It’s the weekend and you want to go out for dinner… but where do you go? The generic bar and grill with the catchy jingle? Nah. A $5 meal deal from a fast food joint? Please! Take our advice, skip the bland chain restaurant, and visit one of these 12 incredible Kansas mom and pop restaurants instead:
- Breck’s Green Acres (Vassar)
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B.S./Yelp ♫ Greeeeeeeen Acres (with their homemade breakfast, lunch, and country-style buffet options) is the place to be! ♫
- Ranchito Cafe (Lakin)
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Ranchito Cafe (Unofficial) Facebook For authentic Mexican food as delicious as your abuela used to make, you must visit this Lakin favorite.
- The Pad Restaurant (Topeka)
The Pad Restaurant Facebook
C.S./Yelp Is it just me or does it seem like really good pork tenderloin sandwiches are hard to come by? Thankfully, this isn’t the case at The Pad, which serves heavenly pork tenderloin, burgers, and to-die-for onion rings.
- K-18 Cafe (Lucas)
Fratwin/TripAdvisor
K18 Cafe (Unofficial) Facebook K-18 is an east-to-west running Kansas highway that takes travelers between US-24 and K99… the K-18 in Lucas is a cafe that takes made-from-scratch foods from their kitchen straight to your taste buds.
- Town & Country Kitchen (Norton)
Town & Country Kitchen Facebook
Zomato Down-home country recipes at an even more down-home country price… they sure don’t make restaurants like this anymore!
- El Rancho Cafe (Holcomb)
El Rancho Cafe (Unofficial) Facebook
Helen B./Yelp Everyday is a fiesta at El Rancho, which features fresh ingredients and creatively flavorful dishes! (Give me the El Rancho Special and a Corona and I will be the happiest girl in the entire world!)
- Riverside Cafe (Wichita)
Chryz C./Yelp
Eric J./Yelp Who says you can’t get a home-cooked meal in the city? As one Yelper perfectly states, “Riverside Cafe is a little slice of history combined with Grandma’s cooking that makes breakfast the most delicious meal of the day.”
- Nu Grill Cafe (Fort Scott)
Management/TripAdvisor
Yu-ren L./Yelp Don’t worry, southeast Kansas; we didn’t forget about you or your mouthwatering burgers and hand-battered onion rings…
- Miss B’s Cafe (Louisburg)
Marie F./Yelp
Deana W./Yelp Let me put it this way: Miss B (and her incredible breakfast, lunch, and dessert options) will ruin you for life… You have been warned.
- Paul’s Cafe & Dining Room (Smith Center)
ReginaldCousins/TripAdvisor
Rayn B./Yelp A good rule-of-thumb when it comes to restaurants: The more worn and dated the sign, the more tried and true the food! (This Smith Center institution is a true testament to this theory.)
- Stephen’s Restaurant (Sharon Springs)
Sara K./Yelp
Lotus F./Yelp Get ready for the biggest dilemma of your life as you choose between ordering the breakfast burrito or country fried steak… or giant cinnamon roll… or… well, you get the idea.
- Cozy’s Cafe (Overland Park)
Steve D./Yelp
Elaine D./Yelp Don’t let the unsuspecting sign and location fool you; Cozy’s Cafe (and their breakfast and lunch specials) is truly the best part of waking up!
Which Kansas mom and pop restaurant is your favorite?
Breck’s Green Acres Restaurant (Unofficial) Facebook
B.S./Yelp
♫ Greeeeeeeen Acres (with their homemade breakfast, lunch, and country-style buffet options) is the place to be! ♫
MenuPix
Ranchito Cafe (Unofficial) Facebook
For authentic Mexican food as delicious as your abuela used to make, you must visit this Lakin favorite.
The Pad Restaurant Facebook
C.S./Yelp
Is it just me or does it seem like really good pork tenderloin sandwiches are hard to come by? Thankfully, this isn’t the case at The Pad, which serves heavenly pork tenderloin, burgers, and to-die-for onion rings.
Fratwin/TripAdvisor
K18 Cafe (Unofficial) Facebook
K-18 is an east-to-west running Kansas highway that takes travelers between US-24 and K99… the K-18 in Lucas is a cafe that takes made-from-scratch foods from their kitchen straight to your taste buds.
Town & Country Kitchen Facebook
Zomato
Down-home country recipes at an even more down-home country price… they sure don’t make restaurants like this anymore!
El Rancho Cafe (Unofficial) Facebook
Helen B./Yelp
Everyday is a fiesta at El Rancho, which features fresh ingredients and creatively flavorful dishes! (Give me the El Rancho Special and a Corona and I will be the happiest girl in the entire world!)
Chryz C./Yelp
Eric J./Yelp
Who says you can’t get a home-cooked meal in the city? As one Yelper perfectly states, “Riverside Cafe is a little slice of history combined with Grandma’s cooking that makes breakfast the most delicious meal of the day.”
Management/TripAdvisor
Yu-ren L./Yelp
Don’t worry, southeast Kansas; we didn’t forget about you or your mouthwatering burgers and hand-battered onion rings…
Marie F./Yelp
Deana W./Yelp
Let me put it this way: Miss B (and her incredible breakfast, lunch, and dessert options) will ruin you for life… You have been warned.
ReginaldCousins/TripAdvisor
Rayn B./Yelp
A good rule-of-thumb when it comes to restaurants: The more worn and dated the sign, the more tried and true the food! (This Smith Center institution is a true testament to this theory.)
Sara K./Yelp
Lotus F./Yelp
Get ready for the biggest dilemma of your life as you choose between ordering the breakfast burrito or country fried steak… or giant cinnamon roll… or… well, you get the idea.
Steve D./Yelp
Elaine D./Yelp
Don’t let the unsuspecting sign and location fool you; Cozy’s Cafe (and their breakfast and lunch specials) is truly the best part of waking up!
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