Pepper Pod Restaurant

Breakfast club

If it makes you want to light up a cig and order some bacon from the waitress that calls you honey...it's legit. Breakfast specials in the morning, typical offerings. The biscuits are made in house and the goetta is delish. Service was great and food was served up hot and fast. Perfecto for our diner breakfast club adventures!

It's like Cracker Barrel with more grease and smoking. When its down home, stick to your ribs kinda food you need, Pepper Pod will hit the spot. The clientele is a mix of Newport's finest and not so fine, especially depending on the time you are there. From goetta slabs to all kinds of fried concoctions, you will not eat healthy, but you will enjoy the food and possibly encounter some hilarious near table entertainment.

With 24 hour dining and the ability to eat at tables that serve everyone from strippers to lawyers, how can you go wrong?

Stepping into the Pepper Pod, I half-thought I was walking into Mel's Diner from the classic tv show, Alice (for those of you old enough to remember "Kiss my grits!").  Just as everyone has noted, this is the true classic diner experience.

We sat down a few minutes before the top of the hour and were greeted by a rooster crowing. Yes, a rooster. It was the clock on the wall. After we finished laughing hysterically, a very hospitable gentleman greeted us just like we were guests in his home. The staff here are very welcoming and very attentive.

Make no mistake, this is a greasy spoon in all of its glory. My visit was for breakfast. If you are ultra health-conscious or not into trans fats, this is probably not the place for you. There was even a layer of grease on our menus.

Check out the specials which take up the majority of the wall in the front room. There's even one named a "slab of goetta," and it's a breakfast platter with just that.  The menu is quite extensive and I got overwhelmed by all the choices, surprisingly.  I settled for the classic 2 eggs, bacon, toast, hash browns. It was good, but nothing terribly special. The hash browns were tasty but were swimming in grease, which didn't sit well on my tummy later. Some of my companions substituted biscuits for the toast and were very pleased, even though they weren't made on site. The hot sauce, however, is made on site, if you're so inclined.

Of course, this is KY so there's smoking galore. As we were seated at a long table in the back room and not the counter area, we didn't have to endure the smoke. Pepper Pod is open 24 hours a day so if you've been imbibing and in need of some greasy eats, this place fits the bill.