Breakfast
First of all, thank you for thinking of us.
So, “what’s with the menu?” you ask.
You’ve been hearing about it in the news for weeks, now. It’s very real. Painfully real.
Like every restaurant in Cincinnati, in Ohio, and in the whole country, we find ourselves inexplicably understaffed. At the very time that business is starting to come back, we can’t handle the increase. At the very time we could begin to restore our financial health from the debacle that was last year, we can’t. There are simply no workers to hire. Right now, we’re searching desperately for kitchen help to cook your meal. Quite stunning, but quite true.
So back to the menu. This is the delicious food that we can put out with the staff we have. Fewer options than normal, to be sure. But while it’s a smaller offering than you’re used to, it’s full of long-time favorites you’ll enjoy.
We’re hoping to be right-sized soon, but until then, we’re delighted you’re here eating with us.
We appreciate your intentional choice to support our small business—thanks for ordering with us today!
The Hipsleys, Half Day Cafe
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Pancakes
We offer individual bottles of Vermont Pure Grade "A" Dark Amber maple syrup for 1.99 Sugar-Free syrup available upon request Add an order of delicious applewood smoked bacon for the perfect sweet/salty flavor combination!
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Mango Butter Rum
two 7.49three 9.99buttermilk pancakes topped with our delicious housemade mango butter rum syrup
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Original Buttermilk
two 5.99three 7.99 -
Specialty Pancakes
two 7.49three 9.99choose from blueberry or chocolate chip
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French Toast
made with egg bread specially prepared just for us right here in Cincinnati by Sixteen Bricks Artisan Bakehouse. Add an order of applewood smoked bacon for a delicious sweet/salty flavor combination! • add candied pecans 1.49 • add whipped cream .75
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Mango Butter Rum
9.99A Half Day specialty! Our Original French toast topped with luscious housemade mango butter rum syrup
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Original
7.99thick sliced and topped with powdered sugar
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Egg Dishes
most come with your choice of our rosemary potatoes OR toast OR English muffin OR a fresh fruit cup for 1.49 OR grits for 1.99 ***egg dishes now available with local, pasture raised, certified organic eggs for just 1.00 more!***
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Goetta Hash
11.49Glier's goetta with potatoes, onions, red & green peppers, topped with cheddar cheese and two eggs your way
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Egg Strata
11.99individually baked egg casserole layered with egg bread, pepperjack cheese, sage sausage & caramelized onion
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Bowl O’ Goodness
10.99our carnitas with housemade red-eye gravy over our white cheddar grits and topped with two sunny side up eggs, served with 1 slice of toast
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Burrito con Carnitas
11.992 eggs scrambled with red and green peppers, onions, cheddar cheese and slow roasted Latin spiced pork, rolled in a flour tortilla and served with lime crema and salsa
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Breakfast Combination
10.99includes two eggs your way with rosemary potatoes and your choice of bacon OR sausage patties OR turkey sausage links OR goetta. Served with toast OR English muffin OR buttermilk pancakes
(upgrade to specialty pancakes for 2.00 )
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Greek Omelette
9.99fresh spinach, red peppers and feta cheese
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Western Omelette
9.99ham, onions, green peppers and cheddar cheese
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Half Day Benedict
10.99add fresh spinach 1.00eggs your way atop a griddled croissant with
Prosciutto and finished with a charred tomato hollandaise -
Basic Omelette
6.99- basic omelette is a 3 egg omelette
- Or build your own with the ingredients below:
- mushrooms, onions, green peppers, tomatoes, cheddar or monterey jack 1.00 per item
- fresh spinach, red peppers, goat cheese or feta 1.00 per item
- ham, bacon, sausage 1.25 per item
- goetta or avocado 2.00
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Sausage Gravy & Biscuits
10.99our sage sausage patties sandwiched between flaky biscuits, smothered in sausage gravy, served with rosemary potatoes
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Sides & Small Plates
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2 Biscuits
3.49served with honey butter
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Cup of Sausage Gravy
6.99with two biscuits
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One Original Pancake
3.99 -
One Specialty Pancake
4.99choose from mango butter rum, blueberry or chocolate chip
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Oatmeal
6.99with brown sugar, pecans and dried cranberries
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Meats
3 thick slices applewood smoked bacon 4.992 sage sausage patties 3.993 turkey sausage links 3.992 slices of goetta 3.99 -
Yogurt Granola & Fruit
bowl 6.99low fat vanilla yogurt, fresh cut fruit and raisin granola
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One Egg
1.69cooked your way
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Seasonal Fruit
cup 2.99bowl 4.99cut fresh daily
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Toast
2.49farm white, sunflower wheat or English muffin or Gluten Free for 1.00 more
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Muffin
2.99baked every morning! ask about today's selections
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White Cheddar Grits
3.99real stone-ground yellow grits from South Carolina with garlic, butter, chicken stock and Vermont White Cheddar
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Rosemary Potatoes
2.99
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Beverages
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Coffee
2.99roasted locally by Seven Hills Coffee in Blue Ash
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Fresh Florida Orange Juice
6oz 2.999oz 3.9932oz pitcher to share 11.99 -
Hot Tea
1.99/bagHarney & Sons fine tea sachets
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Hot Chocolate
2.99topped with real whipped cream and chocolate syrup
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Juices
6oz 1.499oz 1.99apple or cranberry
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We serve Coca Cola products
2.49Coke, Diet Coke, Lemonade, Barq's and Gold Peak Raspberry Tea
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Iced Tea
2.49freshly brewed Bigelow black tea
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Fruit Smoothies
3.99Mixed Berry, Mango, or Strawberry-Banana topped with real whipped cream
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denotes a Half Day Cafe Specialty
Consuming raw or undercooked meats, poultry, seafood or eggs may increase your risk of food-borne illness.