- Fresh home fries and locally raised bacon are highlight.
- Homemade meals using original recipes are the key for Hard Hat.
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One of the iconic eateries in Wooster found its niche a long time ago and has continued to serve up hearty and delicious breakfast specials at a fair price ever since.
The Hard Hat, 845 Spruce St., is open for breakfast and lunch, 6 a.m.-1 p.m. Tuesday-Friday and 5:30 a.m.-noon Saturdays.
Opened in 1985, Paula Wireman bought the business from Jeanine Whitford around 12 years ago. Wireman, her daughter, Angie Morrow, and crew help keep things going.
Morrow said serving up fresh, hearty breakfasts has been a staple at Hard Hat for a long time.
“We do fresh home fries and we started buying our bacon locally,” Morrow said. “Most of our meals are homemade from the original recipes. We have stuck to the same things that have worked for a long time.”