Will Ride for Food
Luxury Diner
1401 W Lincolnway, Cheyenne,
Wyoming
The Luxury Diner offers many different
breakfast items including monster biscuits
and pancakes the size of a dinner plate.
There are also appetizers, salads, soups,
chilies, dinner style entrees, burgers, East
coast style sandwiches (including pork roll)
and desserts available.
W
e found this little gem in Cheyenne,
Wyoming two years ago on our
return from the Sturgis Rally. We
had stopped for gas and decided to eat
something before riding the rest of the
way home. We stopped at the Village Inn
near the gas station that we fueled up at
and they literally had a bus load of people
come in and there was a 30 minute wait.
We figured we were going to be eating fast
food when I remembered my new found
Urbanspoon App (now Zomato). I clicked
on search nearby restaurants and the app
came up with the Luxury Diner, less than
four minutes down the road from where we
were. The ratings were pretty high, so we
decided to give it a try. We rolled up and
the parking lot was full of cars and bikes
(always a good sign at a local restaurant).
We walked in and were seated immediately
at a table in the back. The Luxury Diner
building is a trolley car from the 1900’s that
was used in Cheyenne Wyoming. After
it was retired, the trolley car came to the
current diner location and was enclosed by the building; it has
been an operating diner since 1926. The car makes up a dining
room with an addition on one side that creates the front checkout
counter and extra seating. On the other side of the trolley car is
an addition with the kitchen. They are open from 6AM – 4PM
seven days a week.
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It was difficult to choose a menu item the
first time because everything sounded so
delicious! I chose the green chili burger and
Patrick decided on the German sausage
breakfast. While we waited for our food a
table of four young people were making their
way through breakfast that included two
of the dinner plate sized pancakes. I was
almost sorry I didn’t order one, but then our
food came. The portions are very generous
and I was barely able to finish my burger.
The green chili was wonderful and the burger
was cooked perfectly. The German sausage
was a hit too, it is now a common side order
when Patrick orders his breakfast there. We
were stuffed! Almost all of the menu items
look tasty and we still haven’t tried any of
their homemade desserts.
This year we were able to eat at the diner a couple of times
because one of the bikes decided to break down on us in
Cheyenne. We tried a few more items on the menu that were
very tasty. The Santa Fe breakfast burrito and the chicken fried
steak and eggs were yummy. This is definitely a great place to
stop and eat on your way to Sturgis or if you want to have a great
ride up Highway 85 from Denver to Cheyenne, WY.
September 2015
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