Martha's Restaurant
This Sunday Susan and I met Sherry Simons for breakfast at Marth'as Restaurant at 520 N. Nebraska Ave. It likely has the cheapest food in the area. We arrived about 7:45 AM, which was good because at 8:00 AM it filled up.
One of the things I like is that they quote 3 prices for each item they serve. With coffee, with nothing to drink and with juice. I had the sausage gravy with biscuits. Not bad. Not as good as the sausage gravy and biscuits I get at the TGH cafeteria but better than anyone else's I've been able to find. First most places just serve plain gravy and biscuits. Bleech. Then those that do serve sausage gravy, most taste as if someone made gravy wih biscuits and as an afterthought added sausage chunks.
The eggs were good. The food was served quickly.
Martha's must serve a lot of ice tea because each table had a bottle of lemon juice on it.
One of the waitresses used to work at Nicko's.
The restaurant had a lot of people eating there who were not shy about talking so the noise level was high. It is obvious she has a lot of long standing customers who know each other.
They were supposed to open 7 months ago but ran into problems with their kitchen. Things would get put in and then they have to be taken out for something else to be put in first. Then they had to wait for various inspections in between each of these things. However finally they are open.
One fortunate thing is that they bought the building from the landlord and so they have control over what happens with the place. I suspect at some point they will not renew the lease for Economy Insurance and will expand to that space.
If you want fancy look elsewhere. if you want cheap, comfortable food eat at Marthas. This is good news for SE Sem Hts people because many can now walk or bike ride to breakfast.
8 comments:
Is it cheaper than Nicko's? (Is that even possible?)
Discounting Nicko's specials, I believe so.
We did the "Breakfast Dance" on Sunday.
Hubby & I went out in search of breakfast Sun. morning about 10ish. We went to the Harbour Club to discover that they don't open till 12. Then we tried Martha's....it was very crowded and we waited a bit but no tables opened up. We gave up, then it was on to the Coffee Bean Cafe. The parking was swamped, so we didn't even try to get out of the car. So we ended up at Nicko's. It was also a wait, but we got seated eventually and had a great (as usual) breakfast.
Yes, this neighborhood needs plenty (more) of breakfast places, especially on Sundays!!
one other place you can try is The Front Porch - they do a breakfast brunch on sundays
The Front Porch Sunday Brunch is decent food. However, it's $15 a plate and you serve yourself.
For a building that is torn up on the inside, crummy on the outside, and surrounded by used cars, I've got issues with how much they charge for food.
If Niko's charged $15 for Sunday Brunch, I'd laugh at him.
I'm finding that Niko's does not have any wheelchair access. Atleast from driving by, if I am wrong let me know. They should make it more accessible for their (potential) wheeling patrons
There is no wheelchair access at Niko's. Last time I was there, there was a motorized wheel chair parked out front, so someone must have been carried in.
However 3 Coins, Coffee Bean, Martha's and Front Porch are wheelchair accessible.
I'm not sure if the restrooms in any of the above are wheelchair friendly.
Thanks for the info on wheelchair friendly places.
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