Lone Star 66 Cafe — Restaurant in Rockwall

First let’s get something right, Rockwall. This is NOT “Route 66 Classic Diner”. They are not “reopened”. This is not the same restaurant. This is not the same owner. The only association of any kind that “LoneStar 66 Cafe” and the former “Route 66 Classic Diner” have is that both businesses have served scrambled eggs at the same address.

All new restaurant. All new owner. All new menu. All new approach to cooking and ingredients. Same great location just off the square on 66.

Newcomer to the Rockwall Resturant scene Arzi Od is no stranger to the restaurant industry, she has been involved for more than 20 years and comes from a family of restauranteurs with vast knowledge and experience. She insists that she does things the old fashioned way, getting to the restaurant each day at 2am to begin making batter, mixes, sauces and even the salsa they serve. “We make just about everything we can from scratch” she proudly told me on my recent visit. “And I don’t use the cheap stuff either, I get the real butter, the real syrup, the real cream. All my stuffs gotta be the real stuff, you can taste the difference.”

And I have to agree with her. I was blown away.

Having been to the previous restaurant here, it’s obvious that months of work and a lot of money have gone into opening this place. You have to admire anyone willing to do a grand opening in the middle of the pandemic, but some people thrive on a challenge and follow their gut. “I’ll never forget coming over the 66 bridge and into Rockwall for the first time” Arzi told me. “Maybe this is weird to explain, but I immediately felt like I had come home. There was an instant connection. I knew I had to build my business here.”

Arzi actually started LoneStar 66 Cafe earlier in the year, in Plano, but shutdown the location at the onset of the pandemic and was able to essentially move the concept to Rockwall where the premise of her business could be much better received. Judging by our experience, this was the right call.

The menu is jam packed with breakfast and lunch favorites, including gluten free waffles, farm fresh eggs and genuine pure maple syrup. There are even items named after locals and surprisingly, even shockingly, after the facebook group “Rockwallian” which is pictured.

The Rockwallian Skillet is basically a breakfast mashup, with hash browns, eggs, cheese, biscuits and gravy and even a fresh battered chicken fried steak on top. It was heavenly. Absolutely amazing with near perfect texture and taste. This is as good as you could hope to find.

But there was one more shocker. The pancake.

Somehow, the pancake was firm on the outside and spongy and light on the inside, like an actual cake. This pancake had the ultimate texture and sweetness balance, bordering on something you’d expect at the state fair. This was not just good, this was ridiculous. I’ve never had a better pancake.

The service was superb, I got approximately 47 coffee refills, and I appreciated the sugar and creamer on the table for quick mixing. They even had the large, glass sugar dispenser like we used to always see on tables back in the day. I nearly forgot about them.

All together, I think this is out of the gate a strong contender for “best breakfast restaurant in Rockwall” and that’s saying something, considering the rapidly growing list of terrific options we have here. It’s a good time to get up early.

Arzi is welcomed addition fo the area food scene, and will certainly be embraced as one of our own immediately. She even found three of the former waitresses and offered to let them work at her new restaurant, a connection to the former business that is no more.

Highly recommended for a traditional, high...

When you substitute something you should be charged the up charge but not also the charge for the item you took off your plate. If the item removed from your plate is more expensive than the item you're putting on your plate you shouldn't have to pay extra. Also when you address your server about it and ask why you're not being credited for the item being taken off of your plate they shouldn't sit there and argue with you and tell you the price of eggs are expensive now especially when the price of eggs has gone down and everything's expensive now. She also did not ask the manager about the situation just decided to go back and forth with us which was highly unprofessional to where eventually I just shut the conversation down. Also don't get the grilled pork chops they smelled like rotten pork before the plate even made it to the table you could smell them. Then when you discuss it with the manager he tells you that they smelled fine to him. Only the top part of the hash browns was cooked. The underside tasted like freshly washed cold potatoes. Scrambled eggs were lukewarm where the shredded cheese had not even melted. You make mention of the cheese and the person dropping off the place says do you want me to warm it up for you but if it just came off the grill wouldn't it already be warm? It wasn't it was lukewarm. Sigh. It's unfortunate because last time we were here we had a much better experience. I sincerely hope that the conversation about the egg was not the reason why we were delivered food that was not cooked properly or cooked at all in the case of...

Great Breakfast Spot! This morning we stopped here for breakfast before an afternoon of adventure. I ended up having a veggie omelette with a biscuit and gravy, along with the ever popular grits. Since I don’t eat meat, usually it is difficult to find something on a breakfast menu that is going to fill me up, but that did not happen here.

The omelette was fantastic and full of vegetables. The grits were perfect! They were not lumpy or runny. They were perfect. The biscuit was just the right size. A lot of places make them huge to where it is impossible to eat it. And the gravy was very creamy and nice. I did have to add salt on the omelette, but that is to be expected.

Our waitress was Kelly and she was very nice. She was actually very knowledgeable too because I talked to her about the meat free options and she was the reason why I chose the omelette. Great choice Kelly!

Lastly, I don’t consider myself a coffee snob by any means, but I can say that their coffee is amazing! Far too often the coffee is weak or watered down when you go to diners. But that is not the case here.

I did pop into the bathroom just to see how clean it was. And I was surprised. It was actually very clean and well-maintained. Stocked up too!

All in all, I would say to go get some breakfast here. We were absolutely satisfied, and that is all...