Martha’s Place

Martha’s Place has been around for quite a long time. They used to be located on Hillsborough Ave just East of 56^th street. A while back they relocated to their current location.
A simple little hole in the wall that sits off Nebraska Avenue. The looks of the establishment is not an eye catcher, in fact, some may frown at the old run down building.
Haven’t you learned, don’t judge a book by it’s cover? Well, that’s the case here.
Martha’s Place offers good southern food at great prices! You can dine in or order your food to go. I typically order, cheese grits, scrambled eggs and corn beef hash. I have had their smothered pork chops before and they were very tasty.
If you’re in the area stop by. They also serve lunch, but I have not had their lunch so I can’t comment on that.

PROS:
–Diverse menu
–Decent prices
CONS:
–Poorly prepared food
-$ 1 surcharge for using debit/​credit cards
–Pack your gack
LOCATION:
On Nebraska just a couple blocks south of E Hillsborough Ave. It’s a corner lot and parking is is on both sides.
FOOD:
Pretty expansive diner-​centric menu with a soul food flair. There are lots of breakfast choices/​combos plus burger, fried fish, chicken and steak options. There is also an ice cream station. Smoked sausage is a prevalent option in the breakfast choices so I went with that, a single egg and a couple of pancakes (about $ 6.5). The girl had a ham and cheese omelet with home fries. My sausage was good flavor-​wise but cold and the pancakes were just meh — the kind that are tough to cut, know what I mean? The omelet was the best part of our breakfast as the home fries were really just deep fried potatoes. The portion sizes were on the large ende and neither of us finished our plates.
We eat lots of breakfasts at diners and this was definitely at or near the bottom of our list.
Just 2 Stars for Food.
SERVICE:
Our waitress was efficient if not exactly friendly. I definitely got the «we have a lot of regulars here and I don’t recognize you» vibe from her when we first sat down. She warmed up a little during the visit and drink refills were timely.
Only 2 stars for Service since I didn’t get that warm welcoming feeling.
VALUE:
I didn’t spend a lot of time reviewing the menu but the prices seemed a little better than your average diner. Our two meals with a good tip (I can’t help myself) and the $ 1 debit card charge was $ 16 and change.
I’ll give 3 stars for Value.
ATMOSPHERE:
The look of the place is definitely divey… in fact, way divey. I have no problem with that. What I did have a problem with was the gunfight I thought was going to break out mid-​meal. Everyone (6 or 7 tables) was quietly eating when a guy walked in and started talking junk to a table of three out of the blue. He kept asking one of them to go outside and throw down with him. Every time he returned, I was expecting him to be gack’d up. Fortunately, nothing happened — at least while we were there.
2 stars for Atmosphere (being in crossfire automatically costs you a star…)
With all the good diner choices in the are (Nico’s, Three Coins, Taco Bus, etc), I can’t see us going back.
Food: 4/​10, Service: 4/​10, Value: 7/​10, Atmosphere: ²⁄₁₀

The food was made to order and quick. The sausage gravy was quite good, however the Corn beef hash was straight up out of a can and tasted like old grease. I only took 3 bites. Didn’t like the hash at all. Took 1^st bite to try. Second one was to confirm. Then came back at the end to make sure I gave it a fair shot. Wouldn’t order corned beef hash again. Will come back and try the French toast (they looked good on another patrons plate). Service was very good.

Been in nicer public restrioms.
Surprisingly did not develop food poisoning.
DISGUSTING.

Great little hole in the wall neighborhood diner. The service is always great, prices are low, and portions at large. I have early morning meetings here almost every week!

Great little place. Server was nice and funny and owner too. in the neighborhood for a basketball tournament, tried to get into Ellas but wait was too long. This was a surprisingly great plan b. Serves breakfast and their ice tea is great. Ordered biscuits and gravy and they were the best i have had in a diner and i have tried them many many places. Sorry no pictures to post. But my kids had french toast and they loved it and my husband had a cheeseburger and said it was good. Only reason not 5 stars because it was really good just not exceptional.

Pretty tasty. Good bacon. My hash browns must have been deep fried because there was a hint of what was probably catfish.

This is great food at a really good price. It’s quirky and cute. The service was great. It has a neighborhood diner feel, and its definitely casual. Nothing fancy, but definitely worth a try.

Nice little place, nothing fancy at all, but food is good and prices are right. The club sandwich was great. Service was very friendly. Love these little greasy spoons… Will def stop in again.

Sunday Meatball Chronicles
I can’t say it was the best biscuits and gravy I’ve ever had in my life, but when breakfast can be traded for pocket change, how can you complain?
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Good, neighborhood diner-​like place serving fine breakfasts and lunch diner standards. Very low prices and some specialties like sausage gravy on biscuits… combined with some eggs, sausage and butter, it qualifies for the coronary overload award. Not big on diet food, but catering to the blue-​collar, working class folks who need a hearty meal to start a work day where they a doing more than keyboard stroking. Easy on & off of Nebraska Ave., just south of Hillsborough Ave.

Wow, this establishment impressed me tremendously. you talk about great breakfast and you get it here. this place is greatly priced and your definitely going to get full. with two people we had a $ 18 bill which is a average of $ 9 per person. they open 5am-​4pm.