Diversity Cafe

The restaurant openly defies the state’s indoor mask mandate. I asked the lady checking id’s about it and she said they were “letting everyone choose.” There is a sign up by the restrooms that says "face covering required." Went for a drag night which was absolutely hilarious, fun, and entertaining. Calamari was soggy with uncooked batter sliding off the squid and it honestly tasted like bait you’d fish with. Couldn’t eat. Vegan food came out missing ingredients and no dressing. Had to ask for things multiple times that the kitchen missed. Brisket came out tough, dry, chewy. Ate 20% of it. Paid for a loaded baked potato and instead got garlic potatoes. Servers did their absolute best, but kitchen was obviously having some kind of a moment. Before all the performances, music was incredibly loud. I had to shout just to have a conversation. Unnecessary. Kudos for great intentions with something like this (music, fun, allyship) in a semi-rural location. But something isn’t working here.

Was super stoked to try out their new vegan menu, but was hugely disappointed. My guest and I waited an hour for our food- we ordered the vegan BLTTA and vegan Buffalo Chicken Wrap. We also had ordered fried pickles, they were out; so we ordered an appetizer of onion rings... which just didn't ever arrive. Food: The food was cold, and not "you ordered a BLT and a wrap" cold, but as though it was made/heated up a while ago and had just been sitting there. The wrap was fine. The BLTTA... meh. But overall the food was not even CLOSE to their high-priced standards. For just the two items it was $28.00 (we weren't ever even offered a refill on our waters). Atmosphere/Service: There were MANY customers going back and forth between the club and lounge, walking through the front dining area to do so, and none of them were wearing a mask. Additionally, the one and a half servers that were present were not mask-wearers either. The main front of house waiter we experienced wore a mask for the first 20 or so minutes, but kept pulling it down when talking to customers- ultimately, just removing it. While we were there nearly a total of an hour and a half, it was additionally disappointing to see orders that came in after us being met and served before ourselves.

We ordered the brisket and boy we were very disappointed. It was overcooke, very dry and absolutely no flavor. The service was about the same. The bartender was more interested in taking selfies with her friends. They didn't come back after our food was delivered to see if everything was okay. After we ate they didn't bother coming to ask if we wanted more drinks. We went and asked for the check. Then she brought it to us with no itemized receipt. I didn't trust her so asked for an itemized one. She could have bought us anyone's receipt. Very unprofessional. We will not be going back.

Went in only hearing bad, but was pleasantly surprised. The country omelet was well made. Great flavor and the gravy gave it a slight feel of nostalgia. The Benedict had perfectly poached eggs but both breakfasts felt a bit weird with a side of rosemary fries. Based on other reviews they have definitely improved since opening and might be worth a second try. That said there are some much better value breakfasts in town and would probably come hear most often for breakfast when other options are not available.

There food has suffered from the pandemic. We used to go just for the onion rings. Last night we decided to go and they had OBVIOUSLY changed their onion rings to hockey pucks. My goodness they were rock hard. Food was maybe ok but lacked flavor. The oil they were using was either extremely old... Or thier cook burned everything. Very sad.