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JoAnne's Restaurant & Cafe

Old-School Griddle House & Amish-Starter Pancake Counter — Ontario, CA 91762

No QR-only menus or $22 avocado toast—just a sizzling 7am flat-top griddle, Amish-recipe buttermilk pancakes, and chicken-fried steak on Mountain Ave.

An Ontario morning staple where contractors, retirees, and families pack the booths every day from 7am to 3pm.

📍 Verified Street Address
1141 N Mountain Ave, Ontario, CA 91762
🕒 Verified Operating Hours
Daily 7:00am–3:00pm
📞 Direct Counter Phone (Zero App Markup)
🔥 Destination Signature Dish
Country-Fried Steak & Sawmill Gravy + Amish Buttermilk Hotcakes

🔥 Must-Try Signature Dishes at JoAnne's Restaurant & Cafe

Country Chicken-Fried Steak & Eggs
$14.99
Old Amish-Recipe Buttermilk or Buckwheat Pancakes (Full Stack)
$10.99
El Camino Real Machaca & Chorizo Scramble
$13.99
Jumbo Lumberjack Griddle Platter
$15.49
Diner Salisbury Steak & Mashed Potatoes (Lunch)
$14.49

👨‍🍳 Why Locals Love JoAnne's Restaurant & Cafe

Family & Culinary Roots: Beloved neighborhood breakfast & lunch coffee shop on N. Mountain Ave in Ontario where waitresses still top off your mug before it hits half-empty.

Scratch Kitchen Commitment: Pancake batter mixed daily from an old Amish buttermilk starter; country sausage gravy whisked in-house with cracked black pepper; potatoes shredded fresh on the flat-top.

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