Mason-dixon Cafe - Fredericksburg

Mason-Dixon Cafe has two locations. I have eaten at both. The service at both was good. I wish I could say the same for the food. I had breakfast at the downtown site. I ordered sausage gravy and biscuits. with an egg. My food was served luke warm. The sausage gravy had, what I would describe as a massive amount of black pepper. which was just about the only seasoning I could identify. I 'm not a big fan of black , pepper, at least in large quantities. Hardees, down the street does a better job. I vowed to never eat theree again. A year or so later, I was near Stafford courthouse on business, There wasn 't much to choose from for lunch, so I thought I 'd try their second location. I decided on a chili dog, as I hadn 't had one in a long time. I don 't know what the stuff they called chili was, but I 've never had real chili with fruit in it before. I managed to scrape the stuff off, but, the flavor lingered, making my lunch virtually unpalatable. I remained civil, but when asked how I liked the food, I had to say it wasn 't very good. Needless to say, I won 't be frequenting either of their establishments, in the future.

This neat little cafe has a lot to offer; breakfast, lunch, dinner, and drinks. Nice, relaxed atmosphere to dine either inside and out, with heaters to take the chill off. Good variety of hot dogs with a good meat to bun to toppings ratio. Shrimp and grits was also very good. Wish we weren't driving so we could've tried some of the different mimosa combinations.

Local haunt. Thought it would be fantastic. However, mediocre breakfast. Long wait time. Crowded and packed. Staff excellent. Will skip this place at our next visit.

Great spot to grab something to eat and drink. Most staff was friendly the hostess and server with blonde hair and glasses were great. They kept our family, with little ones, updated on the wait and were really kind trying to get us an accommodating table. The server we were supposed to have, (a woman with black short curly hair and leg tattoos), was a complete j She didn’t want our table from the beginning and was complaining that we were going to be a fire hazard where we were sitting. We shuffled stuff around and I said “is this ok?” And she gave me the NASTIEST look and walked away…needless to say she then gave our table to our wonderful blonde haired server (wish it knew names bc they deserve recognition), and she was super nice and we enjoyed our experience with her. So all in all, I’d recommend this place but they should really cut their ties with the rude server who clearly has no customer service skills and, if we hadn’t had a good experience with the hostess and server, we would’ve left bc of her poor attitude, so she’s making them lose business.

I have read reviews and the parking lot for Mason Dixon the night before was pretty packed. We thought we would give it a try for breakfast. Pulled into the lot and realized that it was not opened yet. It was 8:30 Friday morning and they didn 't open till 9AM. Lack of help, adjusted hours due to things ? We didn 't wait around to find out. Disappointed to say the least but I would think if you are opened for breakfast it should be a bit earlier than 9 AM.