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Lankford Grocery and Market
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88 Dennis St. Houston, TX 77006

713-522-9555 

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88 Dennis St. Houston TX 77006

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  • American, Breakfast, Tex-Mex
    Mon-Sat 7am-3pm
    $ $
    cash, check
  • Casual
    Patio/Sidewalk Dining, Takeout
    Breakfast, Brunch, Lunch
    Beer/Wine
  • Not Accepted
    Lot Available
Description

Run by head cook and surrogate mother Eydie Prior, Montrose's Lankford Grocery may be the homiest restaurant in the city. The enormous breakfasts, with perfect eggs and homemade hash browns, are just like Mom used to make. Eydie's kitschy decorations change seasonally. Her grandkids often sit at the bar and watch cartoons. And Lankford really was a grocery when Eydie's parents opened it in 1939, but hamburgers and comfort food are what has made the place famous since then.








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    Best Thing I Ever Ate: Chicken Sandwich

    By Brooke Viggiano | Thu, August 02, 2012

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    By John Seaborn Gray | Fri, May 25, 2012

    Welcome back to the weekly roundup here at Eating...Our Words, where the kinds of things we're filling watermelons with would make your head spin. I mean, sure, everybody goes with vodka, but how many... More »

  • Burgers and Nostalgia at Lankford Grocery

    Burgers and Nostalgia at Lankford Grocery

    By Katharine Shilcutt | Thu, May 24, 2012

    To see more photos from Lankford Grocery, check out our slideshow. For a 73-year-old restaurant, Lankford Grocery is a breath of fresh air. Straddling the quickly gentrifying neighborhoods of Montrose and the Fourth Ward, the tumbledown burger... More »

  • Burgers and Memories at Lankford Grocery

    Burgers and Memories at Lankford Grocery

    By Katharine Shilcutt | Wed, May 23, 2012

    In this week's cafe review, we take a look at how Lankford Grocery has managed to remain relevant and curiously current despite nearly 75 years of dealing in the dual arts of burgers and nostalgia. Bu... More »

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  • 2009 | Best Burger Joint

    When Guy Fieri and his Food Network show Diners, Drive-ins and Dives visited Eydie Prior on his trip to Houston, he confirmed what many Houstonians already knew -- Lankford Grocery is a treasure. Eydie's parents started the place as a convenience store in 1939, but it was the hamburgers that brought in the crowds. And so they took out the store shelves and put in some tables. The smoking section is on a former driveway where two picnic tables are adorned with orange marigolds growing... More »

  • 2008 | Best Burger Joint

    Like many quintessential Texas burger joints, this place started out as a convenience store. The grocery opened in 1939, and when owner and head cook Eydie Prior was growing up, her parents really sold groceries. But it was the hamburgers that brought in the crowds, and so they took out the store shelves and put in some tables. Today, Lankford Grocery is a homey restaurant with a rural vibe in a part of town where all the old buildings have been leveled and replaced with towering townhouses.... More »

  • 2007 | Best Chicken-Fried Steak

    Lankford Grocery and Market started out as a grocery store, but it became so famous for hamburgers that at some point, it morphed into a restaurant. Today, this funky country-style café in an inner-city neighborhood is a Houston civic treasure. The breakfasts are excellent, the hamburgers are stellar and they have the best chicken-fried steak in the city. Unfortunately, it's served as a lunch special on Thursdays only. They start with eye-of-round, which is tenderized with a meat... More »

  • 2005 | Best Vintage Breakfast

    The eggs over easy at Lankford Grocery are cooked slowly so they stay tender -- the yolks are perfect, not too runny and not a bit hard. The patty-style sausage is a little spicy and a touch sweet. The home fries have lots of crisp corners. This place really was a grocery store when owner and head cook Eydie Prior was growing up here. Her parents opened the store in 1939. But it was the cooking that brought in the crowds, and so Lankford became a restaurant. And it may be the homiest one in... More »

  • 2003 | Best Comfort Food Restaurant

    Eydie Prior's parents opened Lankford as a grocery in 1939. After a while, Eydie took over and started serving food. It was well received, so in 1977 she decided to turn the place into a restaurant. Since then, generations of regulars have filled the rickety joint to the gills nearly every day. Anyone who's ever heard of Lankford will ask if you've had the thick-'n'-juicy hand-packed burgers. Those more in the know will suggest the enchilada special. These are some of the best cheesy, beefy... More »

  • 2001 | Best Atmosphere

    Remember when you used to go home for lunch in the middle of the school day, and Mom would greet you with a hot meal and -- oh, wait a minute. Few of us, if any, lived that 1950s Leave It to Beaver ideal. But with Lankford Grocery and Market, you can get pretty close. The diner, tucked inside an old two-car garage, originally operated as a grocery as far back as 1939. But in 1977 the owners' daughter, Eydie Prior, decided to convert it into the homiest restaurant in Houston. The sloping... More »

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Main Menu
Salads
all of our dressings are made in house: 1000 island, ranch, honey mustard, italian & house dressing (creamy cilantro jalapeno). all grilled or fried chicken for $2
Small $6.50
Large $8.00
Chef Salad
mix of iceberg and romaine lettuce, shredded red cabbage & carrots, sliced cucumber, tomatoes, red onion, ham, smoked turkey, cheddar cheese and hard boiled egg
$4.00
Tossed Green Salad
mix of iceberg and romaine lettuce, radishes, carrots, red cabbage & cucumber
Burgers & Sandwiches
add avocado, mushroom or bacon for only $1
$5.75
With Cheese $6.25
Old Fashion Hamburger
mayo, mustard, lettuce & tomato, pickle & onion
$7.75
Double Meat Cheeseburger
$9.75
Triple Meat Cheeseburger
$6.75
Firehouse Burger
habanero sauce, cayenne butter, jalapenos, lettuce, tomato, pickle & onion
$6.75
Soldier Burger
mayo, mustard, lettuce, tomato, pickle, onion, & fried egg
$9.25
Grim Burger
mac & cheese, jalapeno, bacon & fried egg
$6.95
Red, White & Blue Burger
ranch dressing, blue cheese crumbles, roasted red pepper & red onion
$6.95
South Of The Border
monterey jack cheese, pico de gallo, avocado & cilantro dressing
$3.75
Grilled Cheese
$5.75
Blt Sandwich
$6.25
Club Sandwich
$5.75
Turkey, Ham Or Tuna Sandwich
$6.00
Chicken Strip Sandwich
$3.75
Chili Dog
chili, cheese & chopped onion
$6.75
Patty Or Tuna Melt
$6.95
Grilled Chicken
mayo, lettuce & tomato
$5.95
Chicken Sliders
pickles, grilled onion & house dressing
$6.50
Fish Sandwich
tartar sauce, lettuce & tomato
Side Orders
$1.50
French Fries
$3.00
Onion Rings
$3.00
Tator Tots Or Sweet Potato Fries
$3.00
Fried Pickles
$2.50
Curly Fries

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