Breakfast on I-80

[scordelia]

Okay, this July we are driving from Chicago to Cape Cod. We plan on leaving at 4AM which means that we will be hitting the Ohio border around 7AM. I think we will want a good breakfast at that point. Any suggestions for quaint, local breakfast spots just off the interstate in eastern Ohio?

Thanks!

[rlibkind]

If you're hitting the Ohio border just three or four hours after leaving Chicago, don't you mean western Ohio (not eastern, as your post states)?

If it's western Ohio you meant, you might want to try Country Fare at the Montpelier exit of the Ohio Turnpike, just south of the next close to the Holiday Inn Express. We had dinner there on a Sunday night about a year ago, and it was certainly better than any fast food joint. The food was decent, but not much more than that. Then again, I don't expect or want anything exceptional from a roadside stop: I want to be tastily fueled. Typical home style café cooking in a homey and humble setting. I didn't eat breakfast there, but I'll lay odds that's their best meal of the day. The pie was a decent homemade one; far from the best I've ever had, but it was homemade and good.