Good old-fashioned American diner. The service was a lot friendlier than "kiss my grits" level, so kudos for that, but the kitchen had a hard time handling my request to put out my short stack a little while after my main meal. I ended up waiting ten more minutes after we had finished our other food.
They have some great cheap specials here, but I went with steak and eggs for $9. One friend got the "mega omlet" [sic] for $7 which was pretty tasty. The food was mostly plain and bland; I mean, it's hard to screw up scrambled eggs and hash browns, but it just wasn't that great. Even the toast was more flavorless than regular toast (how is that even possible?). But the pancakes were delicious--fluffy and wonderful. The orange juice was terrible. We saw the waitress mixing up a big jug of it from concentrate and water out of the soda machine. It was room temperature when she served it. Yuck.
Good times, though. It's a diner. Word of warning to you U of I students--there is a one-hour table maximum from 9-3 (that's a.m. AND p.m.).