Mom's Restaurant

The "AAA" prime rib at Mom's arrives the way a Sunday roast should: a thick cut under Yorkshire pudding, ringed by vegetables, potatoes, horseradish, au jus, and a tossed salad. It is not what you expect from a downtown diner that has been pouring breakfast coffee since eight that same morning — and that contradiction is the point. Neither half is an afterthought to the other. The kitchen on Midland's King Street core takes dinner as seriously as it takes the griddle, and runs comfort food from breakfast through dinner.

Breakfast is the clearest read on the kitchen, and it runs all day. Mom's Signature Breakfast sets two extra-large eggs against bacon or sausage, toast, and a choice of home fries or baked beans; the Hungry Person's plate answers a bigger appetite with three eggs, side bacon, Canadian back bacon, and sausage. The Eggs Benedict comes on toasted English muffins under back bacon and hollandaise, a fruit cup alongside. A homemade soup changes daily and is named by the server. Pancakes, French toast, and omelettes round out a daytime menu built for people who already know what they came for.