Olde Main Eatery – Restaurant Review

I was a lucky kid in that even though we had lots of great home-cooked meals, we also got to eat at restaurants at least once a week.  (Which wasn't as common way back then!)  One of my dad's favorite things to order was a patty melt.  I never understood that and actually never even TRIED a patty melt until about ten years ago.  Boy, was I surprised to find out how much I love them!

So, that has been one of my go-to menu choices when visiting a cafe or other small town restaurant – it's a good judge of their overall quality!  Soooo – last week when I visited Olde Main Eatery in Elk River, Minnesota, with my Mom, that's what I ordered.  Elk River is the town where I went to high school, but Olde Main Eatery wasn't around back then.

Olde Main Eatery has a warm atmosphere with a hodgepodge of decor making it feel very welcoming.  Their menu is classic small-town cafe fair with sandwiches, salads, burgers and breakfast served all day.

As I mentioned, I ordered the Patty Melt, but made a few changes to it.  On the menu it specified marble rye and swiss and american cheeses.  I switched it up a bit and ordered it on white bread and skipped the swiss cheese, since I'm not a fan.  It was really good!  I especially liked how golden and crispy they made the bread.

My mom ordered the Spinach Salad and loved it.  She raved over the grilled chicken on the salad and I though her roll looked amazing.  I think this may be my choice next time as I'm sure I'll head back there again for another lunch with Mom.

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 What is YOUR favorite thing to order in a small-town cafe?