Prospect Cafe & Trophy Room

Honest breakfast, reasonable prices, perfectly good service at a small-town pace.

Tourists Ina hurry might be frustrated. Heck, I'm a tourist in a hurry. But it was worth taking a breath and enjoying a later breakfast.

Pictured: French Toast breakfast. Still served at noon. (Pancakes and omelettes only until 11am)

*This is a review exclusively of the cafe side of the building*

This is definitely an example of a country cafe - meaning that a lot of the locals eat here & use this place as a hang out. The cafe side of this establishment doesn't have any taxidermy animals - I'd suspect that the taxidermy stuff would frighten any children that would visit otherwise! The cafe side had a small staff the day I visited - just a hostess and the cook. I had to eat outside because I had a dog with me. They had an empty half of a milk jug outside for dogs, and a local man offered to fill it up with some water for my dog, which was very nice. I was told that the single hostess couldn't really easily accommodate outside diners, so I placed the order inside (she did bring the food out to us). The sprinkler system came on for the outdoor plants while we were sitting there & we got misted with the water because the outdoor seating is very close to the plants. Thankfully we hadn't yet received our food or that would've been more unpleasant. The food itself was quite good! The salad actually was really surprising because it contained delicious pickled beets, freshly grated carrots, and mixed greens (no iceberg here!). My partner got the chili cheese burger, which was so large that it really could've been shared between 2 people. I got the mushroom swiss burger, and the buttered & grilled bun really helped the burger shine. The chocolate malt milkshake was also delicious.

I'm knocking off a star for the automatic plant waterer being timed to come on during business hours - meaning that anyone sitting outside will get misted; as much as I appreciate the misting on a hot summer day, I don't think I'd like getting water all over my food. I also am knocking off another star for something that confused and grossed me out a bit. On the side of the building there's a device attached to the building, not sure what it was for, that had a drive belt attached to it & a large metal(?) sheet hanging out of it covered in what I believe to be black decaying old grease. I believe that was what was attracting all the flies, as we had to bat away quite a few flies while sitting outside. Now granted, I could be totally wrong and that device might've had motor oil all over that sheet and the flies were just there because they smelled food outside on a hot summer day. I didn't take a picture of the device, but that device really needs to be cleaned. I'd also suggest making sure that there's nothing in/around the building contributing to the flies. The cafe part of the building itself looks like it needs repairs. I know that this is a small town and that there's only so much money for these things with limited clientele, but I wanted to bring these up as something that I definitely noticed as a customer & fixing these/doing what you can would improve the cafe, at least in 1 customer's eyes. I do wish this cafe all the best. I love supporting local businesses, and only bring up critiques to hopefully help improve things.

PS - I did appreciate the management's cheeky signs about COVID on their doors, and I did go into the bar side and thought that the whimsical arrangement of the taxidermy items were a hoot. So definitely management has a sense of humor.

Wonderful experience. Spent hours chatting with the owner and locals. Ran into my mom there. Don't remember what the food was like I was having such a great time. Also the neighborhood is dog friendly which is a plus for me.

My wife and I dropped in for lunch and were pleasantly surprised by the quality of the food and quantity of the servings. The service was fun and friendly. While we didn’t have drinks in the trophy room, we did go in to look around. They’ve really cleaned that place up and have made it bright, warm, and welcoming.

Love this place. Food is homemade, and servings are hardy. The ambiance is interesting and so are the characters that we meet in there.

Great friendly place!
We stopped in here just because we had seen it wile looking for the historical hotel and the kids were hungry.
It has an eclectic charm, friendly small business owners and a good burger. He even went the extra mile for my pre teen and her dairy protein allergies!!!!
We had burgers (4) all but one with the homemade burger buns... Yum, and shared an order of fries it can to just a hair over $40.....thats just good business.

Great find! Off the beaten path little cafe. Good dinner food and fun local atmosphere.

Party of 3 went for breakfast on Saturday before Memorial Day. Food was average. I had the biscuits and gravy, and wouldn't recommend it. Service was quick and friendly.

Quiet, homestyle atmosphere! Enjoyed the food. The apple pie is a keeper.

Didn't much care for the fries but the waitress and cook were very friendly even with us comming in and ordering 5 minutes before they closed.