Ribbon cutting for Trina’s Diner

PRESCOTT – Ribbon cutting ceremonies were held for Prescott’s newest diner Thursday morning.

Trina’s Diner is officially open for business. Located at the former Oliver’s One Stop by Central Baptist, owner Catrena (Trina) Tidwell has been working on getting things ready since April. Tidwell said she’d always planned on opening a restaurant, but not at this time. However, she got a call from Prescott Head Coach Brian Glass, who owns the building, offering her the use of the building. From there, it was time to clean things up inside, get things the way she wanted and open the doors. Tidwell considers herself blessed to have this happening, saying her passion has always been cooking, something she literally learned at her mother’s knee, starting when she was eight. Tidwell is one of six children, four boys and two girls, all who learned to cook.

At this time the menu is simple, featuring fried chicken, hamburgers, salads, chicken strips, fries, and wings. Sundays features a special meal with dressing, fried cabbage and yams for lunch. Desserts will also be available. These will include peach cobbler, caramel cake, red velvet cake, strawberry cake and banana pudding. In fact, the menu will be changing over time to include things like bbq and eventually the hours will be modified to offer breakfast as well.

The hours are Wednesday through Monday. However, the business will be open from 8 a.m. until 10 p.m. except on Fridays and Saturdays, when it will be open until 1 a.m., and Sundays when the hours will be from 10 a.m. until 5 p.m. The diner will accept debit and credit cards, cash and checks.

She and her husband, Tobias, have four boys between them, all of whom have played for the Curley Wolves. Because of the help she’s received from Glass, a special hamburger was named in his honor, the Coach G burger, which is a regular burger that’s oversized. There’s also the Curley Wolves Chicken Salad.

Jamie Hillery, executive director of the Prescott-Nevada County Chamber of Commerce, thanked everyone for coming saying she was excited about the diner’s opening. She asked the community to support this new business.

Prescott Mayor Terry Oliver followed, saying this was a homecoming for him. He said Tobias was “raised” at Oliver’s One Stop as he came to the sports card shop on a regular basis. “I spent 27 years here and was married to the business,” he said. “We’ve had four or five businesses here since, they all sold good food, but lost the support of the community. We need to shop local businesses, especially on this side of town.” He said since the overpass was built people bypass downtown to get to Hwy. 371.