Susie's Home Kitchen
- A great place to get your comfort food fix. By
- Jun 1, 2014
- 2 min read
Lucky for you, Susie Reindel cooks to make people happy. That’s what’s behind everything she makes at Susie’s Home Kitchen, 445 West Cherry Lane, Coeur d’Alene. Susie’s serves all your favorites plus some Southwest style flavors at her locally owned restaurant next to Grocery Outlet on Highway 95 near I-90.
It’s made fresh, onsite, and tastes like your mom used to make. And it doesn’t hurt that you can get just about any type of traditional comfort food served quick and hot with a friendly smile. That’s what makes it feel like a home kitchen after all.
All of Susie’s desserts are made from scratch, and many patrons say it’s worth the caloric indulgence.
Of special note is the Chicken-fried Meatloaf Burger. This comfort-food masterpiece consists of a meatloaf patty, breaded and fried, topped with cheddar cheese and special house barbecue sauce on a bun. It’s available in a small or large size for $7 and $9 respectively.
How in the world did she come up with that recipe? Well, Susie and her crew at her former restaurant in Hayden spent some time chicken-frying anything and everything they could think of one day. “The meatloaf actually tasted good. People love it,” says Susie.
If you like to plan ahead or catch a personal favorite, Susie’s has daily comfort food specials such as Meatloaf Monday; Roast Pork Tuesday; Roast Beef Wednesday; Roast Turkey Thursday and Chicken-Fried Chicken Friday. Susie’s is open Thursday, Friday and Saturday nights for dinner offering specials like Fettuccini Alfredo, Baby Back Ribs, Grilled Salmon and other dinner classics.
If you’re not up for burgers, hot wings (they get as hot as “flaming”) or nachos and prefer something a little lighter, all of Susie’s salads and soups are handcrafted with fresh greens and other ingredients. No iceberg lettuce or prepackaged stuff here.
“My big thing is, I don’t like anything processed. It’s got to be from scratch,” says Susie.
Prices range around $8 -$15 for most entrées. Susie’s has a separate menu for lunch and dinner, so not everything is available all day.
You can wash all this goodness down with popular beers, including microbrews and wine.
Open Monday through Saturday, 7am to 3pm for breakfast and lunch (which cuts off at 11am) and Sunday 8am to 2pm Susie’s is open 7am to 9pm Thursday, Friday and Saturdays.
Susie has been a restaurant owner for twenty years, and she still says that she gets her biggest reward when people come back to her kitchen on a daily basis to say thank you or pay a compliment to her cooking. “I like to cook because I like to make people happy,” says Susie.
If you need to call ahead with a large group or special accommodations, please call 208.215.3100. For catering call 208.755.0954.
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