City Limits Family Restaurant

Yesterday I took a road trip through eastern Iowa to the very edge of the state, ending up at the home of Bad Ash BBQ, Bellevue Iowa on the incredible Mississippi river! I didn't take a ton of pictures as this was a personal visit to chat with my dear friend James. But he was smoking some briskets, and the scent rising out of the Big Johnson made me really hungry😋 My route back took me thru the lovely town of Maquoketa, Iowa. As is my custom, I checked out some restaurants in town, chose one I hadn't been to, and called in a to-go order from the road. As it turns out I chose wisely as the City Limits Family Restaurant was excellent! Regular readers will know that I adore diners and small family restaurants, and this one hit the mark! As I drove up I noticed the full parking lot, alway

A family owned restaurant who take pride in their establishment and in serving their customers. They are extremely courteous and welcoming! Great food with a great menu with a lot of variety options and decent prices. The waitress was very friendly and took care of our tables needs.

Stopped on our way through from Wisconsin. Got the sausage skillet. Was absolutely delicious! Husband got sausage links was very impressed with them. Food portions and price were perfect! Choice between this restaurant and another high rated restaurant in the area but they were pricer so decided to try here. Glad we did. Definitely recommend!

Great family friendly diner! We each got a one egg combo (which ended up being three eggs, three pieces of bacon, 2 pieces of toast and hash browns) for $5.70 per person! More food than we could eat! And all of it cooked perfectly. It was nice to see the small town camaraderie going on around us as well. Definitely worth a stop!

This is a family diner. The burgers were good, especially the city limit burger. Also the Mac n cheese was a hit. However the meatloaf was comically 1/2 inch thin covered in gravy with a hilariously large steak knife on the plate to cut the soft paper thin loaf. The taste was familiar and it took me a moment to realize it was banquet Salisbury steak with the same gravy. The fries are not beer battered they are just frozen crinkle cut and given a choice of salad bar or salad go with the bar because the salad is just a bowl of plain lettuce. I wasn’t satisfied but everyone else enjoyed their food. It’s a place to eat but get a sandwich.