Tipsy Chef Cafe

Tipsy Chef Cafe is a restaurant in Meridian, ID, located at 979 S Progress Ave. The establishment serves breakfast and lunch items, including a variety of benedicts, eggs, and sandwiches, while also offering catering services for special events such as birthday parties and office functions. The cafe holds a rating of 4.40 based on customer reviews.

The menu features specific house favorites like chicken fried steak with local sausage gravy, corned beef hash cooked in-house, and breakfast tacos with corned beef and crispy tater tots. The kitchen emphasizes scratch cooking with specific local ingredients, using beef tallow for frying, fresh eggs from Vogel Farms, meat from Meridian Meat & Sausage, and fresh bread and pastries from Gastons. Micro greens are sourced from Mama Knows Best, and the cafe uses real butter in its preparations. The drink menu includes draft beers such as hazy IPA, cerveza, hefe, and golden ale, alongside specialty lattes with vanilla, caramel, s'more, or chai flavors. Alcoholic offerings include cocktails like the old fashioned, strawberry margarita, espresso martini, whiskey sour, aperol spritz, and paloma. The cafe is owned by Travis and Julie, who have 15 years of combined experience in the food industry. Julie is a chef trained in France for seven years, while Travis has managed multiple wine bars.

The location sits on South Progress Avenue, about a tenth of a mile from the Vietnam Veterans Memorial Highway and South Meridian Road. It is approximately a fifth of a mile from the Children's Museum of Idaho and the Meridian Welcome Sign. The Ada County DMV is also located about a fifth of a mile away.

Customers have given the cafe a positive rating, reflecting their satisfaction with the food and service. Tipsy Chef Cafe distinguishes itself in Meridian through its use of local ingredients and its focus on scratch-made breakfast dishes.