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Longtime local diner whipping up breakfast & lunch staples in a tiny, quirky space.
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Address: 1100 Grand Ave, St Paul, MN 55105
Phone: (651) 224-0406
Website: https://www.uptownercafeongrand.com/
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Reviews
Molly H
We love the Uptowner. It’s always been and continues to be my husband’s favorite breakfast restaurant. He loves the Cajun breakfast and says it’s the best he’s had.
I really enjoy the pancakes. The batter is delicious and I like adding blueberries to them.
Service is always great even when they are super busy on the weekends.
The restaurant is small, but has a lot of heart. I love looking at all the drawings on the walls.
… moreI really enjoy the pancakes. The batter is delicious and I like adding blueberries to them.
Service is always great even when they are super busy on the weekends.
The restaurant is small, but has a lot of heart. I love looking at all the drawings on the walls.
Viviana Ramos
Terrible! Just terrible. The food is mid. But the service absolutely crap! Christina & Christine apparently don’t get paid enough to treat customers with common courtesy. I have a longer than 2 minute phone call with Christine telling me that “my guess is as good as hers” on how to get a hold of her manager! What a joke…. So you can decide customers don’t need deserve common courtesy that they are PAYING for … and then turn around and talk to me like it’s your establishment. You don’t have time to hear me out when there’s two customers in the restraint who have revived their food. Well “STAN” who apparently manages these two people ….. when you have a change to “handle your business and employees” you might want to coach these two! Common courtesy goes a long way & will get you some tips! Sorry you’re stuck waiting tables you poor Chris’s! I hope they have the day they deserve! And I hope they encounter the customers that will treat them the same, me personally I was raised to treat EVERY PERSON like a human being.
… moreMichael Anderson
I wanted to like this place, but the experience was disappointing.
Service was the biggest issue. At a breakfast restaurant, coffee is basic table stakes. I should never see the bottom of my mug. My coffee was refilled once, when the food was delivered, and never checked on again.
The check was dropped less than five minutes after our food arrived, which felt rushed and lazy. Once that happens, you are effectively ignored, which is exactly what happened. No follow up, no chance to ask for more coffee.
The food itself was mediocre at best and did not make up for the lack of service.
I have pretty low expectations for breakfast spots, but this missed even those. With better service and attention to basics, this could be much better.
… moreService was the biggest issue. At a breakfast restaurant, coffee is basic table stakes. I should never see the bottom of my mug. My coffee was refilled once, when the food was delivered, and never checked on again.
The check was dropped less than five minutes after our food arrived, which felt rushed and lazy. Once that happens, you are effectively ignored, which is exactly what happened. No follow up, no chance to ask for more coffee.
The food itself was mediocre at best and did not make up for the lack of service.
I have pretty low expectations for breakfast spots, but this missed even those. With better service and attention to basics, this could be much better.
Chad Nelson
I can’t believe it use to live right down on Edmund for years and never heard of this place!
… moreLee Witte
Pretty average. Good service and coffee. The food was just OK. I had been here like 10 years ago and liked it quite a bit. Feels like they have lost a step. Toast was dry, hash browns were on the greasy side.
… moreP Shaw
Today was my first time visiting the Uptowner. Great food, character and staff! I’m always looking for great “hole in the wall” places for breakfast. This is exactly what I’m looking for. I had the Denver omelette. It was delicious. The hash browns were cooked well. Staff were incredibly friendly. I will be visiting this cafe more often.
… moreMs Phee (Phee)
As an AA woman, I visit this location at at least twice a week I order from DoorDash today and picked up and every time I order I’d say I want ham with my order ALWAYS HAM I HATE BACON and end up with bacon every time. What in the hell if this happens again, I will not ever visit this location again I have several hundred thousands of followers on many social media platforms. This will not look good. Do better also, some of the waitresses are rude. They try to overcharge you so please pay attention to your bill. Check your orders before you leave because they depend on you getting far away from them and then not wanting to or being able to change your order or get it rectified.
… moreT P
I’ve stopped in a handful of times now and always received quick, friendly service. The food has always tasted great and the portion size leaves me with leftovers for another meal. I enjoy looking at all the cute breakfast drawings and the quiet, chill atmosphere.
… moreeli nord
I’ve been eyeing this place for years and just always passed it up because from the outside it doesn’t look like much.
I could not have been more wrong to do so. I will never get back the years of waisted mornings eating at literally any other diner. The Uptowner has my undivided business henceforth until my last dying breath. This little slice of unbridled Americana gives me hope that there is still good in this world and that my life can have some semblance of greater meaning in the vast and terrifying abyss we call the Universe.
Let me take you on a journey: My buddy and I come hobbling in through an indistinct doorway on the corner of Lexington and Grand after a trying morning of antique furniture moving that left us fatigue and listless. Blown in from the cold December wind the warmth of a smile from the only waitress on staff and the open flattop sizzling with hashbrowns and bacon behind the bar kissed our frozen cheeks as we sat ourselves at a booth she insisted on wiping down first.
“Where is the bathroom?” I asked.
“Around the corner and follow the signs” she said.
I meanered through the café around the corner and through the greasy kitchen only to be met with a sign that read ” Not The Bathroom.” They saw me coming…
Ah yes, there is the way. More signs led me down the creeky stairway a couple of flights later and I think, “this is where i get trapped and cut up into tomorrow’s breakfast” but no such luck. A clean bathroom visit had me happy and I soon returned to my booth with a clean menu waiting for me.
Every item looked excellent, but that morning I heard the siren call of biscuits and gravy and being the weak man I am, I answered. Another sailor lost.
In what felt like 5 minutes a large plate was dropped in front of me by the cook and I was aghast at the expediency with which my order became manifest. I thanked him kindly and what I experienced next was nothing short of mercy to the sufferers of this world (me). The crunch of the hashbrowns could be heard for miles, fluffy biscuits nearly lifting off the plate if not restrained by a blanket of thick white gravy with just the right touch of spice from the succulant sausage. Overeasy eggs weeping their golden yolk like tears of joy over bacon so thick it felt shameful.
Hot, bold coffee filled my cup endlessly and the surrounding walls studded with children’s artwork wrapped us in a cozy of what can only be remembered as a damn good time.
Whatever I paid, I would pay twice.
Personable and happy staff were the cherry on top of what I wish was a standard dining experience. But I feel fortunate to have found this small bastion of flavor and cheer. A true gem of our time. I recommend The Uptowner to anyone who wants a better life.
Do yourself and your local diner a favor and nourish your body and soul at this fine establishment ASAP. I waisted years, please don’t make the same mistake. Do it for the Plot.
Rambunctiously Satisfied,
– Eli
… moreI could not have been more wrong to do so. I will never get back the years of waisted mornings eating at literally any other diner. The Uptowner has my undivided business henceforth until my last dying breath. This little slice of unbridled Americana gives me hope that there is still good in this world and that my life can have some semblance of greater meaning in the vast and terrifying abyss we call the Universe.
Let me take you on a journey: My buddy and I come hobbling in through an indistinct doorway on the corner of Lexington and Grand after a trying morning of antique furniture moving that left us fatigue and listless. Blown in from the cold December wind the warmth of a smile from the only waitress on staff and the open flattop sizzling with hashbrowns and bacon behind the bar kissed our frozen cheeks as we sat ourselves at a booth she insisted on wiping down first.
“Where is the bathroom?” I asked.
“Around the corner and follow the signs” she said.
I meanered through the café around the corner and through the greasy kitchen only to be met with a sign that read ” Not The Bathroom.” They saw me coming…
Ah yes, there is the way. More signs led me down the creeky stairway a couple of flights later and I think, “this is where i get trapped and cut up into tomorrow’s breakfast” but no such luck. A clean bathroom visit had me happy and I soon returned to my booth with a clean menu waiting for me.
Every item looked excellent, but that morning I heard the siren call of biscuits and gravy and being the weak man I am, I answered. Another sailor lost.
In what felt like 5 minutes a large plate was dropped in front of me by the cook and I was aghast at the expediency with which my order became manifest. I thanked him kindly and what I experienced next was nothing short of mercy to the sufferers of this world (me). The crunch of the hashbrowns could be heard for miles, fluffy biscuits nearly lifting off the plate if not restrained by a blanket of thick white gravy with just the right touch of spice from the succulant sausage. Overeasy eggs weeping their golden yolk like tears of joy over bacon so thick it felt shameful.
Hot, bold coffee filled my cup endlessly and the surrounding walls studded with children’s artwork wrapped us in a cozy of what can only be remembered as a damn good time.
Whatever I paid, I would pay twice.
Personable and happy staff were the cherry on top of what I wish was a standard dining experience. But I feel fortunate to have found this small bastion of flavor and cheer. A true gem of our time. I recommend The Uptowner to anyone who wants a better life.
Do yourself and your local diner a favor and nourish your body and soul at this fine establishment ASAP. I waisted years, please don’t make the same mistake. Do it for the Plot.
Rambunctiously Satisfied,
– Eli
Eitan Feldman
Definitely worth looking into their Groupon. It’s a non assuming cafe that serves good food in reasonable portions. You’re looking at about $25 a person after tip which is what most meals will cost you these days. Sometimes it can get busy but people come and go all day so I wouldn’t expect the wait to be long. Lots of vegetarian options so don’t feel intimidated!!
Edit: knocked off a star for the dirty dishes that were being passed off as clean.
… moreEdit: knocked off a star for the dirty dishes that were being passed off as clean.