Fourteen hundred reviews at four and a half stars is not a local secret — it is a verdict. The Fried Egg sits north of downtown on Cass Street with a parking lot that actually holds cars and a second dining room for when the first one fills, which it does. People who moved away stop here on the way back through. People passing between Indianapolis and Wawasee plan around it.

What to order

The skillets are the reason to come, and there is a vegan one, which is not something most Indiana diners can say. Alfredo’s Mess gets recommended by name in review after review. The fried whitefish is a legitimate order at breakfast. And because they serve breakfast and lunch simultaneously all day, two people can eat completely different meals at the same table at ten in the morning.

Prices come up in nearly every review, and always favourably. Four people can eat here for what two pay downtown.

Why it matters if you have a ticket

Two situations, both of which the rest of this guide leaves you stranded in.

A matinee. The Honeywell runs afternoon performances at two and three o’clock. That is a lunch problem, not a dinner problem, and most of the downtown dinner rooms are not open at noon. The Fried Egg is, every day, and it will have you out in under an hour.

The morning after. If you came in for an evening show and stayed at the Charley Creek Inn, this is where you eat before driving home. It opens at six, which is earlier than anything else in town, and it is open on Sunday and Monday when downtown goes dark.

Worth knowing

Closes at 3 PM sharp. It is not an option before an evening curtain.
Open seven days, including Sunday and Monday — genuinely rare in Wabash.
It is a drive rather than a walk from the theatres, about five minutes north.
The place changed hands some years back and the reviews since are markedly better. If someone told you about it a decade ago, that was a different restaurant.

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