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# From the Balkans to Breakfast: Meet Streator’s Sausage Queen
- URL: https://www.thestreatorstandard.com/f/from-the-balkans-to-breakfast-meet-streators-sausage-queen/
- Published: 2025-05-29T17:03:24.000Z
- Updated: 2026-10-19T13:59:11.000Z
- Author: The Streator Standard
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There’s a new sausage in town, and it doesn’t come in a casing. It comes in hot, seasoned patties, grilled to perfection by a woman who believes the best kind of cultural diplomacy is served on a toasted bun with tomato relish and a healthy dollop of horseradish.

Yes, we're talking about ćevapčići—the delightfully unpronounceable, unmistakably delicious skinless sausage now featured at Good Morning Good Day Café, courtesy of owner Toni Petit, Streator’s ambassador of Slavic hospitality and fearless flavor.

Pronounced “cheh-VOP-chee-chee” (which, to be fair, sounds like something a cartoon character might yell when falling off a cliff), these Croatian meat marvels are made from a blend of ground beef and pork, seasoned to perfection, and lovingly hand-rolled by Toni and her crew. And we do mean lovingly—these are not the kind of folks who let a meatball go lopsided.

“I go to Peoria to pick up the meat myself,” Toni says, as if that’s just a normal thing people do before rolling sausages at dawn. Raber Packing grinds and seasons it to her exact specifications, but the final step is all Streator: “We roll every single one by hand,” she says with a proud grin, as if channeling generations of Croatian aunties who roll grape leaves with the intensity of Olympic gymnasts.

The café serves the cevapcici with toasted bread, tomato relish, cheese, and a punch of fresh horseradish—perfect for breakfast, lunch, or curing the kind of hangover that only a late night at La Villa can produce.

If you're feeling less rustic Balkan and more upscale burger-joint, there’s also the “Cevap Burger”—a mashup of traditions wrapped in a Kaiser roll, featuring house tzatziki, spinach, tomato, and melted cheese. It’s as if a cheeseburger took a semester abroad and came back with a European accent.

Located at 417 E Main St., Good Morning Good Day Café is the kind of place where the food is made with heart, the coffee is strong, and the conversation is better than anything you’ll hear at City Council. It’s a downtown gem that blends international flair with small-town soul.

Toni Petit isn’t just feeding Streator—she’s teaching it to pronounce something that isn’t “gyro.” And for that, we thank her.

So stop in, grab a cevap or two, and prepare to take your taste buds “outside the box.” Just don’t be surprised if you also get a side of history, culture, and a warm reminder that the world is a lot smaller—and tastier—than we sometimes think.

Good Morning, Good Day. Good Cevap.