We had a fairly solid brunch at Main Street cafe! Always love a good breakfast option in the square and they have a quite large menu to choose from. The interior is tiny but the seating options are more plentiful than it would seem! The interior is lovely and there is a beautiful mural of the lake county fairgrounds that deserves to be admired. My only suggestion would be to perhaps consider changing their television programming. Regardless of political views I can't imagine many customers want to come to brunch and watch Fox News. It makes the brunch experience feel a little too much a truck stop diner vibe. The music was nice so either eliminate the tvs all together or throw on something more pleasant. For food we went with the chicken fried steak sandwich and a Mexican skillet. I appreciate that the avocados were all very fresh! Overall it was very good. The sandwich was huge and so delicious! read more

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I've been going here for many years. yesterday, 10/27/25 I visited to find their new menu which is VERY limited. I ordered a gyro and the indifferent waitress (who is always in the place acting agitated) tells me "we're out of gyros". We walked out. I used to see the owners every visit but now it appears the kids have taken over and are determined to ruin the place. We have probably eaten here 50 times or more over the years but yesterday was the last visit with these numbskulls. Right down the street is "Greek Islands"...better food, nicer people. Mainstreet is a trainwreck and the kids don't even realize they've run it off course. read more

Come for the food, stay for the service! I walked in for a quick breakfast for the first time last week and I was immediately greeted by the staff and informed could sit where I liked. Their menu already looked promising with a wide variety of offerings including boozy drinks and coffees both regular and speciality. It was a pretty calm atmosphere, one you would find at any diner however the service was outstanding! Our servers were attentive and kind and the food was the best. I can see this place being a regular staple for me. read more

Small friendly restaurant just off the square with an extensive menu. It was hard to make a decision. Next time I'm going for either lemon rice or potato soup. Service was great and food arrived quickly (the restaurant was 1/3 full). read more

Main Street Cafe - Chicken Caesar Salad - American Near Me - Crown Point, Indiana

The place is much larger that what it looks from the outside with 3 separate dining sections. The menu has some great selections from pancakes, to egg combinations, to skillets. The country breakfast was fantastic! And the biscuits and gravy delicious as well. Great service, great food and reasonable prices! Another breakfast gem. read more

For a corner tavern, the food is consistently wonderful. Some of the best lobster roll this side of Boston. The cauliflower tacos are a favorite along with the Ahi Tuna. The burgers are just okay. read more

Great food and fast efficient service! First time experiencing this cafe and will definitely recommend and return!

Walked in at 8:30 am on a Saturday and the place was almost empty, and this is on the Crown Point Square!. Bad sign that this was not going to be a great breakfast, if no one wants to go there. I ordered an iced coffee with hazelnut to start, which was just coffee poured over a full glass of ice. I got three sips out of it and then when I wanted more coffee poured into the glass, they said it would be full price again. This is a joke. I ended up paying 3.99 for three sips of coffee. I ordered the eggs with biscuits and gravy with sausage. Two small eggs, one biscuit split in half with blah gravy, and two small sausage links, for over 10 bucks. Not a good deal. Will not go back. I will stick my my all time favorite, AVGO in St. John. It is so disappointing that I can't find a decent breakfast place in Crown Point near the square. read more

This local restaurant serves the best homemade meals breakfast,lunch or dinner, great service and many delicious optionss and economical too. read more

Very quaint... food was excellent along with the service Their hours are wonderful if you want lunch too read more

Main Street Cafe - Sweet potato ham & smoked cheese - American Near Me - Crown Point, Indiana

Five stars for service Four stars for food Zero stars for subjecting customers to the painful onslaught of FOX news being played in the main dining room. The hate broadcast really turns one's stomach. read more

The food was excellent great homemade dishes, the service was outstanding and the sense of being welcome was also much appreciated The owner and their staff were constantly checking with the customers to ensure everything was right and to our satisfaction read more

Service is good Food is good .. try it for yourself Ambiance ... clean and comfortable remember your there for the food and service. Prices reflect today's economy. read more

Delicious breakfast food with the nicest servers you will ever meet. The place is very cute inside. The food is typical but they give you so much you will burst at the seams. read more

Had breakfast here last week. Sat at the counter. Service was very good and my skillet breakfast was large and great. Coffee was good too. A nice place to have an enjoyable and relaxing breakfast. read more

Ordered my usual broccoli and cheese omelet. Great breakfasts at Main Street cafe. Service is always good. It's a regular meeting place for breakfast. read more

Gem of a small town feel diner. The staff was warm and welcoming, courteous, and attentive. They have a nice diners counter if you are dining alone. The coffee was good, sadly I did not seen any plain cream. I had the country breakfast which is biscuit and gravy with 2 eggs and sausage patties. The biscuits were fresh and fluffy the gravy was solid not the best ever but a good gravy. It needed pepper and probably could have used some sausage bits and grease. The eggs were average, but cooked well. The only bad thing was the sausage patties were those cheapo pucks with no flavor. The price was very reasonable at under 13 bucks. But I would have rather paid more for better sausage. read more

Had some time to kill, so I decided to stop in for some breakfast. I got the Nutella pancakes, and a side of bacon (3 not even full pieces). Both were delicious, but was a little disappointed on the bacon part. Anyways, the service however, sloooooow as heck. We didn't get our soup until we reminded our server 3 times. It's not like they were short staffed either. There were plenty of waitresses and waiters running around. To top this review off, I get my receipt, and they charged me $3.99 for not even 3 strips of bacon. Cute spot, small, but never again. read more

Best breakfast in town. Good service and the food is consistently good. We've been coming here for 10+ years. Friendly staff too!

I was honestly surprised how good the French toast and apples were because of the way they looked. I expected the color of the toast to come from the grill oil, but it was light and fluffy. The apples were tougher than I expected but tasty. Coffee was decent. $6 for a basic mimosa flute. No options for bottle or carafe or different juices. No military discount. read more

Main Street Cafe - Cinnamon apple French toast - American Near Me - Crown Point, Indiana

A mandatory visit for breakfast every time I'm in town visiting family. Skillets and the french toast!

Amazing place to eat every weekend! I usually hit this place up about 3-4x during the week

This place is excellent! Old school family diner... or if you're here alone they have a bar you can sit at! Walking in it looks small but there's a whole back room! There was no wait time. The staff was lovely and friendly! They were actually very welcoming, just like you were family. They are very attentive and accommodating. The menu has a lot to pick from, I also think they have late night tacos... there's a ton of bars in the area... and well drunk people love their late night food... Anyway, back to the food... I ordered "Jimmy's Hot"... I'm not going to tell you what's in it... go there and just get it! The flavors were amazing... nothing bland about it! The food came out really hot and fresh! read more

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Ambiance was nice, went in and ordered fish and chips. One bite and fish was obviously bad, way too fishy taste, I couldn't eat it, instead of offering a replacement meal he would only take 1/2 off of the price of the meal and said there was nothing wrong with it. I've never, ever returned a meal but this was inedible! I wound up paying 12.00 for fries and a soft drink. If there is any consolation, the French Fries were good. Stay away from this place, the manager was a real jerk! Still can't believe I paid $12.00 for fries and a drink. read more

There was a mean old bag that used to work here. Used to love the dive diner food they had but I won't go back as long as she's working. Boooooooo read more

Great service and great food. We had a walk-in party of 9 people for breakfast. Coffee and waters were on the table within 5 minutes. We also had 2 orders of saganaki and 9 cups of lemon rice soup. read more

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Planned a trip to walk around Crown Point today and found a new restaurant to have a late breakfast at. Excited to try new things of course. They cleaned up the table right away so we can sit by the window.....and forgot about us. Another table sat, ordered and got food before we ordered. The girl apologized so not a big issue as they might be working out their routines. Ordered food and it was good. Then they forgot about us again. I had to go to the counter for more coffee. Then had to do the same for more hot water/tea. Had to tell the guy at the coffee station it's not a good idea for everyone to be goofing off by the kitchen instead of checking up on the diners. More apologies again. My advise; get it together before more customers don't come back for more. The good food bumps it from one star to two. read more

The place definitely needs a little bit of a facelift, and the waitress we had was all business. No smile, not friendly, just very curt and to the point. It was odd coming from such a young girl. I ordered the soup of the day which was cream of cauliflower. The soup was a tad too thick, but it was really quite delicious. I then ordered a Combo Salad, which turned out to be a scoop of cottage cheese, a scoop of tuna salad and a scoop of chicken salad. Bread would have been nice with this because after a few bites, the texture of all of these salads together got to me. Andy got a skillet which looked good, and my friend Mary got a sandwich. Pretty inexpensive for what you got. Would need to sample some of the other places in town before I say if I would consider coming back. read more

Main Street Cafe - American Near Me - Crown Point, Indiana

I saw all the five star reviews here on Yelp and decided to give the Main St. Cafe a try. Five stars? Not even close. We had breakfast here on Friday morning. Sat at the counter. Turned over my coffee cup for a fill up and there was a bright pink BANDAID stuck to the inside of the "clean" cup. I almost walked out then, probably should have. Very bad first impression. The place was crowded. A sad sign of the fact that Crown Point has NO good places to eat. (at least not that I have discovered yet. Please, send me your recommendations for my next visit.) I ordered eggs over easy, bacon crisp and wheat bread. The eggs were okay, not very fresh tasting. The bread was the cheapest store-bought variety wheat bread. The bacon was limp. Totally limp. It was like shoelaces. I return to Crown Point once or twice a year, but I won't be returning to the Main Street Cafe. read more

From the moment we walked in to the moment we walked out the experience was phenomenal! This was my first time here and I'm always skeptical about breakfast spots because a lot of places buy cheap ingredients. I ordered a American skillet and subbed bacon and I always order my vegetables well done(some restaurants don't know what this means because my veggies still taste like they were freshly cut) and my friend ordered a chorizo omelette ....... He cleaned his plate, I cleaned mines with ease! But not only was the food delicious, every staff member that walked by made sure we were okay. They all kept asking "you guys need anything".... I never felt like I needed to wait for service at any point! I can't say enough about this place!!! I will definitely be returning!!! read more

Main Street Cafe - American Near Me - Crown Point, Indiana

Do not EVER Door Dash from here. We ordered, they accepted the order and took payment. After 40 minutes I was advised of a delay. I called and they told me not to worry, it would be ready in 20 minutes. 40 minutes later, the driver gets there and they tell him that they just canceled the order! Unacceptable. read more

My daughter needed a ride and patient driver so she could take a teacher certification test. I volunteered knowing there had to be a place to get breakfast on a Monday morning. Sure enough, there was and I had a very pleasurable meal. I ordered a Denver omelet, hash browns with onion added plus ham and Texas buttered toast. I washed it all down with oj and coffee and enjoyed it all. It was a good place to enjoy breakfast by myself. No one hurried me or bothered me. I finished up my leisurely meal as she finished the exam. Perfect timing. Need a place to relax and have a very good breakfast? Head over here. read more

This is an old-school diner, complete with the 50's ambiance. Relive the good old days in this establishment! This could work for an informal date, a family meal, or even a birthday party (which you can reserve the back room for)! They also have a pinball machine you can play in the back room, and you can get Valpo Velvet Ice cream at this place as well (one of the better local brands). read more

On our way out of town, stopped to get breakfast at the Main Street Cafe. After reading the reviews, I have to say that I was disappointed. The restaurant has the usual breakfast fare. The food was good and we enjoyed our meal. The wait staff was friendly and attentive. However, the restaurant was not clean -- not the tables, but the floor. There was litter all over the place -- bits of napkins, paper straw covers, toothpicks, etc. It was bad enough that we almost thought about leaving as soon as we entered. We arrived about 7 am and the restaurant was pretty empty, so the staff had plenty of time to run a vacuum and clean up. Given the cleanliness issue, I can't give Main Street Cafe my endorsement. read more

We had a wonderful experience from the service to the food. Brianna, our server, was a joy. Very helpful and pleasant. Thank you for everything!! read more

It's your average small diner. I had Greek chicken, and it was pretty good. It wasn't broiled, but that's ok. It had a pretty good flavor. Service was ok, but at one point we were the only customers, and my coffee cup was empty. My mother said her pot roast was delicious, and it looked pretty good too. Prices are very reasonable, and bonus points for having real butter and half and half. I've been here several times for early morning breakfast(they open at 1am on Saturday and Sunday to cover the bar trade),and breakfast is really good, I recommend the skillets. Overall I recommend it for a quick, reasonably priced bite. read more

A pleasant local restaurant with great food and staff. Visiting from out of town and this place didn't disappoint. We stopped for a late breakfast and a break from the cold and some yummy French toast! Totally a must if you're in Crown Point! read more

Main Street Cafe - Checking out a hometown favorite with my sweetheart! - American Near Me - Crown Point, Indiana

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We stopped here for a late diner almost by accident. Ended up very happy. Great old school vibe. Good diner food. Friendly service. All around a great experience. He pancakes were especially delicious! read more

The service was GREAT. The server and hostess were very attentive and were genuinely excited that this was our first visit. The food came fast and my mom enjoyed her skillet which was recommended. They are open early which was a great plus and was mentioned to us by the hostess to stop by for a quick breakfast before work. Great service, food and experience. read more

A nice little diner right on the square of Crown Point. We stopped for a quick late brunch and luckily they serve breakfast all day. He had the chorizo omelette and I had the egg benedict. They were just fine. Nothing spectacular. Food: 3/5 Service: 4/5 Location: 4/5 - Don't look at the floor. Icky. read more