The first time I ever heard of Corner Cafe was when I was about 10 or 12 years of age, but I first ate there a few years ago. The Corner Cafe location in Riverside, Missouri is the original location for the local chain of homestyle comfort food restaurants, and I would like to say that the place has some really good foods. Corner Cafe got is name because there had always been a small restaurant at the “Corner” in Riverside, MO, but before 1983 it had changed names and hands several times. Many of the residents living in Riverside wanted to see a return to the old-style cafe that had existed there years before and was an icon of its time (Reese’s Cafe). Founders Ed and Kathi Rule had never been in the restaurant business before, but the couple had always felt that they knew what good food was all about. Corner Cafe first started on May 15, 1983 starting as a little 40-seat cafe that served breakfast and lunch on weekdays, Monday through Friday, and then on to serving dinner and being on the weekends, and finally expanding Corner Cafe with two more locations with the second location in Liberty, Missouri and the third location in Independence, Missouri.

The menu at Corner Cafe features common homestyle and comfort meals such as breakfast, sandwiches, burgers, salads, daily lunch specials, dinner platters, and even bakery treats such as pies, cakes, puddings, and ice cream treats too. One thing that me and my family like to order from Corner Cafe is the Sticky Bun cinnamon roll that is full of pecans and is filled with with gooey, chewy, syrupy, and sweet flavors that go along the crunch of pecans. The last time I went to Corner Cafe was back in late May 2021, and I went their in the morning for breakfast time. The thing I ordered at Corner Cafe was the Classic Egg Platter combo of Chicken Fried Steak and Eggs, which was served with two side dishes but one of them was served on a separate plate. I would like to say that every time I visit or order food from Corner Cafe, it is always delicious and the service is always useful and friendly. On the outside of the Corner Cafe restaurants in Riverside and Liberty, there is a windmill, and the Riverside location got its windmill from Kathi Rule’s farm owned by her family. The windmill was moved to Corner Cafe’s Riverside location as symbol of how Corner Cafe first got started after all the years of farming and large summer gardens have provided the appreciation of freshly cooked homestyle comfort food. The Liberty location for Corner Cafe also had a windmill built for its location, and the Liberty location was built in May 2004. However, Corner Cafe’s Independence location does not have windmill, but it has a silo similar to the common silo seen on a farm. The Independence location for Corner Cafe was built in December 2008.

If customers are looking for a restaurant that serves homestyle and classic American-style comfort foods inside a old-style cafe building, I would say that Corner Cafe is the place to visit and even order food for takeout or even delivery as well. Corner Cafe has daily specials for cooked meals, and even daily dessert specials from the bakery too.