RAVE: Heartland Cafe!

[Sue]

I went the other day for dinner. Was greeted promptly and enthusiastically, and someone came over in a few minutes to take my order. The wait wasn’t too bad considering I overheard them say the entire restaurant and bar were full. However, when they dropped off my food, the server sneaked up from behind me, slapped it on the table and ran. Never saw him again until another server told him I wanted the check after I sat there for 5 minutes finished.

The food was okay, but not rave-worthy. Chicken-fried chicken was very good, but the gravy was too much, both in quantity and too heavy – I’d ask for it on the side next time. Mashed potatoes were good, but the potato salad mediocre. I was surprised that there were no veggies on the side dish list (other than sauerkraut) and mentioned that to the server.

I’ll give them another try in a month or so and see how things may change.

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[westcoastdeb]

I feel the same way. I will be back to check it out again, but I had the sheppards pie and it wasnt rave worthy. My waitor was over attentive and was almost hovering over me to fill my glass — granted I sat up by the register, but it was just a little much. Menu was a little limited for me, but give it a month or two for them to work out the kinks and I will be back.

Deb

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[squareeyes]

It’s already got the atmosphere of a local hangout. I was there last night (Friday). The place was packed – front and back. We sat in the bar and loved the decor. Service was a little inattentive but entirely understandable; they were slammed and are still getting all their processes in place. Will definitely be back. Am looking forward to trying breakfast.

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[sam-c]

we made it for the first time on Friday evening. the host said it would be a 10-15 minutes wait, but it ended up being almost 30. I thought that wait would be disastrous for the almost 2 yr old, but the service was so fast that nobody was crying for their food. I thought the meatloaf was great. the double-brat dinner was “good, not great”, yummmy yummy sides: the potato salad and the cole slaw were good. our server was nice and came at all the right times, and like I said, we didn’t have to wait long for our food. We really enjoyed the atmosphere and peeked into the bar- very interesting; we never saw it in its previous incarnation.

my only complaint would be about the beer; I wish they had draft beer. and maybe, more microbrews instead of coors and miller. but according to the mid-westerner in the house, mid-westerners don’t need microbrews.

now, just need to make it back for breakfast. we looked at the b-fast menu. I will have a hard time making up my mind.

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[Heartland]

Hello West Seattle,

We took our time to make the Heartland Cafe a place where WS could congregate. Boy! did you ever… After 10-days of business, we have met so many of you. To the families! You showed your trust by bringing in children —and lots of them. We worked hard on creating a space where everyone felt comfortable. It felt specials to see folks from 1yr-91yrs gather together on common ground.

Let’s not forget the Benbow Room, which has brought back so many memories for multiple generations. We had the pleasure of putting on a smile for “Joe” a sweet lady who once bartended here for 30+ years. I could tell she was tickled pink to see the old ship sail once again.

Thank you for being patient with our service, menu options and hours of operation. In the next week we will dial in our hours and cater our menu to your liking. We plan on offering prime rib and fried chicken to our weekend menu, as well as Family Style dining on Sunday nights.

Starting tomorrow we will be closed on Mondays. Don’t worry though, we will be back on Tuesday serving breakfast, lunch and dinner 6-days a week.

The Heart of WS is now at the Heartland Cafe.

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[charlabob]

We’ve now been to Heartland twice and we’re sold. Bob’s a fan of the Admiral Benbow and ask Matthew about the Wicked Wench (cosmo on steroids with pomegranites….) Works for brunch too. The chicken fried steak is the best ever, according to both of us. Burgers — all of the sides (try the sauerkraut — it’s surprising — spicy and delicious.)

Service was exceptional — the Benbow room is just plain fun and funky (and, yeah, very Vegas like.) Drop by — it was definitely worth waiting for.

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