After shoveling the walk (you really have to love living in Chicago!) and dropping off the kids at school, we decided to go to Lido's Cafe for breakfast today. There had been many articles in the local Oak Park papers about Lido's closing and we then heard it quickly reopened. So, we decided the nice Oak Park neighborly thing to do was spend our money at Lido's. We were happy to see it was opened but ended up not eating there. All they had were plain croissants and Ham & Cheese croissants (difficult for us since we don't eat pork.) So, we bought the kids some sprinkle cookies and walked up the street.
We ended up eating at the Cozy Corner on Lake and Marion. I think the age of the customers dropped when we walked in but we were pleasantly greeted by the diner waitress and sat down. I (Leslie) felt like my grandfather was going to walk into the restaurant at anytime (but he died when I was 9) because it reminded me of the diners we used to go to when I was younger. The restaurant opened 60 years ago this March. It is clean and updated but still has that old diner feel to it. Max had a silver dollar pancakes (and many of them) with turkey sausage. The turkey sausage was good as were the pancakes. Leslie had a Greek omelet that comes with hash browns and toast. The omelet was very good (not greasy at all) and the hash browns were crispy just the way we like them. Overall, we were very impressed with the breakfast and surprised that people just kept coming into the restaurant. The waitress was friendly, the food was good, and the coffee just kept coming (although it definitely wasn't the best coffee). It is a great place for a classic diner experience.
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