Calico Cafe

Specialties

Calico Café, established in 1999 still maintains it’s original friendly, small town atmosphere. We serve a variety of American cuisine with our own signature dishes as well as many traditional favorites. We are open daily for breakfast and lunch until 2pm and serve dinner on Monday and Friday nights until 8pm. We have excellant homemade biscuits and gravy, big hearty omlets and skillets and feature smoked Ham off the bone and the largest sausage links you have ever seen. We have juicy, delicious burgers made with 100% ground beef and the best Reuben anywhere around. Our Tenderloins are tenderized on site and breaded fresh to order and our Italian beef is slow cooked on site the original Chicago style. We feature homemade chips that come with all lunches upon request and if you’ve never heard of a beefroll you’d better try that too! If there’s anyting you don’t want to forget at Calico Café it’s your appetite. Every homemade item comes in a large portion and is fresh and Tasty!

History

Established in 1999.

Calico Café is located next to an historical Grain elevator which is the tallest building in town. It is located on the railroad tracks and on the other side of the parking lot is an Old Stone Building one of the oldest buildings in town. The owners, Jamie and Kalico have owned and operated this family buisness since they were 22 and 20 years old! Jamie grew up working in his parents’ restaurant since age 13 and continued cooking in the area all through High School and College. As far as Sheridan it is a river town located on the Fox River and has been a camping, vacationing community since the early 1900’s as it was home to historical Glen Park. It was also the home of Baseball great Si Johnson who was know for striking out Babe Ruth and in the Café you can read about him. There is a nice park located right across the street for the kids and a library with Wi Fi for anyone who wants to hang out for a while.

Meet the Business Owner

James S.

Business Owner

James has been cooking his whole life and enjoys to eat at his café with his family on a regular basis as well as cook full time. You can order fresh deserts made by his wife’s mother and his Mother and Grandmother make them from time to time as well. Kalico, his wife waits tables and you are very likely to meet one or both of them during a visit.