{"id":7525,"date":"2012-07-01T03:27:12","date_gmt":"2012-07-01T10:27:12","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/burgersdogspizza.com\/?p=7525"},"modified":"2012-07-01T03:27:12","modified_gmt":"2012-07-01T10:27:12","slug":"kenner-la-jukebox-cajun-diner","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.peterstromquist.com\/?p=7525","title":{"rendered":"Kenner, LA – Jukebox Cajun Diner (Review)"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"\"<\/a>(From the archives) Ever since the demise of the Humming Bird diner, I continually search for a 24\/7 diner in N\u2019awlins I can call \u201chome,\u201d at 3AM. There really doesn\u2019t seem to be an apt replacement, so I tend to \u201cspread the wealth\u201d around, and visit several different places, depending on 1) my location at the time the urge strikes me, and 2) an estimate of what my own fatigue level will be when having to make the return trip. If I\u2019m wide awake and wired, it\u2019s usually the Airline Motors Diner in La Place (you saw it in \u201cMonster\u2019s Ball,\u201d with Billy Bob Thorton and Halle Berry); if I\u2019m in the mood for booze soaking grease, it\u2019s the bacon-ham-sausage-egg-cheese poboy at Webster\u2019s in Metairie; but more often than not, I\u2019m happy to pop in the Jukebox Cajun Diner in Kenner.<\/p>\n

It\u2019s an Al Copeland<\/a>\u00a0(founder of Popeye’s<\/a> Chicken)\u00a0\u00a0project, and tho I am loathe to patronize any of his other establishments, there\u2019s not much he could do to screw up 2 over easy with rye toast and bacon.<\/p>\n

Fabulously furnished in faux fifties fixtures (nice alliteration, eh?), the Jukebox dishes out the standard fare with piety: eggs, omelets, cakes and waffles, biscuits and gravy.<\/p>\n

More than adequate cheese fries, onion rings, and chili lead off the starter portion of conventional midday and evening entrees, including burgers, sandwiches, blackened chicken poboys, and chili dogs. Bite-size burgers, an homage to Tastee treats, go for $2.75 a half-dozen, no shucking required.<\/p>\n

Plate dinner specials are available daily, as well as a half a dozen regular offerings: fried or blackened catfish platter, fried shrimp, chicken prepared to your licking, an open face hot roast beef, complimented with your choice of conventional sides like green beans, corn, or mashed taters.<\/p>\n

Although there are plenty of places around to get good fried catfish, I like the Jukebox Diner\u2019s \u2013 maybe they throw a little of Al\u2019s secret seasonings in the batter, not sure. At $6.45, it\u2019s a bargain.<\/p>\n

While a seat is usually available, the 4th Friday of each month draws the classic car crowd, and if you\u2019re a fan of diner food or dressed-out cars, get there early in the evening, or check it out from home on \u201cDine-O-Cam.\u201d<\/p>\n

Like most places of this ilk, staff turnover appears fairly high, but I\u2019m delighted it doesn\u2019t appear to affect the food or the service, unusual in the industry.<\/p>\n

(From our archives) As with most N\u2019awlins establishments, smoking is allowed everywhere. Forewarned is forearmed.<\/p>\n

I\u2019ve been told one of Al\u2019s great schemes is to see franchised Jukebox Diner\u2019s dot the land, though as far as I know, the location in Kenner is the only one. It\u2019s within spitting distance of the airport, and thus provides a good place to sit if you\u2019re waiting for guests to arrive on a plane, or you\u2019ve headed out early for a drop off, only to find I-10 traffic manageable for the first time in your life.<\/p>\n

The Jukebox Cajun Diner is at 2560 Williams Boulevard, Kenner.<\/p>\n

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(From the archives) Ever since the demise of the Humming Bird diner, I continually search for a 24\/7 diner in N\u2019awlins I can call \u201chome,\u201d at 3AM. There really doesn\u2019t seem to be an apt replacement, so I tend to \u201cspread the wealth\u201d around, and visit several different places, depending on 1) my location at… Continue reading Kenner, LA – Jukebox Cajun Diner (Review)<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[4,12,16,34,35],"tags":[368,1188,2003,2421],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.peterstromquist.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7525"}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.peterstromquist.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.peterstromquist.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.peterstromquist.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.peterstromquist.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=7525"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"http:\/\/www.peterstromquist.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7525\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.peterstromquist.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=7525"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.peterstromquist.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=7525"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.peterstromquist.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=7525"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}