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This is now open at 63rd and Meridian near where I live. I haven't had a chance to go there yet but the parking lot has been very full. Given their many years of success at 39th and Council, I'm sure this will do well also. There is nothing else like it in the immediate area.

I went to Jims diner sunday evening... Very underwhelming..... the burger was way over cooked - like it had been grilled and held. Friends that had the pancakes said they were hard. Visited later with some friends which had gone earlier in the week and thier experince was much the same - patrons weren't getting thier food, it was cold, the lettuce was welted, the serving sizes of the proteins were very small..... Hope they get all these bugs worked out quickly.... The location has so much potential if the service and food quality are good.

Still upset that Capers is gone. Loved that place.

I was with a group Sunday evening also and had the same pancake problem...hard pancakes and tough eggs. Most everyone else thought it was just ok. Maybe we had to large of a group for them...don't know. I hope they get the bugs worked out. I will try again as I like the menu and its very affordable.

The location on 39th is usually fantastic. Used to go there now and then before switching allegiance to Boom-a-rang down the street.

What space did they take at 63rd & Meridian?

What space did they take at 63rd & Meridian?

Where Capers was... previously Catfish Cabin

Where Capers was... previously Catfish Cabin

That Catfish Cabin was a bacterial nightmare before it closed.

I used to walk to that shopping center when I was a kid; specifically for Pizza Planet.

My family and I went last Friday at 6:30 p.m. for dinner. Was about 1/2 full. We were seated in the front room. Our waiter was working tables at the back as well as ours. Food was OK for quality (our meat was way overdone). My complaint was with the wait for the food. There were 5 of us. There was at least a 10 minute wait between when the first meal was served until the last one was brought out. They never did get the side orders correct. We will wait a month and try again, but I'm not optimistic. From entering to paying the bill was 90 minutes. Inexcusable.

I used to walk to that shopping center when I was a kid; specifically for Pizza Planet.

Pizza Planet was good! Loved the way they cheesed up their pizza's.

Caper's could have / should have been better. Good idea with poor execution.

Caper's was good for a while, after a while I noticed different people in charge. Then a lot of turnover in kitchen staff. Then a drastic drop in quality.

I went here today for the first time for breakfast. I had no problems at all. The food was good, the order was correct. and the service was fine. I saw several groups of people being served and they all got their food at the same time. It was about 3/4 full at 9AM. With any new place it can take a while to get all of the kinks worked out and I think they will do well. Their other location hasn't been in business since 1978 without knowing a little about how to run a diner.

I've always had good experiences at breakfast in the mornings, but have never been at other times of the day. Will have to check out the new location for breakfast soon.

You may have seen me and the group I go to breakfast with every Sunday after Mass. We usually have a group of 10-12 people and have had a difficult time finding a place to accommodate us. This was our second Sunday at Jim's and it they did a good job of getting all of our food out to us at the same time and correctly. The food is good. We had a little problem with billing last week as they gave everyone a separate ticket and couldn't seem to combine them at checkout for the couples in our group. No such problems today as the couple's tickets were put together.

You may have seen me and the group I go to breakfast with every Sunday after Mass. We usually have a group of 10-12 people and have had a difficult time finding a place to accommodate us. This was our second Sunday at Jim's and it they did a good job of getting all of our food out to us at the same time and correctly. The food is good. We had a little problem with billing last week as they gave everyone a separate ticket and couldn't seem to combine them at checkout for the couples in our group. No such problems today as the couple's tickets were put together.

I was there on Saturday so I'm sure I didn't see your group.

Oh yep, I see that now. Sorry I didn't look closely enough at the date.

Had lunch there today and it was a bit of a disaster.

Got there around 1PM and the place was maybe 1/3rd full. Pretty big place, though, but about as blandly finished as possible.

Took my order relatively quickly and then the trouble began. First, I hear the people next to me tell the waitress they had completely screwed up their order, so she had to take it all back and try and get the right order rushed out. Since it was also chicken fried steak (same as I had ordered) I knew my meal would now be behind the 3 of them.

Their food came out relatively quickly but they were still grousing -- and rightfully so.

My house salad came out and the dressing was good (bleu cheese which I specified) but I quickly noticed the iceberg lettuce was well brown. How do you even serve something like this?

Then I waited and waited and thought I saw my meal sitting up under the heat lamps but couldn't be sure but whatever was there sat for a long time and several other meals were dispersed while it was passed over.

After about 20 minutes (!) and the waitress not really checking on me or noticing something had gone very wrong, she finally looks at the food that had been sitting under the lamps for at least 10 minutes, had a bit of a heated exchange with the cook through the window, then handed it back to him where it was clear they were starting all over. At this point, she finally came over and offered some excuse I didn't understand and said it would be another 5 minutes.

When the food came out it was only okay. The mashed potatoes were the highlight and the pepper gravy was good but there was way too much slathered on the CFS. The steak was tender but the breading seemed a bit undercooked.

The fried okra was fine (hard to mess up) and the roll sure seemed to be store bought; it was certainly not fresh and I've had better from the store.

In the end, the waitress apologized and said they would reduce the bill. When I got it, I saw they took off 15%, which amounted to about $1.


I really wanted to like this place as it's in my old 'hood which is one of the reasons I have a special fondness for Casa Perico. But the whole experience left me feeling like they just didn't know what they were doing.

If I go back, it would be for breakfast and with some apprehension.

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Had lunch there today and it was a bit of a disaster.

Got there around 1PM and the place was maybe 1/3rd full. Pretty big place, though, but about as blandly finished as possible.

Took my order relatively quickly and then the trouble began. First, I hear the people next to me tell the waitress they had completely screwed up their order, so she had to take it all back and try and get the right order rushed out. Since it was also chicken fried steak (same as I had ordered) I knew my meal would now be behind the 3 of them.

Their food came out relatively quickly but they were still grousing -- and rightfully so.

My house salad came out and the dressing was good (bleu cheese which I specified) but I quickly noticed the iceberg lettuce was well brown. How do you even serve something like this?

Then I waited and waited and thought I saw my meal sitting up under the heat lamps but couldn't be sure but whatever was there sat for a long time and several other meals were dispersed while it was passed over.

After about 20 minutes (!) and the waitress not really checking on me or noticing something had gone very wrong, she finally looks at the food that had been sitting under the lamps for at least 10 minutes, had a bit of a heated exchange with the cook through the window, then handed it back to him where it was clear they were starting all over. At this point, she finally came over and offered some excuse I didn't understand and said it would be another 5 minutes.

When the food came out it was only okay. The mashed potatoes were the highlight and the pepper gravy was good but there was way too much slathered on the CFS. The steak was tender but the breading seemed a bit undercooked.

The fried okra was fine (hard to mess up) and the roll sure seemed to be store bought; it was certainly not fresh and I've had better from the store.

In the end, the waitress apologized and said they would reduce the bill. When I got it, I saw they took off 15%, which amounted to about $1.


I really wanted to like this place as it's in my old 'hood which is one of the reasons I have a special fondness for Casa Perico. But the whole experience left me feeling like they just didn't know what they were doing.

If I go back, it would be for breakfast and with some apprehension.

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Do yourself a favor, and get over to Chuck House for a CFS?........ Cause your picture is a disaster

Most of the times I've been there are for breakfast and I've always been happy. I get the Route 66 Country Scrambler. I had the chicken fried steak as a take-out and it was fine, if not the best I've ever had. I agree that they may have some confusion in the kitchen but the waitresses have always been great.

It sounds like they're having a case of the "Bent River Cattle Co". As far as restaurants go, when the left hand doesn't know what the right hand is doing, everyone loses.

Do yourself a favor, and get over to Chuck House for a CFS?........ Cause your picture is a disaster

That's my go-to for CFS fix, but like to try new places.

I just want to address one absolutely false piece of information in your initial post, Pete: there is no such thing as TOO much gravy on a CFS.

I just want to address one absolutely false piece of information in your initial post, Pete: there is no such thing as TOO much gravy on a CFS.

You would think so but trust me, this was OTT. It was about a 2-to-1 gravy to CFS ratio.

Mmmmmmmmm sounds delicious... ...I probably would have ordered an extra bowl of it on the side.

Sometimes an entire meal for me consists of eating gravy from a soup bowl.

You would think so but trust me, this was OTT. It was about a 2-to-1 gravy to CFS ratio.

Could it also be that the gravy was bad?

The gravy was only okay and the more I ate of it the less I liked it.

Sometimes an entire meal for me consists of eating gravy from a soup bowl.

If you ever happen to find yourself in Healdton Oklahoma on a weekday during lunch... Stop in at Grasshopper Junction and get some of their gravy...... It is hands down the most incredible gravy you'll ever eat...... I haven't seen them make it but it tastes like it's made in a cast iron skillet from pan drippings.... Definitely not from a gravy mix.

did a late breakfast (10:45 ish) a few months back. . . pretty much same problems as Pete. . .other table with messed up order, waitress very inattentive, food sat under heat lamps for a long while while waitress stood around. . .when I finally asked about my meal, she went back to the kitchen and picked up my order. Haven't been back. . .too many other good places. . . .

I just want to address one absolutely false piece of information in your initial post, Pete: there is no such thing as TOO much gravy on a CFS.

And plenty on my French fries. I don't know where I first saw this done but I started asking for gravy on the fries in 1971 at a diner on Sante Fe near Macklanburg-Duncan. Some of my friends thought it was weird, but I said, it's just gravy on potatoes, it doesn't matter whether they are mashed, boiled, or fried.
C. T.

If you ever happen to find yourself in Healdton Oklahoma on a weekday during lunch... Stop in at Grasshopper Junction and get some of their gravy...... It is hands down the most incredible gravy you'll ever eat...... I haven't seen them make it but it tastes like it's made in a cast iron skillet from pan drippings.... Definitely not from a gravy mix.
Thanks for the tip!

And plenty on my French fries. I don't know where I first saw this done but I started asking for gravy on the fries in 1971 at a diner on Sante Fe near Macklanburg-Duncan.

Yep... My friends and I started doing it about 14 years after you in highschool at the diner that was in Choctaw at the time.... That diner even did something else you don't see anyone do these days... They let us 16 year olds run a tab during the week as long as we settled up with them on Friday.... Missed a Friday and you lost your privileges but as long as you stayed in good standing with them they let you run the tab.

And plenty on my French fries. I don't know where I first saw this done but I started asking for gravy on the fries in 1971 at a diner on Sante Fe near Macklanburg-Duncan. Some of my friends thought it was weird, but I said, it's just gravy on potatoes, it doesn't matter whether they are mashed, boiled, or fried.
C. T.

Agree 100% C.T..

The gravy was only okay and the more I ate of it the less I liked it.

You could have straightened some of that mess out by splitting that roll in half and covering with the excess gravy. Just add some salt and pepper and there you go. :)

^ Except the roll was lousy.

Good gravy, hell, even so-so gravy, can improve sooooo many other foods.

did a late breakfast (10:45 ish) a few months back. . . pretty much same problems as Pete. . .other table with messed up order, waitress very inattentive, food sat under heat lamps for a long while while waitress stood around. . .when I finally asked about my meal, she went back to the kitchen and picked up my order. Haven't been back. . .too many other good places. . . .

I see things haven't improved since I visited after they opened (see upthread).

In the event of a complete apocalypse, I have a stockpiled jars of brown gravy..... It will literally allow you to choke down just about anything......

The gravy was only okay and the more I ate of it the less I liked it.

That doesn't sound okay at all.

^ Except the roll was lousy.

Counterpoint: EVERYTHING is better with gravy.

Perhaps it's a cursed location. Our experiences at the original location on 39th are usually pretty good. They definitely do breakfast pretty well, but it's admittedly not 100% consistent. I'm not sure if you guys have gone to Boom-A-Rang Diner on 39th, but that's a good breakfast spot. The omelette is the size of a football field.

Evidently this location is changing again. There is a sign on the building saying OPAS is opening soon and mentions Mediterranean food. It was a Mediterranean restaurant before Jim's opened up.

Probably a good thing based on my one experience at Jim's.

Driving by I thought Opas looked like it was going in between Jim's and Yummy Yummy. Is there a spot in between to accommodate a restaurant?

Driving by I thought Opas looked like it was going in between Jim's and Yummy Yummy. Is there a spot in between to accommodate a restaurant?
No

It now appears that Jim's Diner will remain open after all and that they are splitting the space into two restaurants. There is a new entrance being built facing Meridian going into what was the rear area of Jim's Diner and under the banner for the new restaurant. I'm not sure how they would do this. Maybe they will be sharing a kitchen?