Wooden Nickel: A long-running dining address on South Elson

Wooden Nickel is a restaurant at 114 South Elson Street in Kirksville, with a history extending back to 1990. Its Kirksville Area Products & Services Guide profile records that opening year and describes a menu that includes pasta and seafood dishes.

That long history gives the restaurant a particular place in downtown: it is an established dining address that residents and returning visitors can look up when arranging a meal. Longevity alone does not tell a diner what is available tonight, so the current menu remains the best starting point.

Dinner, ordering and catering

The Wooden Nickel website provides menu and online-ordering links, a catering section and a way to contact the restaurant. These serve different needs. A dinner reservation concerns a table at the restaurant; a catering inquiry needs details about the event, location and number of guests.

For a larger gathering, give the restaurant an estimated head count and date, then ask which arrangements it can accommodate. Confirm any deposit, menu selection and final-count deadline directly before treating a plan as booked.

The restaurant's contribution to Kirksville includes that range of dining uses: an individual meal downtown, an order to take elsewhere or a discussion about feeding a group. Those are practical services for residents and visitors organizing time together.

Find the current information

Start with the official website or its contact page. Older directory descriptions include restaurant and bar schedules; confirm the service and hours you need with Wooden Nickel before relying on those listings.

For another locally run sit-down meal, read about Hobos Family Grill.

Information checked September 27, 2026.