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5606 E. McKellips Road Mesa AZ 85215

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  • American, Coffeehouse, Deli, Sandwiches, Tea, Traditional
  • Sun-Thu, Sat 6am-2pm, Fri 6am-7pm
  • Delivery
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Phoenix has a lot of transplants from other parts of the country: New England, the South, and especially California. But Arizona seems to draw more Midwesterners than anything else. So it’s no surprise that one Mesa restaurant serves a taste of America’s Heartland. The Iowa Café was started in 1985 by Ruth Cavendar, a woman with big dreams from small town Mount Ayr, Iowa. The café has since changed hands to another lady from the Hawkeye State, Pam Ohsman, who continues the tradition of down-to-earth homestyle cooking. Breakfast features all American classics like cheesy omelettes, chicken-fried steak, corned beef hash, sausage patties, pancakes, homemade cinnamon roll French toast, bran muffins, grits, and biscuits smothered in sausage gravy. Dessert is the best-known dish, however, so don’t leave without trying a good ol’ fashioned pie with a flaky, buttery crust in over 20 flavors like apple, mincemeat, rhubarb, and chocolate peanut butter.








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  • 2006 | BEST APPLE PIE

    In our opinion, it's always worth a trek out to east Mesa, to this homey and charming shrine to the land where corn grows freely, and it's all because of our favorite part of the day: dessert. More than 20 types of homemade pie are baked daily using passed-down family recipes, and the offerings will overwhelm your taste buds. There are straight-ahead varieties like the cherry and peach pies, as well as more unusual offerings like the decadent chocolate peanut butter and the sweet sour cream... More »

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Main Menu
Four Egg Omelettes
$8.99
2 Meat & 2 Cheese
$7.99
3 Cheese
cheddar, american or swiss
$7.99
Sausage & Cheese
$7.99
Bacon & Cheese
$7.99
Twisted Denver
$7.99
Veggie & Cheese
$7.99
Ham & Cheese
$6.99
Plain Omelette
Two Eggs & Meat Combination
selections below served with home fries and toast
$7.99
1 Dan Gable's Home-made
breaded pork tenderloin
$6.99
2 Bacon & 1 Sausage Patty
$7.99
Ham
$7.99
Chicken Fried Steak
$6.99
3 Bacon
$6.99
Sausage Patties
$6.99
Corned Beef Hash
$6.99
Atkins Hamburger, Sausage Or Chicken
$4.99
Just Eggs (no Meat)
From The Griddle
choose joey 'o' buttermilk or mike butterworth buckwheat. with 1 egg, 1 sausage, or 2 bacon add $3.00. add your favorite fruit topping $1.59
$3.99
1 Pancake
$4.99
2 Pancakes
$5.49
3 Pancakes
$5.49
1 Waffle
$4.79
Homemade Cinnamon Roll French Toast
$3.00
French Toast
with 1 egg
$3.00
With Fruit Topping A $1.59
1 Sausage Or 2 Bacon
$4.79
Texas French Toast
Sweet'n Yur Morn'n
$3.29
Cinnamon Roll
$3.29
Oat Bran Muffin
$3.99
With Toast $1.00
Hot Cereal With Raisons
$3.99
Bowl Of Grits, Oatmeal Or Cream Of Wheat
Biscuits & Sausage Gravy
$3.79
1 Biscuit
$5.79
With 1 Egg And Home Fries $2.79
3 Biscuits
$4.79
2 Biscuits
Just A Li'l Bit More
$3.29
2 Sausage Patties Or 3 Bacon
$3.29
Home Fries
$3.79
Sausage Or Brown Gravy Home Fries
$1.59
1 Egg Or Toast Or Biscuit
$0.79
Peanut Butter
$0.79
Cheese Or Onions
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