I went to the newly-opened Nickel Diner in Downtown for lunch today. Here are my impressions: LOCATION: The Nickel Diner (named after the nickname for Skid Row, which is centered on Fifth Street, or "The Nickel") is halfway... (12 replies, last updated by Waverly SGV September 21, 2008)

As a person living in Florida I’m unfortunate not to have any Trader Joe in our State... Is it really that great?? In pretty much any CH post somebody will mention TJ. Are we gonna be ok without it? or is this the 1 missing... (93 replies, last updated by JayVaBeach October 27, 2007)

I’m sorry, I just do. Almost everything I have ever gotten there is mediocre AT BEST, the parking is AWFUL, the lines are long. I just don’t get it. I’m so sorry. I live in Los Angeles, and there are so many... (85 replies, last updated by dannikay November 6, 2007)

Well, i’m back in Buffalo and what i wanna know is: where should i eat??? Big shout-out to Barry, Joe, and Gene, ex- or current Nickel City Chompers!!! (1 reply, last updated by Gene Piekarski May 4, 2001)

try Moe’s and Joe's in Virginia Highland. You’ll do well on all 3. (10 replies, last updated by sid384 July 13, 2008)

Probably Joe's Second Street Bistro. (5 replies, last updated by Mary April 29, 2003)

-to-eat foods dispensed from behind little glass doors by depositing nickels or tokens in a slot. It was June 12, 1902. To mark the 100th anniversary of the Automat, Marianne Hardart, great-granddaughter of cofounder Frank Hardart,... (3 replies, last updated by Adrienne April 22, 2005)

Jim Denny’s. 16th and H I think. been there forever. My dad remembers nickel hamburgers. Great burgers still (not a nickel though). Only open for breakfast and lunch and only weekdays. the ultimate greasy spoon. There is a... (19 replies, last updated by mausi February 4, 2008)

When I was a kid — back when we rode dinosaurs to school — every Sav-on had an ice-cream counter. A cone cost a nickel (as did skate keys, but I digress). That was our ultimate treat — a Sav-on ice-cream cone.... (21 replies, last updated by Chino Wayne September 4, 2004)

in the next day or two, but I wanted to write up something ASAP on the a emerging Westside/Eastside maple bacon battle. As many have noted, the Nickel Diner in downtown LA has garnered a lot of well deserved attention for a... (13 replies, last updated by mollyomormon March 20, 2009)

I’m curious to hear what all the chowhounds feel about some of the chain restaurants... like Kelsey’s, Casey’s, Shoeless Joe's, EastSide Mario’s, the varied Firkin’s, Nickels etc. I live near Warden... (11 replies, last updated by SP May 20, 2003)

I ate there a lot prior to and during the change/makover of the previous restaurant (next door-same building) and Chef Joe Dunleavy and his wife Laurie are/were the owners. Are you saying they have sold out but he still cooks... (12 replies, last updated by Scargod May 23, 2008)

with red cabbage and, for a litte extra, a gigantic potato pancake greasebomb. Every six months or so, the window placards would come down for the nickel-or-dime price adjustment, just like at "Joe's Spaghetti House", right across... (6 replies, last updated by Monika Humbert-Hines May 26, 2006)

my nickels to upgrade to a dual-fuel stove). I am just curious about what is used by those few places in town that offer johnnycakes, and forgot to ask the Deluxe Town folks before we left. (7 replies, last updated by nvrlnd September 3, 2004)

Try the Nickel Diner for biscuits and gravy, or Panns for chicken and waffles or their biscuits and gravy. El Tepeyac for a Hollenbeck burrito or a Manuel’s special. Try an Oki DOgi fully loaded. LA has lots of... (32 replies, last updated by kevin May 18, 2009)