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Red Onion Cafe
Joplin, MO
★★★★★
Must OrderLoaded Comfort Plate Special
Downtown Joplin's beloved American comfort-food cafe, dishing up hearty scratch-made plates of loaded comfort classics that have made it a local lunch institution for years. We made the drive and it absolutely delivered. The Loaded Comfort Plate Special is the move, order it, thank us later. This is exactly the kind of spot Dirty Potato exists to celebrate: real food, real place, worth leaving the house for.
Must Order
Loaded Comfort Plate Special
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