Second Street Diner

Great little breakfast spot for the big town of Madison. This place is perfect if you are looking for a hearty and affordable breakfast for the cold weather! I had the build your own omelet with sausage, bacon, cheese, onions, and peppers with a side pancake. I ate it all quickly.

I have been going to this restaurant for a very long time I will say my daughter-in-law used her birthday money and took our family out to dinner and I was served cold mashed potatoes my chicken fried steak was extremely tough and burnt we did not get all of our family's food at the same time as apparently someone pushed the wrong button and the wrong sandwich was made so therefore we did not even get we had to wait for our drinks to be refilled so therefore we asked for extras to be brought my son asked for ketchup four times and when the apparently owner came to discuss it with us she was very ugly she told me I was causing a scene whenever I had not even raised my voice yet she was and this was after she asked what we suggested she do because the food was half eaten and as I explained to her I will not be rude to a person who takes me out to eat dinner I will eat the food that is in front of me as I was raised not to be rude my ex-husband suggested that she discount our meal by half when she came back to the table she had taken 10% off of our bill and became very loud and ugly again and kept telling me I was causing a scene I am not the one who was causing a scene it was her one of the sandwich was was completely soggy and her excuse for that was because it was not left on the grill very long because she wanted him to have his food along with everybody else though we had already waited 10 minutes for the sandwich to be brought out in the first place she became very ugly whenever I told my daughter-in-law with the price was for dinner she raised her voice and said you know what take your food give me your bill I'm not going to take your money get out of my restaurant and don't bother coming back she told me not to write anything bad about her well I'm sorry her server was poorly trained she did not take the corrective criticism about her establishment and a positive manner when we talk to her we were all very nice we told her that typically we have a great experience and she said no I already understand you made your point I'm a terrible cook and I'm a terrible trainer have a nice day sadly I'm not sure if my family will return

I use to love coming here but the recently hired staff doesn't pay attention. You can sit without silverware almost up until you get your food. You can run out of coffee and creamer and sit there until you ask for more. The Hash browns come out white and not crispy, the pancakes come out pale and half cooked. And things are forgotten that you ordered. I use to really like coming here now not so much.

Got in just before closing. They graciously served us. Love the atmosphere!

Cute little 50's diner with delicious ice cream. Very friendly service.