For those who like it plain and simple, tender charcoal-grilled sliced steak topped with stir-fried vegetables is the ticket.

Willie surveyed the enormous steak topped with fried eggs, and the steaming pot of coffee.

On the opposite end of the spectrum is a good dry-aged steak, topped with a mild green peppercorn sauce.

Philly Cheese Steak - Shaved, seasoned steak with green peppers and onions, topped with processed cheese sauce.

Specialties include beef stew with green chilies, steak Tampiqueña (thin grilled steak topped with chopped onions, tomatoes, green chilies and asadero cheese) and Mexican seafood dishes.

It is especially well known for dishes like rouladen (rolled beef with onions, bacon, mustard and pickle), kassler rippchen, (smoked pork chops), a wurst platter of knackwurst, bauernwurst and bratwurst, tender beef goulash and pan-fried steak topped with crisp onions.

Other top dishes include grilled chicken breast with a garlicky Cuban mojo sauce ($7.95), served with grilled plantains, squash, green beans and terrific rice and peas, and grilled skirt steak ($9), topped with a tangy citrus, parsley and garlic sauce.

The wurst platter of knackwurst, bauernwurst and bratwurst won kudos, as did the fall-away-tender beef goulash and the pan-fried steak topped with crisp onions.

It has been churning out Chilean specialties like pastel de jaiva (crab pie) and lomo a lo pobre (steak and fries topped with fried egg) for years.