Cartoon murals painted above the red diner booths

Moberly, Missouri · Breakfast & Lunch Diner

Breakfast, burgers & a little bit of your childhood

5-star Google review

“It’s more than a place to get food. It’s a place to get your soul back and a little bit of your childhood.”David S. · Google review
Griddle’s on5:30 AM to 2 PM · Sun from 7:30
Call ahead(660) 263-5233

Off the griddle

The plates people drive in for

Hand-pattied burgers, all-you-can-eat pancakes, biscuits and gravy made the diner way. Photos from our own kitchen, prices live from our register.

Golden fried catfish fillet with fries and tartar sauce$9.49

Catfish Fillet

One catfish filet, served with fries

Veggie omelette with peppers and melted cheese, toast on the side$12.49

Veggie Omelette

Onion, tomato, green peppers, mushrooms, and cheese

Golden breakfast quesadilla wedges with two dipping sauces$10.49

Breakfast Quesadilla

Flour Tortilla loaded with scrambled eggs, sausage, cheese, peppers, onions, mushrooms served with hash browns, salsa, and sour cream

A basket of hand-breaded Krispy Krunchy chicken and tenders with honey biscuits

New in the kitchen

Krispy Krunchy Chicken, fried fresh here

Hand-breaded bone-in chicken, jumbo tenders, wings and nuggets with honey biscuits and Cajun sides. Krunch Boxes for one, family meals for the whole table. Call 30 minutes ahead for big orders.

House favorites

Order a plate, meet a character

Alley Oop. Barney. Sad Sack. Moby Dick. The plates here carry names you grew up reading, and portions that mean nobody leaves hungry.

The Alley Oop breakfast plate

Alley Oop

$13.99

4 eggs, 4 bacon, hash browns, and 2 fluffy pancakes

The Barney: french toast, eggs and bacon

Barney

$8.59

2 french toast, 2 eggs, 2 bacon

Henry's breakfast with hash browns, ham and eggs

Henry's

$10.49

2 eggs, hash browns, breakfast ham, and toast

The Sad Sack breakfast plate

Sad Sack

$9.99

Bacon and 2 eggs atop 2 cakes

The Moby Dick fried fish sandwich

Moby Dick Sandwich

$10.49
The Junk Yard Boss loaded breakfast

Junk Yard Boss

$12.49

1 biscuit, 3 scrambled eggs, hash browns, and 2 bacon all covered with gravy

Look around

The walls do half the talking

Hand-painted murals, teal walls full of characters, shelves of lunchboxes and cookie jars collected over decades. Kids point, grandparents explain.

The Mystery Machine painted on a teal wall with the whole Scooby-Doo gang
The Mystery Machine parks on the back wall.
Red booths under a teal wall of Flintstones and Snoopy art
Dino and Snoopy watch over the booths.
A wall of framed Betty Boop art on teal, between black display shelves
The Betty Boop corner.
Pebbles, Dino and the doghouse painted over the booths
Every wall is somebody's Saturday morning.
Vintage Daffy Duck cookie jar and Bozo memorabilia on the shelves
Fifty years of lunchboxes and cookie jars.
Marvin the Martian decals and vintage metal lunchboxes on a teal wall
Marvin guards the lunchbox collection.

4.3 stars · 900+ Google reviews

“They greeted you with kindness and called you by name if you are a regular. Fast, on time, and just overall the best service I’ve seen in years.”

David S. · Google review

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Hours & directions

Open early.
Gone by 2 PM.

The griddle starts at 5:30 AM. Come for breakfast or lunch, and if you are passing through on Highway 63, we are worth the exit.

Monday to Saturday
5:30 AM to 2:00 PM
Sunday
7:30 AM to 2:00 PM