Grand Avenue Café
Grand Avenue Café
pancakes, food
interior
outside
interior
menu
interior
menu
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diners at tables with menus
Menu
two people sitting at a table
Best Americano in Eau Claire!
How we won the west with a side salad!
Pesto Chicken Salad
Outside dining, yes with service
Menu cover
a drawing of a table and chairs
a car parked on the side of the road
Scarlett Pumpernickel sandwich with Wild Rice soup
Steven G.
Nov 6, 2024
Delicious eggs Benedict. Would recommend a side of hash brown which I didn't get to soak up all the delicious sauce and yolk. The coffee was pretty good too and can be drank without any flavoring or cream. You have the regulars that come to eat on a Wednesday morning. The place is very homey inside. I love this place.
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Joshua D.
Jan 3, 2025
Review Visit: November 14th, 2024Maybe not THAT grand...The short trip to Eau Claire was coming to a close and I needed some food before I hit the road home. Around the corner from where Tim lives is a cafe he's been to a few times. We took the short stroll there to get some breakfast and coffee in us.We popped in after the major breakfast crowd and before the lunch crowd made the small cafe packed. We took a seat towards the front by the window so we could get some natural light to go with our meal. Our waitress was a hoot. She was professional but really chatty and we all quickly got on the topic of horror movies, spooky things, and the love for reading. I got the house coffee with a biscotti stick to go with it. Tim got a latte thing. The waitress forgot my biscotti but quickly brought it over when I asked her about it.As for our meal, I ordered just the french toast and Tim got a full course meal. I wanted to eat somewhat light as I had the long drive but... when I say I got french toast... it was the most basic two slices of french toast I've ever had. It ended up tasting decent but for $8.49, it just felt like it needed to some with a side of protein or eggs or something. Tim said his The Grand Gatsby and Bread Pudding was good, even if he doesn't care for Mango, which is what his Bread Pudding flavor was.The biscotti was really good, even better dipped in the coffee. The coffee itself was your typical drip coffee that you'd find across the country. Not great but not bad. It served it purpose.While it was a bit of a letdown that my last meal before heading home was less than stellar but the memories made at the cafe (and the whole trip) are one you can't put a rating on. With that in mind, if we visit here again in 2025, I will definitely get a more substantial meal than two meager slices of french toast.
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Geoff P.
Nov 16, 2022
I grab breakfast here about once a month. I am a firm believer that they still make the best eggs Benedict in town. The Hollandaise sauce is smooth and well seasoned, the poached eggs are always done correctly, and the service is always good. They do occasionally have issues with staffing, which can create some delays in terms of getting service. But generally speaking the service is quick, efficient, and unobtrusive.
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Chuq Y.
Jan 7, 2020
My wife and I stopped in here during our latest trip to Eau Claire. It appears to be on a street that time kind of forgot, but it's the cutest place. It would fit right in as a movie set for a love story. It's laid back and a perfect spot for a nice chill lunch.Anyway, GAC is very literature themed, from the wall border (book spines) to it's sandwich names such as the Scarlett Pumpernickel and Tale of Two Chickens.We swung in here for lunch based on our criteria of non-chain, highly rated on yelp and proximity to us. I ordered the Scarlett Pumpernickel sandwich with a side of their Soup du Jour (Minnesota Wild Rice) and my wife got the Pesto Chicken Salad. Both were amazing. The soup was hearty and filling, and my sandwich was just as good as it's description: grilled slices of tender corned beef, spicy dijon mustard, sauerkraut & melted swiss on pumpernickel bread. My mouth is watering just thinking back to it.My wife's dish was absolutely loaded with chicken and the pesto chicken was delicious. The other salad ingredients were very fresh.They also have a ton of flavored coffees, which I didn't try. That's just not my thing. America needs more eateries like this. I'm sure there are thousands, but maybe I just need to find them. So, the next time you're in Eau Claire and need to grab a bit, head over towards the UWEC campus to slow down and grab some food.
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Steve S.
Aug 8, 2019
We stopped here for lunch, it's just GREAT! It's an Eau Claire gem!I had the Great Expectation sandwich. Which was smoked turkey, crispy bacon, sauce, tomato, lettuce on wild rice cranberry bread. OoooooooooCoffee was rich & delicious. Chips were extra crispy, nice!
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James C.
Jul 26, 2022
Their Eggs Benedict is on point. Quite literally one of the best made, homemade like Eggs Benny I've come across. We are grateful Nucleus was closed so we could experience this amazing food
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Sara V.
Mar 4, 2025
Great food, cute place, good service. Chose this place based on other yelp reviews and they were not wrong!
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Martha N.
Jul 9, 2024
Servers were nice but almost MIA. The coffee was awful (think weaker than Denny's) and the cream came in a bunch of little containers. The iced latte was obviously just cold weak coffee over ice, and the latte cost NINE FIFTY (oatmilk was subbed for a dollar). The french toast was extremely mediocre and the hashbrowns were not good and a very small portion. The butter also came in little packets. So wasteful and odd, seeing as this is a breakfast place. I usually write only great reviews, but this was really not good. Also very confusing where to order, sit, etc.
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Alanna K.
Jul 8, 2024
Delicious food and great service. We loved the charm and atmosphere on the inside. The french toast and waffles were extra yummy. They were very friendly to our kids.
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Helen B.
Mar 27, 2024
We live this little cafe. The food is always good and so is the service. It's such a cozy little spot.
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