City Diner

[justagirl]

I had the bacon cheeseburger for lunch again today. It was good. I really like the buffalo chicken sandwhich best though. I think I've had that three times already.

[Yvette]

Jag, after you wrote about that yesterday, I HAD to go have it today. Was wondering if I was going to run into you.

I had the Best buffalo chicken sandwich, with again the home made onion rings. Mine was on jalapeno cheese bun, very good. My husband said he had the best grilled chicken sandwich ever. It was on wheat bun. This bun was incredible. I am not particularlly a whole wheat bun person, but this one was so different than any I have ever had.

Word is getting out, as the place was packed today. I met the mother in law today. OMG she is so young looking, My husband asked her if she was Mrs. Jason when she was coming around tables to ask if everything was good, and she said no, she is -the Mother in law. Have not met his wife yet, but I guess she will look like she is 10!

Still can't wait to go for breakfast.

Oh and LownSlow....Jason does have a goatee, I looked today

[Low-N-Slow]

I guess it was him we saw, then. Thanks.

[praline]

DH and I have been under the weather this week. Kids were hungry for pancakes last night and I didn't feel up to making them. City Diner is just a few blocks away from the house so we loaded up the car and headed over. Kids and DH had the pancakes. They were very buttery. I thought they had a slight vanilla scent but my sense of smell may be off from the cold. The kids loved them. I had the two egg breakfast, grits, bacon and biscuit. They were nicely done. I know nothing we ate was adventurous but I look forward to returning when we feel better to try some other things on the menu.

BTW, the staff and service was great and the owner came to our table to see how we are doing. A nice place and I am glad to have it in the neighborhood!

[Gourmondo]

A couple of my go-to breakfast places Uptown were inexplicably closed this morning, so I tried this place out. I got the chicken fried steak, which is something I don't get often, but I was pretty hungry. The chicken fried steak was pretty good, although Ms. Gourmondo, who hails from CFS-land, would not have approved of the gravy. It is thick and lumpy, actually a little on the spicy side - not a lot, but if you're usd to Texas-style cream gravy you may notice little kick. I actually liked that, but also like my gravy really warm, so I would have to take off a point for temperature. Everything else was fine and the service is most attentive and gracious. I wouldn't say it's worth a journey from Uptown, but if I lived in Metairie, I would be trying it again soon. I will try it again sometime. The chicory coffee is great. Don't go if you're too hungover - the ingress and egress to that location is not the most straight-forward. Analytical minds like JAG may have no problem, but the cartographically-challenged may need a couple trips 'round the block to figure it out.

[justagirl]

It's about 20 steps from work for me...so I have zero problem navigating my way there at least twice a week...LOL

I always get the jalapeno chedder bun, it's so good. Their fries seem to have gotten better also. I'm so glad to finally have a good place by work, I don't even have to drive there. My budget and pants don't even seem to mind...yet.

Yvette, that's funny, last time I went in, Friday I think, I was actually looking around to see if you were there! LOL

[josemama]

.Thanks to everyone who recommended this place. It is minutes from our house and we are always looking for someplace appropriate to take our 2 year old. Let me start by saying when I first saw this place I would have never tried it without prior knowledge that it was decent. My memories of the Denny's are way too powerful. Unfortunately, my first comment when we entered was, " It still smells like Denny's" Fortunately that was the only similarity. I had the Buffalo Chicken Sandwich on the pretzel bun with onion rings. It tasted exactly like a buffalo chicken sandwich should. The chicken was fried to perfection and the buffalo sauce was great. I thought the onion rings were too thick, I like mine thin and crispier. I would like to try their chicken wings next time, although I have sworn them off on numerous previous occasions. Hubby had the blue cheese burger which looked good, but I did not get a bite.....bastard! Child's chicken tenders were crisp and greaseless, a shame to waste on a 2 year old!!! Service attentive and a steady stream of patrons. Hope they do well and will recommend to others

[paz5559]

Don't go if you're too hungover - the ingress and egress to that location is not the most straight-forward. Analytical minds like JAG may have no problem, but the cartographically-challenged may need a couple trips 'round the block to figure it out.

Sadly, I went completely sober (albeit after a long day at the office), and had to circle three times to figure out where the restaurant was. I'm glad you said it, 'cause I was so embarrassed, I wouldn't have admitted it unless someone else had the same difficulty finding the place! None the less, clearly worth the effort.

[Schuarta]

It's hard to find anything along the causway feeder unless you've been raised there.

[LauraMc]

We tried it for the first time Saturday. I guess my expectations were hyped from all these posts but I was a bit disappointed. Maybe we just didn't order the right thing. I got the meatball po-boy. The meatballs were good but the sauce tasted like chunky Prego. I asked for it not dressed (never understood why someone would want lettuce & tomato on meatballs) but with cheese and she kept asking if I wanted swiss cheese to the point that I finally said okay. I don't know if they were out of mozzarella or she really thought swiss should be on it. I got the onion rings. They were okay but too greasy for me and half the batter had fallen off into the plate.
My husband got the grilled shrimp wrap. I don't know why he orders wraps because he doesn't want any lettuce in it. So he got a wrap with grilled shrimp and ceasar dressing which dripped all over his plate but looked good.
I thought maybe we would try it again for breakfast but my co-worker went twice over the weekend and didn't care for it either. She said on some dishes the hash browns are those little cubes you get from Cisco in a bag and some are the shredded version. Her husband asked for shredded hash browns on a dish that comes with the cubes and the waitress told him they weren't allowed to substitute.
Prices were reasonable and the waitress was nice but when the owner went in the back or left, the kitchen staff was a bit obnoxious cutting up but I do realize we were there at an off time. I might try it again some day. The pretzel bread sounds interesting but I didn't see a sandwich that I would want it on.