Mr G’s

Not a big fan… I could cook this food and it would cost less

For those who are fans of Cedar Ridge’s noodle soups, brisket, pork, or biscuits & gravy but are bummed out about Cedar Ridge’s limited hours, this is your (food) salvation! The owners of Cedar Ridge opened Mr. G’s a few months ago and offer a lot of the beloved dishes that their main restaurant serves.
Before I get to the food, there are several great things that make Mr. G’s a great addition to the Atchison restaurant scene/​community. How do I love thee, Mr. G’s? Let me list the ways:
* It has a drive-​thru. So if you have a sleeping child in the back, you can grab a coffee or breakfast sandwich and go on your way.
* Unlike Cedar Ridge, they offer a la carte menu items. In the mood for Cedar Ridge’s homemade chicken noodle soup but aren’t hungry enough to eat the other 2 pounds of food for $ 12 given to you when you sit down at Cedar Ridge? No worries. Grab a cup for a few bucks.
* Reasonable prices. I ordered a homemade breakfast biscuit sandwich with sausage, egg, and cheese for a little over $ 3 – more expensive that McDonald’s but WAAAAY better. You can order a salad for lunch for less than $ 2, I think, or a beef brisket or pulled pork slider for about the same price. Plus, the prices include tax and are rounded to the nearest quarter.
* Convenient hours. It’s open Monday through Friday, 6:30am — 2pm (I believe).
* It’s on Main St., right next to Raven Liquor.
* From what I’ve heard from others, they only have a few full-​time employees but have several part-​time employees who go to school in town (either at a high school or at Benedictine). They also use a payment technology called G-​Bucks that was designed by a Benedictine student.
As for the food, I’d stick to the fare that made Cedar Ridge so popular. I’m a fan of the flavorful biscuit sandwich and the sliders (only had the beef brisket, and it’s just as tender and has the same, or a similar sauce, as the BBQ ribs from Cedar Ridge). They have daily meal specials and cupcake specials, which some people really like. I wasn’t blown away by the cupcake I ordered once – kind of tasted like it started with a box mix but they jazzed it up, but I’d be willing to try another cupcake another time and be proven wrong. I also ordered a soft pretzel once that tasted like the stuff you get in the frozen food aisle of the supermarket. They also offer coffee drinks such as lattes, but from what I sense it’s from a coffee machine that mixes everything inside itself before dispensing all of the coffee, milk, and flavorings into a cup rather than brewing espresso and then adding that to steamed milk. It’s not bad, but I prefer a real espresso drink.
Mr. G’s isn’t a fancy-​shmance brasserie, but it’s a great place to get a quality cheap and quick bite. Support good food and support Atchison by going to Mr. G’s.