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Waveland Cafe

If you're expecting a fancy diner, then you better get lost. This place is for the real Saturday morning crowd and a good place to recover from a hangover. If it was legal to light up a smoke, this is where you'd get no gruff from fellow patrons.

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Address: 4708 University Ave
Getting there: 1 block E of Waveland Golf Course in Roosevelt neighborhood
Price: $8
Website: wavelandcafedsm.com (opens in a new tab)

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