Howell's Restaurant — Restaurant in Oregon City

It should be mentioned ahead of time: I'm not a super picky person. Really. So when the itch to go out hits, I'm game for biscuits just as much as the next gal. That said, if my mom taught me one thing, it's this: Support your local businesses whenever possible. So enters Howell's into the review. True to form, once you step inside, there's very little difference between how it looks now and how it looked in the black and white photographs on the wall. The only big difference? The Grizzley-Man that took our order (whose actual name I'm ashamed to not know). At first, he seemed gruff and all I noted was his sheer size as well as the cool knuckle tattoos when he placed my coffee down, but man, that guy is the BEST. The only thing better than his perfectly aged dry humor and 5G speed wit, was his cooking. Did I mention I go to chain restaurants? Yeah, this place isn't a chain. I ordered the country fried steak, which is always a good tester at new spots. Why? You get a bit of everything with it. 15 minutes later, I'm jolted out a conversation with my pal by a loud THUD on the counter. That damn Grizzley-Man was making it from SCRATCH guys. FROM SCRATCH. No reheated hockey puck here folks. Nope. Real steak, real eggs and a real gravy that wont even make me miss that smaller number on the scale. Why? Because I ate ever bite. Every bite. Do I feel uncomfortably full? Yes. Regrets? Absolutely none. Moral of the story? Support your local business and go to Howells. You can thank me later. PS: great coffee,...

Food was ok, not great! Service sucked. We walked in was the only ones there but 1 lady and the counter. We sat down, served walked over and abruptly said what do you want to drink? I asked what kind of soda they have, she said pepsi! I asked for a minute, she walked about.. 2 older ladies walk in shevgreetsvthe with glasses of water and asked if they would like something other than water... (we did not get water) everyone whom walked in she greeted with water and smiles.. she came back to us. No smile, pen to order pad, waiting for us to order. We order. She walks away. When our food was ready the cook called order up 2x then he brought it to us. We had to ask for sliverwear. She walked pass us maybe 20x never asked if we were ok. She was great with everyone else in the restaurant. Maybe because I had just got off work and was in sweats and a little dirty is way she treated us like this. Which was sad because I normally tip 25% because I know the state takes 10% but I actually tipped her 10% because she didn't do anything but take order. I bet she would have treated us better if I hadn't just...

Went in for lunch with a friend I haven't seen in forever. First thing he tells me is the bartender tried to say his ID was fake(I'm 24 and he is 23 so being carded is nothing foreign especially here), I order my drink and get ID'd she wanted to walk away with it which is rather weird but I pushed it off of my wallet for her to take. She walks away saying I guess I don't need drinks so I decide not to have my food either and we left for a spot with better service. They then tried to charge my friend not only for the food that hasn't even been served to me as I had only ordered it maybe 4m prior and the drink I was denied, he paid for the food but refused the drink. I didn't learn about this until he left the building as well, I didn't think I had a bill since I had been served only water before the blondes horrible service. Definitely will not be coming back and neither will he if we are going to be refused service and then charged for the items we...