George's Family Restaurant and Pancake House

We were pleasantly surprised by this diner located at 145 S Oak Park Avenue.  We have passed by George's Restaurant many times but have never eaten there.  People have recommended it to us but we have never gone in. Last week we met Peter Sagal from the radio show "Wait, Wait Don't Tell Me" and he told us his kids love this restaurant for breakfast so we finally decided to breakfast here this morning.


The restaurant was very crowded.  There were green carnations on every table (even though it's a Greek Diner) and decorations up for St. Patrick's Day.  The waitress quickly came with diner coffee and water for both of us.  The menu had the usual breakfast items (pancakes, waffles, omelets etc.).  After eating a lot last week, we decided to go with the basic egg breakfast.  Believe it or not, we were still able to get the early bird special (it's not over until 11:00 a.m.).  We had eggs over easy, toast, turkey sausage, orange juice, and hash browns (Leslie got fruit instead).  The eggs were perfect!  We were really pleasantly surprised and how good our breakfast tasted.  This diner was much better than our last diner experience in Oak Park.  The waitress came around with coffee often and was very friendly.


There seems to be a group of older men that meet there every day (there was also a group of older ladies at a different table).  There was great diner conversation (one person was talking about Rod Blagojevitch on the radio and his court case).  We talked to the man at the register and he told us he grew up at this restaurant.  It's been around for years.  The full menu looks like your typical Chicago diner: salads, Greek specialties, pasta, sandwiches, etc.  I'm sure we'll be back for a meal with our kids one day and for breakfast again soon.