Cyd’s Creative Kitchen brings their mouth watering meals on the road with “Dinner To Your Door” service

Cyd’s Creative Kitchen at 2331 Acushnet Avenue is a popular spot for breakfast and lunch. Being right around the corner from my house, I eat there frequently and know all too well the reason for its popularity.

Americans in general and New Englanders specifically, have a love affair with diners and comfort food. You get honest, stick to your belly, delicious food in a relaxed, comfortable atmosphere for a price affordable enough to feed the family. Cyd’s is no exception to that rule, but is an exception to what else they do and offer. As the descriptor in the name of the eatery implies, they go beyond the standard diner in a creative way.

That creativity has its roots in owner and chef Cyd Ryle’s personality. It’s who she is and everything she touches. It comes out in full effect in the daily markerboard specials. You can’t contain her and her gears are always turning when it comes to offering something beyond the menu. You really never know what will be up on that markerboard.

This translates into an eatery whereby you can come for the standards that everyone loves, but if you or someone in your group has an eclectic palate or always likes to try something new, you can come with as well. There is something for everyone.

Cyd has always had a passion for cooking and found the smiles and happy faces that were the result of that passion, to be inspirational and rewarding. It seemed an organic step to bring that passion beyond her friends and family and to the community she grew up in, so she had a dream to open her own restaurant.

With that in mind, she felt she just needed to compliment that passion with some technical training so she went to Johnson & Wales and graduated in 2004. That same year she realized her dream by opening Cyd’s Creative Kitchen in October.

Since then she has offered an inventive menu with all of the diner standards we are all familiar with: Coffee, tea, home fries, eggs any way, omelettes, waffles, pancakes, salads, hamburgers, Fish and Chips, etc. Reflecting the local community there is, of course, linguica offered in many ways, cacoila sandwiches, bolos, along with French Meat pie and all the New England favorites like clam chowder, lobster rolls, and fish ‘n chips.

There are breakfast specials like the early bird, the Hungry Man’s Special: 2 Eggs (any style), 2 Pancakes, 2 Strips of Bacon, 2 Sausage Links, Home Fries ($9.99) with Coffee & Small Juice. Or the Hungry Woman’s Special: Hungry Woman’s Special: 1 Egg (any style), 1 Pancakes, 1 Strip of Bacon, 1 Sausage Link, Home Fries ($8.99) with Coffee & Small Juice or the Country Birds Nest: 2 Eggs (any style), 2 Sausage Patties, 2 Hash Brown Patties topped w/ Country Gravy ($7.99) with Coffee & Small Juice.

For lunch specials, there is one for each day, Monday through Friday. Purchase one for $6.89 and a beverage and you can choose between Chicken Pie with Choice of 2 Sides (Monday), Shepherd’s Pie with a Cup of Soup of the Day (Tuesday), Meatloaf with Choice of 2 Sides (Wednesday), American Chop Suey and a Side Salad (Thursday) or a Cup of Chowder and Fish Sandwich, served with French Fries, Cole Slaw and Tartar Sauce (Friday.)

In addition she offers a Kid’s Menu with smaller portions at even more affordable price. If you’re an adult, with a little kid inside you can go ahead and order the Smiley Faced pancake. Your secret is safe with us.

Best of all, these are all large portions that don’t sacrifice quality. Priced so that you wonder how it is that you get so much for the price and how Cyd’s makes money. Picture all the classics and standards but at a restaurant, not diner, quality. No greasy spoon here. Only the freshest ingredients, vegetables with snap, fruit and berries perfectly ripe and naturally sweet, and everything in abundance. The icing on the cake – pardon the pun – is the waitstaff. In the years I have been going there I have never had a gruff or moody waitress nor a problem with my order. Always friendly, always consistent.

If Cyd did just that she would thrive. It is enough on its own for her to prosper. However, those creative gears are always turning and she is always exploring and being inspired. So, she just couldn’t be limited to a standard menu and certainly would be stifling to her to not have a markerboard to share what she has found on her culinary journey. It is something that anyone who knows her understands.

Carrying on in that vein, she is now moving into offering dinner to her rabid fans. Here’s the rub: Cyd’s Creative Kitchen is delivering these meals once per week with a sort of “meals on wheels” style service called “Dinner To Your Door.” If you are busy, had a long day or don’t have enough time to cook dinner and want healthy, prepared meals this service is the way to go. You can even order them days ahead and freeze them to really save time, but they are best eaten when they arrive! The same affordable price, generous portions, and fresh ingredients that they put into breakfast and lunch, go into these meals. In fact, in spite of its name you can order breakfast, lunch and/or dinner. How it works is that you order a minimum of $21 worth of food and there is a $2 delivery fee.

Keeping in line with her creativity and markerboard specials, each month there is a different menu. While this may sound like a meal on wheels for the elderly, you would be mistaken to believe so. It is for people of all ages.

Cyd’s Creative Kitchen
2331 Acushnet Ave
New Bedford, MA
Mon-Sat: 6:00am-2:00pm
Sun: 6:00am-1:00pm

Phone: 508-998-6212
Email: cydscreativekitchen@comcast.net
Facebook: facebook.com/cydscreativekitchen/
Website: cydscreativekitchen.com/

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