The Sidewalk Cafe - Painesville

We have lived in Painesville for 2 years and we are just trying the Sidewalk Cafe. Nice little breakfast and lunch place open 6 A.M. to 3 PM. The M-F Breakfast special for $6 is delicious. The Wheat bread is whole grain and delicious. The home fries were real potatoes ? and the Scrambled eggs ?? were light and fluffy. They had Frank's and Heinz right on the table so no begging for condiments. Quick Service our total stop was about a half hour. Their $6 breakfast delicious and had. some Yum! ?

I ordered the big omelet breakfast. The omelet was good, but I got pancakes with NO butter or syrup. WHO DOES THAT????.... When you go into ANY restaurant they have butter, jelly, or ketchup and mustard on the table. If it's breakfast they will have syrup on the table.

Horrible service sat there for 45 minutes waiting for food there were only three other tables they weren’t busy at all. the omelette was disgusting, the sausage gravy was super thick and tasted like it was out of a can. the french toast wasn’t cooked and mushy and raw. sat there for 20 mins waiting for a coffee refill. the waitress only came over twice to ask how we were doing other than that she just stood behind the bar doing nothing. i wouldn’t recommend this place.

The menu is super confusing to many stars and or 's Only really 2 options, big breakfast or omelet. The build your own is expensive. Homefries were not edible. Super crispy and some burnt...like really thick chewy chips. Food was cold when it arrived. Pancakes were super chewy. Over cooked. Server was nice. Coffee was meh. No health options. Charge $2 extra for egg white? Why? Just add the yolks to your scrambled mix. I am guessing this has been an issue for awhile, it was not busy at all on a weekend. It has been in the past when we went. Used to be my families fav spot on this side of town. Vegetarian options: Has vegetarian options. No vegan options really, dry toast maybe.

I have been here for breakfast a number of times. If you get the specials it's reasonably priced and edible. Decided to come for lunch and I was highly disappointed. $14 for an a la cart corned beef sandwich that had maybe 1/4 pound of corned beef and was so salty it was disgusting. Not only salty but the bread was mush. Paid $3 extra for the few fries that were also mushy and gross. $3 for a coke took me to $20 for a meal that was close to inedible. One of my co workers asked for pickles and was charged $1 for 3 pickle chips. The place is run down. You can tell there hasn't been any capital improvements since its inception. From the front windows with half the writing missing to the restroom with the floor coming apart and the walls that are obvious lack of caring.