M & I Weather Vane Cafe

First of all the food is fantastic. Great breakfast. The service is always great and the new owner is friendly and a great cook. If you wind up within 20 miles of Anita at breakfast or lunch time, do yourselves a favor and stop at the Weathervane.

Very cute little cafe. Just off the interstate so we stopped on our way home from Des Moines. Our food was good. The pancakes were huge and really good, definitely recommend. Waitstaff were wonderful and the kitchen was fast.

This restaurant is in my hometown. I worked here in HS! The service is always warm and friendly, the food is great, prices are fair, decor is charming, and it's lovely to hear all the townspeople greet each other with an authentic "hello" and "how are you?"! Worth a stop. Every time! :)

Great food, great service, reasonably priced. Nice and clean, in a quaint little town set back in time. Well worth the 3 mile drive off of the I-80 exit.

This diner is on Anita's main drag and cannot be missed if you're looking for a good hearty breakfast. The scenery was also interesting too in more ways than one. There are lots of eclectic decorations in the place. In addition when we all had coffee it was served in unique (all different) mugs representing businesses in the area and neighboring other communities including Atlantic. A nice crowd was in here on a Sunday early May morning with overflow no doubt from the neighboring Catholic Church. Service was kind of slow initially and finally she came to take our order, and what seemed like forever for coffee to finally arrive. We were pleased to hear it was a fresh pot, allegedly for our delay. I ordered a ham, egg, and cheese omelette and with hash browns. It was a perfectly filling breakfast and a lot of food. Clearly this place is the place to be for a filling breakfast. Anita is not far from I-80.They also have quite a bit of seating so this place is a lot larger than it looks.

Drove 3 miles from I80 for breakfast. Small town charm. Great breakfast. Nothing trendy, simple hardy good food. Friendly staff. Worth the slight detour. Outside plain but very cute inside.

Passing through and stopped in for breakfast. Great food and coffee. Nice place and good service.

My husband and I stopped here for breakfast on our way through the area.My rave is that this place has CHARACTER! It's in a cool old building in the heart of Anita and this diner is very much what I would refer to as "small town Iowa" (though this place may be a bit cooler).However, the food is pretty typical. Don't let the menu prices from their website fool you; pancakes are no longer $1.25 each, but $2, and no longer is coffee $0.75... it's a bit over $1 now. I'm guessing the prices increased due to new owners. My pancake was a bit underdone (white), the coffee was okay and the slab of ham I ordered was good. The seasoned potatoes were fine... but not worth the $2. Their food is nothing to write home about, but they do make their pies and biscuits from scratch.Our server was so, so nice. Excellent service.This place is pretty close to I-80 so if you plan on passing through I would recommend it for its retro appeal (not the food).

Great burger. Just make sure they are open when you stop by. We did stop in just before they closed. Good thing they deliver to the bar next door. We got our food fast and hot. Great place to get a bite to eat.

I love this place best breakfast ever. Had some awesome scramble bowl that was absolutely delicious. Super nice people!