Little Goat Diner

After trying Girl and the Goat a couple of times in the past.  We wanted to try the more casual sister restaurant, Little Goat Diner. Little Goat Diner is located just across the street from Girl and the Goat and you don't need to make reservations months in advance; in fact they do no take reservations at all.  We went on a week night and walked right in. Exactly as its name implies, Little Goat Diner is a diner-esque restaurant with upscale comfort food dishes and they serve breakfast all day.

Crab Dip Appetizer

We ordered a crap dip appetizer which was  a cheesy crab dip with crackers.  The dip was great but we could have used a few more crackers because even with putting quite generous portions of the dip on each cracker we still didn't have enough.  We ended up spooning the remainder into our mouths by itself.

We tried one of the breakfast items, the Fat Elvis Waffle.  It was a waffle with whipped peanut butter-butter, bananas, maple syrup and bacon bits.  Nick was cautious about this dish but it was really great combining all of these fun flavors.  The peanut butter was lighter and didn't weigh down the dish and the bacon bits offset the super sweet maple syrup so you could appreciate all of the flavors. Natalie would love to try to repeat this at home.

Fat Elvis Waffle

Tonkatsu sandwich - a breaded pork cutlet, with Asian slaw and sauce.  Several of the dishes on the menu had a Korean flair which included kimchi, but Nick didn't want kimchi so we found this dish as a compromise.  It was tasty and the pork was tender.  There could have been a little more sauce with the sandwich.

Tonkatsu sandwich

In addition to the diner, there is an attached coffeehouse and bakery where you can buy bread.  It was closed when we got there (it closes at 6pm on weekday), but we had gone there a few weeks ago to pick up bread before we went to Anna's Asian Bistro around the corner.  We bought 2 unique loaves of bread - one with peanut butter in it and another with Gouda and bacon. They also sell bagels and recently have sold re-creations of wedding cake served at Stepanie Izard's (the chef and owner) wedding.  We bought pieces of the cake with our loaves of bread - it was an interesting concoction which included chocolate and Cheez Its.

Slice of Wedding Cake

Slice of Wedding Cake

Final thoughts on Little Goat Diner:
Food - good unique diner food but quite different from the Girl and the Goat so don't think you are getting the same experience if you can't get into GATG.
Service - nice, friendly and easy going; they go over daily specials and kept the water glasses full
Atmosphere - hip and trendy for a "diner", but definitely had that diner retro feel to the decore. We got our own booth but there are communal tables and a counter that you can sit at.