Courthouse Exchange Restaurant

Love the food and that it is really haunted and has been on ghost hunters tv show great service great location

I'm new to the area and that means I get to walk to the square and experience all that's here. That meant the day after Thanksgiving we went on adventure. By our luck the Courthouse Exchange was open. In our party of three one got the soup and salad bar, the soup was good according to her, but just a lot of celery. My other friend got the BLT, he said it was great! Myself, I got the messy fries in an entree portion. All were good and we all raved about how good the bacon was. We all had a round of beer and that was fresh and delicious. I definitely plan to get back and try more of the menu. Oh did I mention our server was delightful and attentive.

This place is located in downtown Independence directly across from the Truman Courthouse. When you enter, you walk down some stairs to the restaurant located below street level. It has a very casual atmosphere, and a home style menu with the usual American cuisine. The open faced hot roast beef sandwich was excellent. Even better, the chocolate cake was amazing. Service was outstanding! Very attentive. Highly recommended if you are in the area.

This review is for the experience my brother and I had on Wednesday, December 13th.My brother and I got together that day at Game Café for a couple hours and decided to get something to eat at the neighboring restaurant before visiting some more family. ^__^ We were both relieved for how slow it was there that day! Only a couple other booths were being used during our lunch, so getting settled came naturally, along with our interaction with our waitress. She was very kind and welcoming, which made things even more comfortable. My brother ordered a specialty buffalo chicken mac'n cheese bowl of some sort and I chose to get 2 sides to enjoy as a meal. BOTH SIDES WERE EACH A MEAL !! lol.. Huge sides they were! You could easily fill up on one side order of them sweet potato fries Or deep-fried mushrooms. Both of which are safe go-to's for me if I see them on any menu.. I do enjoy my deep-fried mushies. ^_^ Because it was so slow that afternoon, it was easy to capture decent snapshots of their business. It's a little too dark for my personal liking, but it was alright. Well kept and neat it was. I didn't love their fried mushies, but I still enjoyed them, and had plenty to take home with me after our time there lol. I might return to try something else on their menu. Perhaps after another Game Café visit.

Oh man- what a little secret this place is!! Most delicious Chicken Fried Steak I've ever had, and I e tried MANY. Great service, nice ambiance and totally affordable.

It was a busy night but the service was good over all. The food was hot and the chicken on the sandwich was HUGE! They could have given you two buns to make it perfect. This a bar restaurant mix and out door patio. Had the fried mushrooms as well but forgot to capture it sorry to say. They were great!

What a gem! We were in town to get our marriage license, and found this spot. As soon as we walked in, I knew this place was for us. Kind of divey, but in a friendly neighborhood way. It seems like the kind of place with a lot of regulars- which I certainly would be if I lived closer. The food is simple and perfect- nothing too fancy. Reminds me of home.I wish this existed in KC!

We randomly found this place and decided to come in. It has a very speakeasy vibes with the stonewalls but it was cool! My husband had the buttermilk honey fried chicken and I had the country fried steak. Both were super crunchy and delicious! Mine was better though! We got our food pretty fast so service was efficient! We'll have to come back if we're ever on this side of town.

It's been a while since I've been to the Courthouse Exchange and I'm still trying to figure out why I don't come here more often. The food is delicious and fresh, the table service is great (thanks Jodie) and the atmosphere is cool even knowing Harry himself spent time here back in the day. We were here for lunch during the week and got seated right away. I ordered the soup and salad and had the chicken tortilla soup. My wife had the grilled chicken sandwich. Everything was delish and gave us a reason to stick around a bit to just relax and enjoy the time there. I'll be back!

I was ONE HUNDRED PERCENT DISCRIMINATED against when I walked in there. No customers were there just the bar tender. I sat at the bar and was asked for my ID. I am FIFTY SIX years old and I look FIFTY SIX years old! When I said that I accidentally left my ID at home but had a picture on my phone (which served as proof of ID for the County Assessor's Office) if that would work as it had for the Assessor. I was told NO! I calmly left and said I know EXACTLY what it is to the bar tender, and that I would NEVER EVER be back, nor recommend ANY person of color not to as well. This was my experience, yours may be different.