Scratch Breakfast & Lunch · Excelsior Springs

Diner food,
made honest,
never fancy.

Chipped Mug is the kind of small-town counter where the coffee never runs dry and the cook knows your order before you sit down. Home-style breakfast and lunch, cooked the way a diner is supposed to cook it.

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6days the griddle runs hot
7AMfirst pot of coffee, every open day
1stool with your name on it
Stack of griddle pancakes with blueberries and banana on a red diner plate
GRIDDLE HOT
Two Eggs Any StyleBiscuits & Sausage GravyBlue Plate SpecialBottomless CoffeeHand-Cut Hash BrownsHot Roast Beef SandwichFresh Pie by the Slice Two Eggs Any StyleBiscuits & Sausage GravyBlue Plate SpecialBottomless CoffeeHand-Cut Hash BrownsHot Roast Beef SandwichFresh Pie by the Slice

Our Story

A small-town counter that never went corporate.

Chipped Mug runs the way small-town diners have always run: a full pot of coffee, a griddle that never fully cools, and a room full of people who came for breakfast and stayed for the company.

01

The Grill Fires Up

Coffee's brewing and the griddle's hot before the first regulars find their stool at the counter.

7:00 AM
02

Breakfast Runs Long

No cutoff time here. Order the omelet at noon if that is what sounds good that day.

All Morning
03

Blue Plate Lunch

The board fills in with whatever's simmering: roast beef, meatloaf, or a soup that's been going since sunrise.

11:00 AM
04

Last Slice of Pie

Doors close whenever the day's cooking runs its course, six days a week, closed Mondays for the crew to rest.

Closing

Local Gathering Spot

Built for regulars, open to everyone.

Illustrative examples of who tends to fill the booths at a counter like this one.

Fried egg on toast with tomato and lettuce on a diner plate
Early Birds

Coffee before the sun's up

The first stools fill before 7:30, mostly with folks who've been ordering the same thing for years.

Hearty lunch platter with ribs, fries, tomatoes and pickles
Lunch Crowd

A plate heavy enough to skip dinner

Blue plate specials built for a full workday, not for a photo, priced like an honest lunch should be.

Friends raising coffee mugs together over a table
The Regulars

Same booth, same order, every week

A small-town gathering spot first and a restaurant second. Everybody at the counter tends to know everybody else.

Why Regulars Stay

What customers tend to say, in their own words.

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Feels like the counter hasn't changed in decades, in the best possible way.

Common theme · Longtime regulars
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Portions built for a workday, not for a photo.

Common theme · Lunch crowd
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Everybody at the counter seems to know everybody else, and they'll wave you in too.

Common theme · Local gathering spot
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Coffee gets refilled before the cup is even half empty.

Common theme · Morning regulars
Cups of coffee with latte art on a wooden counter

Stop By

Grab a stool. The coffee's already on.

Open Tuesday through Sunday, right in Excelsior Springs. No reservation, no fuss, just a seat at the counter.

Email The Diner (816) 555-0187