The tenderloin
Pounded thin, breaded to order, and bigger than the bun by a good two inches. Served with pickle and onion, and it is the thing most people drive out here for.
Coffee at six.
Tenderloins by eleven.
A diner on North Street in Lathrop. Breakfast is cooked to order all day, the tenderloins are hand-breaded here, and the pie is whatever got made this morning. Seven days a week.
123 Main St, Lathrop, MO
Breakfast from 6:00 a.m.
(816) 555-0187
What we cook
Nothing here comes off a truck ready to serve.
The pork is pounded and breaded in the back, the potatoes get cut in the morning, and the pies are made one at a time. Which is why there are days the coconut cream is gone by one o'clock and we are not sorry about it.
Breakfast, all day
Eggs any way, hash browns off the flat top, biscuits and gravy, and pancakes bigger than the plate. The grill is on at six and it does not go cold at ten thirty.
Onion rings
Cut thick, battered by hand, and stacked. Order them for the table because they do not survive one person.
Pie
Coconut cream, chocolate, and whatever fruit is around. Made in the morning, sold until it is gone, and the case tells you what is left.
The daily plate
One meat, two sides and a roll, different every day of the week. Roast beef on Monday, chicken and noodles on Wednesday, catfish on Friday night. Call and we will tell you what today is.
Burgers
Fresh patties smashed on the flat top, single or double, cheese and everything on it unless you say otherwise.
Menu
The short version. The full one is on the table.
- Two eggs, meat, potatoes and toastBacon, sausage or ham. Biscuits instead of toast, no charge$10.50
- Biscuits and gravyHalf order available$7.25
- Hand-breaded tenderloinWith chips and a pickle. Add fries or rings$12.75
- Cheeseburger, single or doubleComes with everything unless you tell us$9.50 / $12
- Daily plate lunchOne meat, two sides and a roll. Changes every day$11.95
- Pie by the sliceWhole pies on a day's notice$4.25
Kids' plates and senior portions are on the printed menu. Carry-out is the same price and usually ready in about fifteen minutes at lunch. Cash and cards both fine, and yes, the coffee is bottomless.
The diner
Same corner, same booths, same six o'clock.
The farm crowd comes in first and the school crowd comes in second, and by seven the middle booth has been claimed by the same four men it has been claimed by for years. If you sit there they will make room for you and then they will ask where you are from.
We are a diner in a town of a couple thousand people, so we know most of the tickets before they are ordered. If you have not been in, come hungry and take a menu, and we will get you fed and back on 33 in good time.
Owner name goes here, cooking since the doors opened
Find us
North Street, Lathrop.
Where
123 Main St
Lathrop, MO 64465
A couple of minutes off I-35 at the Lathrop exit. Parking in front and along the side, and there is room for a work truck.
Hours
- Monday to Thursday6 a.m. to 8 p.m.
- Friday and Saturday6 a.m. to 9 p.m.
- Sunday7 a.m. to 2 p.m.
Breakfast is cooked all day, every day we are open.
Call us
Carry-out orders, whole pies, and the back room for a birthday or a club meeting. Call ahead for a group of eight or more.