The Nickel Diner Opens on Main Street

Next to Ralphs this is the best thing to happen to downtown. I’ll be there Sunday and I pray that the food is good. We gave up on Pete’s years ago because their food was crap. Since then we’ve been wishing for a breakfast joint that could eliminate the drive to Sunset Junction.

CAn’t wait to try it - but why can’t anyone stay open for dinner!!! How can we convince people to stay open???

oh and sundays - there is nowhere to eat on sundays! Cooking is the last thing I want to do on Sunday Fun day!

bromike666 - Only open Monday - Saturday. Don’t try to go on Sunday :(

Hey kids Ed misprinted - WE ARE OPEN SUNDAYS at 7:30 am. Close at 3:30pm. See you then.

Totally delicious! Great value and happy people doing what they do best, cooking great meals. Congratulations on your new venture!

Christian Martinez, Publisher

if anyone is going to the obama loft party tonight in the canadian building, i’m bringing some of sharlene’s “cher cupcakes” to share.

Congratulations Monica and Kristen! See you later for lunch.

YEAH!!! Congratulations Monica and Kristen!!! Banquette is one of my favorite local places to hang out, so I am really looking forward to the Nickel - and it’s even closer to my loft!!! HOW COOL!

Excellent diner food. Went this morning and had an egg scramble. They give you homemade salsa and jam, both of which are great. Good option for take out too - look forward to the later hours.

I just returned from a fabulous lunch at The Nickel. Wow! And the pastries are amazing. My favorite is the double stuffed giant oreo cookie. Yum.

It’s great to have more food in the area. I’m looking forward to checking this place out. I’ll be more excited for the late hours when they set in, depending on how late the hours are. We already have a couple of bars, we just need some close places for food afterwards.

bromike666- Angelique Cafe is also open and every time I’ve gone there I’ve had excellent food(although the service could be better). Pete’s has awesome cheese fries. Everything else they have has been good, but nothing great. They should probably re-vamp their menu a bit.

Juichi - I want breakfast and a no nonsense diner to eat it in. I’ve walked by the Angelique many a time and find it to be very uncomfortable looking. The tables are packed together, there’s no room to stretch your legs.

Give me a booth, no dogs and some tasty food!

Angelique is a French-ish cafe….and this is the way we do things in France, the tables are close together.

Perhaps you are more better suited to the wide open spaces of say – McDonalds?

Can you say “McRoyale avec fromage et le biere”? Maybe the availability of beer at all French McDonald’s makes the close quarters seating a little more bearable.

However, to satisfy les gendarmes de cuisine, the food at McDonald’s in France carries a label warning parents not to feed their children this kind of food more than three times a week.

Had breakfast here twice in one weekend. Super friendly staff and very welcoming of my kid. The scramble with goat cheese, spinach and bacon is amazing, as is the sourdough bread and the homemade salsa. I will definitely be coming here again.

Kevin and I had breakfast there on Saturday and all we could talk about on the walk home was how freakin’ good the food is and at a fair price! None of this price-gouging fru-fru food but good, solid diner food! I had two eggs, poached with potatos and chicken sausage and Kevin had the Hangover Breakfast. Kristen brought us some delicious donut samples to try (who would have thought bacon on a donut would be delicious??) and she showed us the dessert tray. They really lucked out in getting Ms. Fong to work the pastries! Monica was behind the counter, “slinging hash” and the wait staff were friendly and helpful. I can’t wait to go back to try the lunch menu!!

Vive La France - go surrender something already.

Had breakfast at the Nickel and it was excellent. Tasty food, great vegan for my gf and no obnoxious French people. A perfect addition to downtown, see ya next weekend.

bromike666- There are booths upstairs in Angelique Cafe. I love the atmosphere of Angelique Cafe. It’s very quaint and probably one of my favorite settings for downtown eating.

I checked out The Nickle Diner on Saturday. The place was pretty busy. It looked like the staff still needed a little time to get used to the place, but they were still very nice. The interior is cool and a little retro looking. The food was interesting. Good, but not what I expected. I will definitely be back for second opinion.

Just went to Nickel for lunch today. I had the BLTA (the A stands for avocado). It was fantastic. I love this place. It will be my new weekend lunch spot.

This place is FANTASTIC! Great food, service, atmosphere, the whole package. I’ll be there alot and would suggest that everyone make a stop in at the Nickle soon.

The food at the Nickel Diner is fantastic! Great decor, fun rockabilly music, wonderful staff, big windows in a sunny, cheerful room. I love the place.

I’m vegetarian & ordered the grilled vegetable sandwich w/coleslaw. Red peppers, onions, eggplant & zucchini sauteed and layered high on thick, warm rye bread was impossible to stop eating after the first bite. The cole slaw was the best I’ve had in a restaurant anywhere.

I drank housemade spicy V8 and perfectly brewed coffee. For dessert I had vegan coconut tapioca pudding with strawberries. I am rarely capable of overeating, but I simply could not put my spoon down! The food is amazing! Just go and pig out! Worth every penny. Did I say the prices are beyond reasonable? It’s great!

I just had an amazing breakfast at the Nickel Diner. Two eggs poached ham, sourdough toast and hashbrowns. Eggs cooked a nice medium, their special blueberry jam was incredible, so was their in house salsa on the eggs. The ham tasted great - no grissle. Service fabulous. I’ll be back and highly recommend it.