After hearing about the Yellow Cat Cafe through friends we decided to make the trip from Mishawaka to South Bend to try out this restaurant.

We arrived about 11:30 am on Sunday July 2nd before they closed for the 3 day holiday. First impressions were a small but popular local diner with an eclectic interior design. After waiting awhile we were seated in the front of the restaurant in a very noisy area surrounded by loud young people who were probably in their 20’s.

Anyway we decided to pass on the breakfast entrees because we knew it would be a long wait time & we had other places to go. We settled on the hot beef manhattan & waited in anticipation.

Once the food was delivered we found ourselves in frustration. Not the usual tender slow roasted roast beef with home made gravy we have become accustomed to at our favorite restaurants in Mishawaka but deli style thin sliced roast beef between 2 pieces of white bread with mashed potatoes & buried in canned gravy like you get @ every truck stop in America.

Our server was excellent, kept our water glasses full but didn’t tell us we had to go up to the counter in the middle of the restaurant to pay so we sat for awhile until we saw other people take their ticket to the counter.

$20.00 for 2 deli style hot beef manhattans plus tip might satisfy some people but it definitely didn’t for us.

We might give them a second try some time for breakfast but we didn’t see anything going by our table that made us say that smells so good we want to come back again.

If you like waiting a long time to say you ate @ a local favorite in South Bend that’s noisy & average food for the money invested this might be that place for you.

I’ll stick with my local favorites like the Curve Cafe, & Macadoos We’ll be glad we did!

Big Gilly