Comet Cafe

As I mentioned in a previous review, I was gifted this very cool coupon book with deals at women-owned businesses. Much to my delight, Comet Cafe, is featured in that book!We dropped by on a wintry Sunday evening. The sort of evening that practically begs for comfort food. Knowing they have ample portions, we didn't opt for a starter this time. We were also headed to cocktails after, so we didn't order those either. For my main, I got the cheesy tomato sandwich with fries. My dining companion got their vegan salisbury steak and an order of their Harissa roasted carrots (which I believe was a limited special). My sandwich was just the kind of ooey gooey, cheesy delight I was hoping for. The fries are on the thin side and I ordered some of their spicy aioli to go along, which gave them just the oomph they needed. My dining companion was kind enough to offer a bite of his carrots (so flavorful with a nice kick of spice) and his vegan salisbury steak (served over a bed of mashed potatoes and smothered with gravy, it was the coziest comfort food ever). Our server was absolutely lovely in every single way. Get to it!

Warm smiles upon entering the cafe. It was cold and raining so I naturally requested a French vanilla cafe with whipped cream as my starter beverage.Our waitress was attentive and the neighboring waiter checked in a few times on our group.Ordered the "Compact Turkey Dinner". It's Thanksgiving dinner wrapped in a delicious ball. There's turkey, stuffing, mashed potatoes in a beer-battered ball form topped w/ gravy. No world famous pie for the evening ...full from our meal but the next visit I'm game.

Used to love this place. Friendly staff, great service, even if you did have to wait a little bit to be seated and to get your food. Great brunch options, too. Now? Food was not as good, service was sssllloooowwww, even though we sat at the bar. Took our server almost 10 minutes to acknowledge us, and then almost an HOUR to get our food. We ordered omelets, not the hardest item to make, and they came out tasting no better than Denny's. We used to rave about this place but it's become something I'm not sure we will be visiting again. Shame, because we had some great meals and memories here.

Flew into Milwaukee and did a mobile search on the interstate for comfort food. This place popped up as a place on Triple D. Comet Cafe sits on a corner in an older neighborhood. Looks well attended by locals and visitors as well but it was not crowded when we visited mid afternoon. We ordered a cup of tomato soup with crackers and a shareable plate of poutine. Both were tasty but nothing over the top.The staff were friendly and the wait for the food was reasonable.The homemade pies were tempting but we passed.

OMG! This was some of the best food I've had in such a long time. I'm predominately vegan and usually have to settle but not at this place. The tofu scramble was absolutely mouthwatering. My partners commuter sandwich was also delicious. Additionally the staff were so incredibly nice, even though they were slammed on a Sunday brunch. Laurel S was such a good server and the person who seated us was so kind and generous. Such a positive experience and 100% recommend this. We had a short wait but it was absolutely worth it.

This pancake is up there as one of the best I've had - custardy, warm, and griddled to perfection. It is giant and one is more than enough alongside eggs & bacon. I subbed hash browns for fruit and was pleasantly surprised to receive a cup primarily of berries. My husband got the meatloaf hash which he enjoyed (especially the cheesy hash browns) but felt it was a little light on the meat. The coffee is hot, fresh, and quality and our server was friendly and attentive. I want to come back to try other diner classics for breakfast and lunch!

Fast and friendly service, first time back here in years...had the burger and it was 5-stars; fries also good. Love the pie as well, 4-stars, tried the cookies and cream and banana cream.

My dauber used to live in Milwaukee and would often take us to the greatest dining establishments. We arrived around 11 on a Sunday. We were told we would have a 25 minute wait but it was actually only about 8 minutes. Five of us; two parents, college student and two teens. The hubby ordered the breakfast burrito, daughter number one ordered the commuter, daughter number two ordered soup and grilled cheese and our son ordered the poutine. I cannot remember what I ordered and the only pictures I have from that day are of the kids and myself. Food was awesome and everyone finished so we didn't have to bring home leftovers. Cute little place... very kitschy, which I love!

I think I had the best slice of cherry pie I've ever had in my life here. The waitress told me they were Door County cherries bussed in from up north. Good call, because that pie slapped. The pancake was huge and the eggs were delicious. Good service, good location, reasonable prices.

This was new restaurant of the week and a long time bookmark. I have been wanting to get here since DDD had an episode showing the restaurant so yes it's been a long time and they closed down for C19 so all hope was gone forever of getting over. A miracle happened and a well known Milwaukee restaurant group reopened it and the DDD featured items were still on the menu. The place is crushed on the weekends with no parking on my previous attempts but today being a week day I had parking right across the street and a table was open. The guy who greeted me did an excellent job at being the face of the business as well as my server. The place is funky old looking with an old school lunch counter, back bar with booths, I love this place.I remember Guy focusing on bacon, the turkey ball and the meatloaf if I remember correctly from years ago so I asked my server with out opening the menu for 2 guesses as to why I made the trip and BANG he nailed the meatloaf and second was BANG the turkey ball which was a hard choice but the amazing meatloaf won today.I started with an adult cocktail which was a whiskey old fashioned sour which was a little different because the cherry and orange were on the bottom and muddled first as opposed to on top intact and decent.My plate hit the table and looked amazing with a great presentation, the meat loaf tower. It's a bed of good quality rye bread with caraway seeds, ketchup topped meatloaf, mashed potatoes, gravy, bacon, stewed/soft red onion, tomato slice topped with fresh chives OMG.The meatloaf with layers of flavors was so good and very hearty. The rye bread was the bakery artisan quality kind, thank you. The meatloaf was flavorful. The mashed potatoes were silky smooth. The bacon was crispy and everything else was good but the tomato was very flavorful unlike most from the store.Overall this place is doing meatloaf like a 5 star restaurant and unlike any other meatloaf I have had with friendly staff. I heard that if you bring your dog over they give the dog a strip of bacon so this guy brought his cat over in a carriage, equality for all kind of thing and the cat got a bacon strip and could care less because it had 0 interest in it but it's a fun story.