EZ'N Cafe

EZ'N Cafe is in Zillah, WA. Zillah is a town in the Rattlesnake Hills section of Washington's wine country.

She said:
This restaurant was listed in the Rattlesnake Hills informational brochure. The description said something like "come and enjoy lunch or dinner in an old fashioned cafe, minus the weak coffee." I enjoyed the description, and I was starving, so we decided to take a break from the wine tastings and go have lunch.

When we walked in, I felt like I was intruding on the normal Saturday crowd. Everyone kind of turned to look at us, and the meeting of the Shriners was obviously not fond of our presence. Whatever. Our waitress had a 'tude (which disappeared later and I will explain that). I ordered a turkey melt with jo-jo's. I had no idea what jo-jo's were, and Ms. Tude had to give me the low-down. She said "they're potato wedges." Alrighty - thanks for your help.

The food arrived very quickly and I enjoyed my meal. This was a step above lunch at Friendly's, in the taste department. I tried a bite of Trav's onion rings and they were GOOD. I expected this place to have ice cream and shakes, that sort of thing, but the only "sweet" item was Italian Ice. Boo - I wanted an ice cream twist (baby cone size).

After we ate, we meandered into the Antique Store, which was attached to the restaurant. They actually had some cool stuff and we bought this "coffee" sign for our kitchen (you'll have to see it to understand what it is). Oh yeah, I forgot the Ms. Tude story. So, she was not a happy camper to us throughout the whole meal. Then, as we were walking into the store, I handed her the tip. I gave her slightly more than 20% (because I was not about to get out coins), and she obviously does not get good tips from the locals, because she beamed from ear to ear. After that, all of our interactions with her (including when she had to run the cash register for our antique purchase) were very pleasant. Apparently, people can be bought. B.

He said: Quaint small town diner. We came here for lunch during our wine tasting tour on the Rattlesnake Hills Trail in Yakima Valley. Yes, the waitress was a *itch, but if I was living in Yakima on a permanent basis and working at a diner, serving a bunch of Shriner's who looked like they may have been there for several hours, I too would be a little crotchety. They proclaimed to have good coffee, but it was lunchtime, so I didn't get a chance to assess the coffee for myself. I had a hamburger (with the usual fixin's) and substituted onion rings for po pos or whatever they were. The burger was good, the onion rings were really good, and the waitress was sour. B+ overall.