Little Pine Cafe - Mitchell

No longer a restaurant but sweet gift shop plus lodging listed on AirBnB. Friendly town with other food options, gas services and public bathroom.

This cafe is no longer in operation. It's a gift shop now with lots of Trump gear...the proprietor was very nice.

We stayed upstairs. Perfect location for the Painted Hills, and pretty much exactly as described. Friendly helpful owner. I hold definitely stay there again.

I have eaten here twice now, and both times have found the food better than expected. For making a decent burger, I give the Little Pine Cafe two stars. Having said that, this place has a lot of problems. Most notably, the restaurant is really dirty. The floors do not appear to have ever been mopped. The walls and appliances in the dining area are smeared with something. And the bathrooms were so dirty (I'll spare you the details) that my daughter chose to pee in a turnout up the road rather than use the Little Pine Cafe's restroom. While friendly, the service was sparse. We saw a waitress when we ordered and when the food was brought out, and that was it. We were never asked if we needed anything, or if everything was all right. When we needed to leave, I had to poke my head into the kitchen and ask for the check. I also didn't like being greeted by Fox News when I walked in. I chose to sit at the table furthest in the back as it was farthest from the blaring TV, but we could still hear Sean Hannity while we ate our burgers. I don't ever like being forced to listen to a TV while I eat, but having to listen to political propaganda was especially annoying. So if you are in Mitchell needing food and have no other options, this place will fill the void. If you can make it to the next town though, I'd recommend doing so.

I wish I could give this place 3 1/2 stars because it was better than a 3 but not quite a 4. We all had burgers, the patties themselves were prepared very well and tasty, the buns were toasted nicely, however, I ordered a mushroom and Swiss burger and it definitely was not Swiss cheese, it was more like a white American cheese, which really detracted from my enjoyment. The fries were okay, frozen crinkle cut. The onion rings were pretty greasy. The side salad was generous and really fresh. The portions of all the food were generous as well. The cook (and owner? was very friendly and working hard. Our waitress was very young and could use a little more experience with the public, but she seemed to be trying her best.