Located at 2412 A S. Elm-Eugene St., Rosie’s Café offers home cooked Southern cuisine for dine-in or carry out. It is open for breakfast, lunch, and dinner, and meal combos and daily specials are available.
Housed in a converted gas station, Rosie’s goes to prove that the Lindley Park neighborhood doesn’t hold a monopoly on repurposed businesses. However, all similarities between Rosie’s and the Filling Station end there. Rosie’s does not offer anything to entice a young crowd or any crowd for that matter. The interior is barebones and tiny: there are maybe half a dozen stools along two counters, and that does it for seating. You will also be eating on Styrofoam and plastic, and you won’t have a television to watch, music to listen to, or anything else in the way of ambiance.
Once you get past the fact that Rosie’s is “dine-in” in name only, you’ll find that the food is equal parts tasty and cheap. The extensive breakfast menu is heavy on meat (steak, pork chops, country ham, etc.) and egg combos, and you can feed yourself well for under $5. The lunch/dinner menu is a bit more limited. They are big on burgers and ($1!) hot dogs here, but you can also get something more filling. I opted for a pork chop, potato salad, and slaw, and I was not disappointed. The chop was nicely breaded and not the least bit dry, and the sides are what you’d expect from a Southern kitchen. The best part? That and a drink cost me under $9.
Rosie’s is not a viable option if you want to take in a nice meal, but if you are just looking for cheap eats or something to go, you’d be hard-pressed to find better food at these prices.
7.75
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