Franktown Cafe

We are always looking for dining options in Carson City, especially now that the national chains rule and there aren’t too many locally owned, unique, good places left. So we’ll mention one we went to today.

We were in town and looking for a place to have breakfast and remembered that we always drive by the Creekside Deli on college just east of the freeway and have wondered about it. We decided, what the heck, lets see what they have, even if it is a deli. Hopefully it would have a more varied menu than the usual high calorie, high fat breakfast fare (which I like).

We went inside and discovered it is really more of a cafe. Upon walking in, there is an appealing dining room to the right with several tables and three big windows that look out on to the Virginia Range to the north. Off that, there is another dining room. The hostess welcomed us an suggested we sit wherever we wanted as she retrieved some coffee for us.

The menu is large with burgers, wraps and 12 hot sandwiches. Soup combos, cold sandwiches and 9 salad choices round out the choices which are all made to order. Add to that a full breakfast menu and we realized it is more of a cafe than a deli. The DW (Dear Wife) had to choose between a salad, falafel or the veggie burger to get her healthy “fix”. She choose the burger and was delighted with the natural and varied ingredients all blended in a tasty patty.

Check this place out and support a local restaurant/deli that is actually really good too with a nice atmosphere and friendly staff. They cater in and out and you can call in your food order for dining in or take-out at 841-3354. If you are on a “lunch hour” calling in ahead is great as things are made to order and take a little longer than the “fast food” joint.

Joanie’s Creekside Deli, 1795 East College Parkway, Carson City 841-3354