Nita’s

What a great vibe this place has! Woman-​owned and operated is my guess. There’s a counter-​style front and tables in the back, and everything is made fresh. Try Nita’s pies for sure!

Hello Twin Peaks!
Have eaten here a couple of times. The food is good for a small town. Nita served us one day, she must be in her 90’s! Super sweet lady! My order got messed up and she gave it to me for free. We insisted she charge us for it, but she wouldn’t have it. So we gave her a $ 20 tip for her generosity.

Like a step back to 1962. I almost expected Rod Serling to come forward with a monologue talking about stepping back to a more simple time and place with honest, hard working people.
A small town diner with a very old school wait staff. Mostly all counter seats but, for large groups of 2 or 3, a few tables in the back.
The food was well prepared, but with out a lot of frills. My spousal unit had a piece of salmon for lunch that was a generous portion with fries and all done just right. I had my usual check out the diner lunch: grilled cheese and fries. Done well, simply and not greasy.
The fixtures in this place look like 1962, the year Nita’s opened. Oh, the chrome! Not «cute» but real. All were polished, clean and still functioning to serve their menu. There was a Hamilton Beach twin screw milk shake mixer that still makes shakes from hand scooped ice cream (not some semi liquid gunk).
Pies have always been a specialty of Nita’s and there were three or four on the specials board
For that large chunk of salmon and my grilled cheese, we paid $ 18 (the salmon plate was only $ 9.95, of which you’d easily pay twice that in Olympia).
As far as small town, classic breakfast/​lunch counters go, this is a 5. However, limited hours and the fact they don’t take any plastic (I guess consistent with stepping into 1962), a star is deducted.