After a few hours hiking around Mission Trails Park, Anna and I were famished. Since we were already in La Mesa, we decided to check out a recommendation from a coworker. We arrived at Fix Me A Plate Cafe at 5:15pm. They were supposed to open at 5pm. The cook finally rolled around at 5:30 to let the waiting patrons and the servers inside. Not a great start.
Everything else from that point was fantastic. Fix Me A Plate Cafe specializes in authentic southern food, and they do it well. Anna had the fried chicken, okra, and red beans. I had the ribs, hushpuppies, and cajun egg rolls. Everything was brought out fresh, and delicious.
The entrees are mostly $10-14. But what we didn’t know was that they are gigantic. My leftover ribs were about as much food as I would get on a large order anywhere else. Come here prepared to bring a doggie bag home.
We will definitely be back. I can’t think of any other place in San Diego that offers this much home style southern food, let alone this good, or this cheap.
Fix Me A Plate Cafe
11:30 a.m. – 2:00 p.m., 5:00 p.m. – 9:00 p.m.
9168 Fletcher Parkway
La Mesa, CA 91942-3424