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5 Breakfast Places to Check Out in Champaign-Urbana

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CHAMPAIGN, IL (CHAMBANA TODAY)-  Champaign-Urbana has a diverse food district filled with options, to narrow down your choices we created a list of 5 breakfast places we love, good food at a good price! Here’s our list of 5 breakfast places to check out:

 1. The Original Pancake House: We strive to offer the highest quality food and best service in town. We have so many “regulars” that we all feel as if OPH is our second family. It is a fun place to work and our customers can tell that by how long most of us have been working here. Every customer is important to us and we try to go out of our way to show that. Many people have said, “It’s not just the food that keeps us coming back, it’s the people!”, and we never get tired of hearing that!

2. The Courier Cafe: The historic Courier Café has been an Urbana charm since 1980, and is famous for its pleasant vintage setting. The café is open for a choice of breakfast, lunch, and dinner.

3. Urbana Garden Family Restaurant: Urbana Garden Family Restaurant has been in business successfully for nearly 30 years. At our restaurant you can choose among different healthy breakfast options. From omelettes and pancakes to sandwiches and side orders, we have them all. Enjoy a satisfying lunch with your friends and family. We guarantee you that your food will be served fresh and hot. You can choose from a wide variety of burgers, appetizers, melts and steak. 
4. Le Peep Champaign:  Locally owned restaurants with friendly service and a focus on food At Le Peep we care about freshness, and quality, and take pride in the fact that our food is prepared fresh daily. We don’t do this to be different, We do it to be better! Taste what makes us great!

5. Merry Ann’s Diner: Merry-Ann’s Diner, home of the famous Diner Stack, has been cooking’ it up in Champaign-Urbana since 1983.  The diner was founded by Stacy Pomonis in loving memory of his wife Merry-Ann Pomonis, who passed away that same year.  The restaurant is still family owned and operated to this day.

Which one of these would you try! Check our food scene page for more suggestions on what to try around Champaign-Urbana.

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