Hometown Restaurants

There are dozens of fast-food restaurants and national chain places to eat in Lincoln NE. But there is a charm about the one-of-a-kind, family-owned hometown restaurant. Here are 10 favorites:

The Engine House Café
6028 Havelock Ave, Lincoln NE 68507
402-467-2880

Stauffer’s Café & Pie Shoppe
5600 S 48th ST, Lincoln NE 68516
402-423-2206
staufferscafe.com
Breakfast-Lunch-Dinner

Woodee’s Diner
201 Capital Beach Blvd, Lincoln NE 68528 
402-261-3223

Cooks Café 
333 N Cotner Blvd, Lincoln NE 68505 
402-466-1779 
cookscafe.com
Breakfast-Lunch

Penelope’s Lil Café 
4724 Pioneer Blvd, Lincoln NE 68506
402-435-0998
Breakfast-Lunch

Lee’s Chicken
1940 W Van Dorn St, Lincoln NE 68522 
402-477-4339
leeschickenlincoln.com
Breakfast-Lunch-Dinner

Virginia’s Café 
3820 Cornhusker Hwy, Lincoln, NE 68504
402-464-9885
Breakfast-Lunch-Dinner

Tina’s Café
616 South St, Lincoln NE 68502
402-435-9404
Breakfast-Lunch

Hi-Way Diner 
2105 Hwy 2, Lincoln NE 68502
402-423-6066
hiwaydinerlincoln.com
Breakfast-Lunch-Dinner

Green Gateau 
1024 L St, Lincoln NE 68508
402-477-3444
greengateau.com
Breakfast-Lunch-Dinner

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