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3139 S. Grand Blvd. St. Louis, MO 63118

314-772-6100

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Riverfront Times
Recommended
Best Fish Sandwich
Award Winner 2007

Cuisine(s): American, Dessert, Diner, Soul Food, Southern

Hours: Sun 24 Hours, Tue-Thu 7am-11pm, Fri 7am-12am, Mon 12am-11pm

Price: $

Payment Types: All Major Credit Cards, cash, ATM/Debit
Attire: Casual attire

Features: Banquet Facilities, Kid Friendly, Patio/Sidewalk Dining, Smoking, Takeout, Wheelchair Accessible

Serving: Breakfast, Brunch, Dinner, Late Night, Lunch

Alcohol: None
Reservations: Accepted, Not Accepted

Parking: Lot Available

Description

The food at this cheery South Grand spot is so homey, you half-expect it to turn back your sheets and draw you a warm bath. You can get your three squares at City Diner, and you can - joy of joys - have mashed potatoes with all of 'em. Get mashed spuds with your meatloaf omelet in the a.m. (take that, hangover!). Find them nestled next to an open-face roast beef sandwich at midday. In the evening the taters buddy up with some of the best country-fried steak in town. The City runs circles around typical diner fare with items like grilled polenta, a house roasted pork loin and pesto chicken salad. Tuck into a plate of mac 'n' cheese. You simply can't go wrong here.

2007 | Best Fish Sandwich

Fish sandwiches are a conundrum. The term "fish sandwich" is far too vague (you wouldn't call a hamburger a "meat sandwich" -- that would be gross). And the fish sandwich itself is kinda vague, too. Order one most places, and you get...some sort of whitefish pressed into a square and then topped with cheese of equally mysterious provenance. Bleh. Let City Diner alleviate your despair. The South Grand mainstay offers an astoundingly tasty, non-square-shape catfish sandwich that is both a... More »
2007 | Best Milkshake

City Diner's rich, creamy, thick (but not too thick) hand-dipped milkshakes prove that when life sucks, all you need is a straw. To learn what flavors are available, just ask your server. Syrups can range from hazelnut, Irish cream and caramel to raspberry, watermelon and orange. Stick with classic vanilla, chocolate or strawberry, or step outside your safety zone and have something different. Blend some real peanut butter or fresh bananas with chocolate ice cream, or try something more... More »
2006 | Best BLT

Beauty, thy name is Mambo for Cats. Permit us to explain: At City Diner, the sunny South Grand snack stop that manages to be both hip and unpretentious, the walls are covered with film posters and album art. Most of it's seen-it-before d�cor, but on the south wall is an extraordinary record cover: Mambo for Cats. The titular cats, rendered in what we can only call "Sesame Street cubism," are mamboing like there's no tomorrow, rolling on their backs, standing on their hind legs, pounding on a s... More »
2002 | Best Diner

We know a thing or two about diners and the difference between the real deal and those retro ripoffs that have all of the chrome and none of the rib-sticking fare. You learn to look for the diner essentials: coffee done in the American style -- clear, strong and never left too long on the burner; sunny-side-up eggs with crisp edges and unbroken yolks; the freedom to fire up Lucky Strikes at both counter and booth with your java; home fries that have been thoroughly cooked but not burned;... More »
2001 | Best Diner

The South City Diner may serve diner food, but there's nothing mundane about it. The coffee is truly excellent. The chili has an extra-tomatoey flavor and compares favorably with anybody's. Everybody raves about the diner's pancakes, too. The menu also includes some unexpected items, such as pasta with pesto sauce, grilled polenta, and liver and onions. The winner of the "I dare you" category is their answer to the slinger, the Meatloaf Omelette -- just don't attempt this one while on a... More »
2000 | Best Flapjacks

If you're looking for a pancake of pioneer proportions, you'd be hard pressed to match the plate-sized slabs from the grill of the South City Diner. For more than 60 years, the South City Diner has been a South St. Louis landmark. But in 1992, when Peter Spoto reopened it, the diner had been closed for three years. "It has a lot of history to it," says Spoto, the diner's owner/operator. "It was an old greasy-spoon, diner-type place, and it was only open for lunch. I updated it and upscaled... More »

Too Lazy To Cook? Where to Dine Out on Thanksgiving

By Erika Miller | Mon, November 21, 2011

In preparation for Thanksgiving, that most food-centric of holidays, families have been storming area grocery stores and haggling over Butterball turkeys. But as the big day approaches, some may decid... More »
L'Amoureux

By Timothy Lane | Wed, March 07, 2007

Extroverted, mystical, flirtatious: All adjectives that applied equally to Trevor and Cat. As well as some others, which Trevor — self-confident, laughing good-naturedly — would coyly generalize under the umbrella term free-spirited. Trevor was cr... More »

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soundthebelle | St.Louis, MO | 3 Reviews

| Fri, July 10, 2009

Best diner food ever! and cool atmosphere.

Dinner Menu

Appetizers

$7.25

Grilled Polenta
italian cornbread topped with a white wine, shallot, mushroom & sun-dried tomato sauce, topped with parmesan cheese

$5.00

Chili Cheese Fries

$6.25
With Chicken $7.50

Quesadilla
red & green bell peppers, red onion & cheddar cheese

$6.50

Chicken Strips
served with your choice of dipping sauce, ranch, honey mustard, or bbq

$6.50

Toasted Ravioli

$6.50

Jalapeno Poppers
mild jalapeños stuffed with cream cheese

$7.00

Buffalo Wings

Soups/Salads

Bowl $4.25
Cup $3.00

Diner Chili

Bowl $4.00
Cup $3.25

Today's Soup

$8.75

Pesto Chicken Salad

$8.75

Roasted Veg Salad
roasted vegetables atop mixed greens & feta cheese, served with vinaigrette dressing

$5.25

French Onion Soup

$4.00

Diner Salad
caesar dressing add $1.00

$8.25
Half $5.95
With Chicken $9.50
Half $7.25

Caesar

$8.25

Chef Salad
turkey, ham and two cheeses

Sandwiches
Add $1 For Fresh-cut Fries $2 For Onion Rings

$7.25

Blt
with mayo

$7.75

Turkey Club
with mayo

$7.75

South City Philly
chilled zucchini, yellow squash, tomato, red onion and lettuce on swirl rye with pesto mayo

$7.75

Open-faced Roast Beef
served with mashed potatoes

$7.75

Meatloaf Sandwich
served with mashed potatoes

$7.95

Classic Reuben

$6.25

Trio Grilled Cheese
cheddar, swiss, american

$7.50

Catfish Sandwich

$7.50

Tuna Melt
tuna salad, cheddar cheese on whole wheat

$8.25

Cuban Sandwich
pork, chicken and gouda cheese on a grilled baguette, served with a sweet and spicy mojo sauce

$7.95

Grilled Chicken, Bacon And Swiss
on swirl rye

$7.50

Roasted Veg Sandwich
roasted squash, eggplant, peppers and feta served on a warm pita, accompanied by pesto mayo

$5.75

Fried Egg Sandwich
two over-hard eggs with american cheese on texas toast served with seasoned cubed potatoes

Burgers
Add $1 For Fresh-cut Fries $2 For Onion Rings

$7.75

Patty Melt
on swirl rye with grilled onions & swiss cheese

1/2 Lb $6.50

Hamburger

$7.25

Bacon Cheeseburger

$7.00

Cheeseburger
american, swiss or cheddar

$8.75

Big Daddy
two 1/2 lb burgers, your choice of cheese, served with fries

$7.00

Mushroom Swiss Burger

$6.75

Garden Burger
add any cheese for $0.60

House Specialties
Add Diner Salad For $2 Or Half Caesar For $3. Entrees Marked With (*) Come With Choice Of Potato And Vegetable

$12.95

Seafood Pasta
linguini tossed with shrimp, crab, clams, mushrooms, garlic and diced tomatoes, tossed in a cream sauce, served with garlic bread

$11.95

Chicken Mushroom Pasta
linguini tossed with grilled chicken in a mushroom cream sauce, served with garlic bread

$10.95

House Roasted Porkloin

$9.95

Pot Roast
slow cooked with carrots, onion and celery, served with mashed potatoes

$10.95

Chicken Marsala
tender chicken breast covered with a rich mushroom cream sauce, your choice of potato and vegetable

Half Slab $11.95
Full Slab $17.95

St. Louis Style Pork Ribs
melt-in-your-mouth bbq ribs served with fresh-cut fries

$10.95

Pork Chops
two boneless, center-cut chops

$8.75

Eggplant Parmesan
fresh eggplant layered with marinara and spinach, topped with mozzarella cheese

$14.50

Sirloin Steak
cooked to temperature

Diner Plates

Blue Plate Special
ask your server

$8.95

City Diner Meatloaf
served with our home-made mashed potatoes, gravy and choice of vegetable

$9.25

Country Fried Steak
crispy outside, tender inside, served with mashed potatoes, milk gravy and your choice of vegetable

$9.25

Liver And Onions
served with your choice of potato and vegetable

$9.25

Country Fried Chicken
boneless breast of chicken served with mashed potatoes, milk gravy and your choice of vegetables

Sides

$2.50

Fresh-cut French Fries

$4.00

Garlic Cheese Bread

$3.25

Macaroni And Cheese

$1.25

Cole Slaw

$2.50

Mashed Potatoes

$3.50

Onion Rings

$1.25

Chips

$2.75

Fresh Vegetable
veg medley, broccoli, green beans, corn

Desserts

$3.95

Variety Of Fruit And Cream Pie

$1.50

A La Mode

$4.50

Carrot Cake

$4.95

Something Chocolate! Ask Server

$4.75

Banana Split

$4.95

Variety Of Cheesecakes

$1.75

Chocolate Or Vanilla Ice Cream
add chocolate syrup for 60¢

Beer - Wine - Cocktails

$2.75

Michelob Ultra

$3.50

Heineken, Fat Tire

$2.50

Bud, Bud Light

$3.00

Rolling Rock

$2.75

Carta Blanca

Wines
White Wines Glass/bottle

$3.75

Lagaria Chardonnay

$3.75

Lagaria Pinot Grigio

$13.00
$3.50

Teldeschi White Zinfandel

$14.00

Le Faux Frog Chardonnay

$16.00
$4.50

Selbach Piesporter

Red Wines

$14.00
$4.00

Esser Cellars Merlot

$14.00
$4.00

Castle Rock Zinfandel

$14.00
$4.00

Alamos Cabernet Sauvignon

$15.00
$4.25

Castle Rock Pinot Noir

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City Diner

3139 S. Grand Blvd. St. Louis, MO 63118

314-772-6100

Description

2007 | Best Fish Sandwich

2007 | Best Milkshake

2006 | Best BLT

2002 | Best Diner

2001 | Best Diner

2000 | Best Flapjacks

Too Lazy To Cook? Where to Dine Out on Thanksgiving

By Erika Miller | Mon, November 21, 2011

L'Amoureux

By Timothy Lane | Wed, March 07, 2007

soundthebelle | St.Louis, MO | 3 Reviews

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