our taste: RESTAURANT REVIEW
Whistle Hill Downtown Cafe —
The Classic Texas Diner, But With A Twist
BY THE WEATHERFORD FOODIE
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The Whistle Hill Downtown Cafe is located on the
southwest side of the Weatherford Courthouse Square
at 101 West Church Street. They are open seven days a
week for breakfast at 8 a.m. Sunday they are open until 2
p.m., every other day until 3 p.m. Breakfast is served until
10:30 a.m. and lunch afterwards. Call them at 817-599-
4311 or find them on Facebook.
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hile driving through the beautiful and historic
Weatherford Downtown Square, I noticed that
Downtown Cafe had changed owners, and was curious to
see what changes had been made. The main eating area
remains substantially the same; the west brick wall has
been repaired with mortar and the faces have changed.
The menu has been updated a bit, but has kept most
of the old favorites with some yummy new additions.
Most of the changes are behind the scenes; I got a
tour before they opened for business. They have acquired
the adjacent space to the south, created a door and more
than doubled the size of the kitchen. Both the kitchen
area and the new space were exceedingly clean, and very
well laid out for maximum efficiency of movement.
The restaurant now opens at 8 a.m. for breakfast and
is normally pretty busy. At 10:30 a.m., they stop serving
breakfast and switch to the new lunch menu.
I have ordered the same thing — through many
owners — for my breakfast here since the 1990s, and
it is still on the menu. My breakfast is now called “The
Standard,” choosing bacon, two scrambled eggs, hash-
browned potatoes, with biscuits and gravy. I also had a
cup of hot coffee. My companion had the breakfast sand-
wich containing ham; two eggs, over hard; and cheese
served with grits, oatmeal or sliced tomatoes. When our
breakfast came, the breakfast sandwich, cut on the diago-
nal, was good and gooey with cheese and not runny
with egg yolk. The winning combination of ham, egg and
cheese was flawlessly executed, as were the grits it came
with. My Standard was cooked well and served hot; the
bacon was perfectly cooked; the hash browns were loose
and nestled around my scrambled eggs. The biscuits and
gravy were served on a separate plate, and a welcome
addition to an enjoyable breakfast. I dutifully returned for
lunch the following day to a full restaurant.
Written on the chalkboard were the daily specials of
which I had one, a grilled chicken breast smothered in
sautéed vegetables. I chose mashed potatoes covered in
brown gravy and Italian green beans as my two sides.
My companion chose what appeared to be a most popu-
lar lunch, the “pick-three.” The pick three is a choice
of quiche of the day, spinach salad, chicken salad, nut
bread sandwiches, soup of the day, house salad, tuna
salad, fruit salad and vegetable of the day. My companion
had this and chose spinach and mushroom quiche, chick-
en salad, and the nut bread sandwiches. Nut bread sand-
wiches are small cream cheese icing sandwiches, about
five or six, served on freshly baked nut bread and sprin-
kled with powdered sugar. My chicken was well prepared
and enjoyed by a picky diner. My companion was almost
giddy over the pick three and quickly gobbled it up. I
finished this excellent meal with a slice of homemade
apple pie, covered in whipped cream and served warm,
a little slice of heaven. I was very happy with the Whistle
Hill Downtown Cafe and will be a frequent customer.
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