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Happy Rooster Cafe is a locally owned diner, serving up comforting breakfast and lunch fare in a relaxed, down-home environment. The café's extensive menu includes a slew of homespun American staples, including omelettes, pancakes, burgers, and deli sandwiches. Pop in for breakfast and enjoy an order of homemade pancakes, served plain ($4.99) or loaded with your choice of blueberries, bananas, pecans, or bacon ($5.49). Or, opt for the country biscuits and gravy ($3.99), a savory southern staple that has united pilgrims and bakers for centuries. The lunch menu consists of beefy burgers, piled-high sandwiches, and country-style platters. Sink your sharpened mouth knives into the roast-beef sandwich ($6.99), a succulent serving of meat loaf ($5.99), or a basket of crispy fried chicken ($6.99). Most lunch entrees are served with a selection of side dishes, including french fries, potato salad, cole slaw, fresh veggies, and deliciously inspiring high-fives.

In line with Happy Rooster's laid-back, country-inspired atmosphere, the café walls are bedecked by hand-painted murals from local artist Dave Tartaglia, a man known for crafting colorful and comical caricatures of both well-known and often-eaten farm animals.

Reviews

Five Yelpers give the Happy Rooster Cafe a four-star average:

• Good food. Good FRIENDLY service. Reasonably priced. – Jim T., 1/29/11
• Ah, the Rooster. We love this place on a Sunday morning. – Becki G., 10/06/08