Cole Cafe is the perfect little diner! The menu is simple and includes plenty of breakfast and lunch classics. There are also seasonal specials like pumpkin pancakes. Yum! I've has those several times. Everything here is quite good, and even the coffee is tasty. I particularly like their funky mugs with old advertisements on them.
My mom lives half a mile from here, and before I graduated from college it was our tradition to come get breakfast on the last day of my holiday before I flew back to Chicago. The staff has always been very friendly to us and goes out of their way to make allowances for her wheat allergy. They are a large part of why Cole Cafe has a much nicer atmosphere than some of the diners closer to me in the city. I know I'll be coming back here on occasion as long as my mom lives in the north hills. It's worth the trip!