon): 10.35(+ $3 Toppings) Side Cinnamon Apple French Toast: 4.95???!!! Side Toast: 2.95 Lemonade: 3-4 ish

Burger - Big, juicy, nice quantity of toppings, and nice char. Good seasoning, though seasoning is more external with a mild internal flavor in the burger. This is not a bad thing, as it gives a nice island that prevents the seasonings, sauces, and toppings from overpowering the burger. 8/10. Fries - Thick cut/steak fries come with the burger. Good quantity. BF gives a 7/10. Soup - Also comes with the Burger. Warm, soft noodles, pleasant chicken taste. Nicely seasoned and BF says that if it were mid winter, it would be heaven. Did not need provided crackers. 9/10. Coffee - Homey dinner coffee. Not too bitter, not too watery. Soaks up creamer and sugar well. They only have half/half and Original creamer, and your assortment of fake-sugar and Domino sugar packets, but that is the pretty standard dinner arsenal. I had two cups and the refills were free. Pleasant. 8/10.

White Toast - I like to dip soft toast with country crock butter in my egg yolk. This toast is very tough, like toasted french bread, and it was probably either made in house or purchased from a baker, not Walmart white bread. I couldn’t use it for my purposes but as a side toast with jelly, it would have probably been okay. Higher quality definitely, but not a fan. 4/10.

Grassland Whipped Butter can go die. Absolutely terrible brand. -10/10.

Side Cinnamon Apple French Toast - Crack. Airy but moist inside, crunchy outside. Thick cut. Not too sweet, which is amazing because the apple topping gets all the attention it deserves because of it. Sauce is not too sweet, not too cinnamony, and definitely made in house. Definitely apple, and the apples were airy and soft with a small crunch, and fat, so I am convinced they were also made in house. Large portions that are heavenly for an insanely low price. 10/10

Breakfast No. 4 - Ordering strawberries in October was dumb on my part, so I basically sabotaged myself with sour crepes. There were several other fillings/toppings. The crepes themselves were some of the best I’ve ever had. Nice and moist, light, with a very subtle crisp as crepes should be. Paired well with syrup. The egg’s were fine. The bacon was cooked more than my preference and not maple, but again, that’s preference. Not bad. 8/10

Sausage - The sausage deserves its own section. Juicy, real sausage links, with lovely seasoning and flavor. I’d order these solo. 11/10

Lemonade: Tart with a side of sugar. Maybe made in house? 7/10

Our waiter was quick on his feet and very considerate. Made sure we were taken care of. All booths were clean and stocked, and it was shockingly not busy. Somehow they have a large and varied menu of breakfast, lunch, and dinner options and a sample of some specialty stuff has confirmed that the quantity of options does not reduce the quality. Gordan Ramsey would be shocked to finally find a restaurant that has managed this impossible feat. Amazing.

The only issue I really had was that it's fly season, and the outside flies were becoming inside flies. Not the resturaunt's fault at all. (Where the hell are these things coming from btw? They're swarming outside this year!)

We tipped over 20% and we will be returning for that sausage and French Toast masterpiece. In this economy,...

Stopped here with my girlfriend, everyone on yelp and facebook seemed to love this place. It used to be Fili's restaurant now under new management. They've cleaned up the inside, redid the areas that were falling apart, and it is now clean and much less of a dive restaurant. Server was friendly, busboy was friendly, they stopped by the table at least three times to refill water and coffee. The food itself was average to bad. Plates came out lukewarm, and the restaurant was on the cold side so the food itself never was "hot", or as warm as you would expect from a kitchen firing plates as they're ordered. In fairness to them, everything seemed to be cooked properly; I had biscuits and gravy, two eggs, bacon and sausage, which you can tell easily when it's undercooked and served cold. The plate itself was cool all around which indicates it was made fresh to the right temperature (and not microwaved, which would be a hot plate and cold food), but somewhere just didn't get delivered from the kitchen to the floor before it cooled off. I feel this falls either between miscommunication between the kitchen and servers, or laziness, either way it is a correctable problem unlike undercooked/dangerous foods. Again, in fairness to them, I didn't feel the need to complain, so they may or may not have taken care of it properly without question. Other people seem to have liked this place without much of a problem, so this could have even been an isolated thing. The only other minor complaint I have is a 5 oz glass of orange juice is $3.25, and that's the large size. For that (two plates of food, OJ, coffee), the bill came to $22 which places it among Webb's or Griddler's Cafe, both of which you would know you're getting steaming hot plates of food for the same price or less (Griddlers same breakfast I had was $1 cheaper and a 16oz orange juice is $3.00).

Neither one of us felt the...

Not what I was expecting. i imagined sitting in a quiet, crowded, family diner. From the exterior you certainly could be forgiven for expecting the place to feel too small. However, once I got through the door I saw well spaced tables, soft but efficient lighting, and a delightful aquarium. I never felt like that staff or customers were tripping over each other. Whats more the atmosphere was really brightened up by the live music that started playing shortly after I arrived. I never imagined that what my breakfasts were missing was lively performances by an enthusiastic musician.

The staff were polite, smiled, and attentive. I never felt like they were too busy or forgot about me.

The food was better than i expected too. Usually I go into a diner expecting greasy food, and im sure there is some of that too but i ordered a gyro skillet and asked them to change things on it and they did so easily with out weird looks or seeming annoyed. The food arrived exactly as I ordered it and i was pleasantly surprised to see it was not too buttery or greasey. They even brought me extra feta cheese when i asked with out additional charge.

Overall I had a great experience and will definitely return. Next time I'm back in town visiting my sister I...