Crouse’s Cafe

We were feigning for breakfast after running the IRMC love of life 5k and voila! Crouse’s was there. It’s so nice to have a non-​chain breakfast place in indiana. This place has well priced delicious breakfast food with fast friendly service. My go-​to staple is pancakes with sausage links. The cakes weren’t dry like some places and the links were juicy. Even if you didn’t just run a 5k, this place will sure to delight.
Note to students from New Jersey: this place seems like a smaller version of your jersey diners.

Came in this morning based on previous reviews posted here and elsewhere online. The previous reviews had been positive so we thought we would try it out and went in with a positive attitude and expectation.
First downfall was the watered down coffee that was overly sweetened, that was given to us before we even received silverware or napkins. We were forced to stir the coffee with the straw out of our other drinks.
Second downfall came when I ordered the Belgian waffle with strawberries and whipped cream, expecting both to be fresh. The waffle came out and was dry and ice cold like it had been sitting back in the kitchen for a while. They had to remake it for me and at that time I asked for the strawberries, which were total mush after being clearly frozen and thawed, to be on the side because after seeing them the first time I knew I was probably not going to eat them and just have the whipped cream. The «whipped cream» turned out to be Cool Whip, which was massively disappointing. These two items were an extra charge to the waffle which I wouldn’t order again.
After this experience I don’t think I will go back. The service was poor, slow, and wasn’t efficient. We were receiving items that we needed, like silverware and condiments late, that should’ve been provided ahead of time. The food was cold by the time everything we needed was brought out.
It has potential, if they work on having things like silverware out prior to guests arrival and making slight upgrades and improvements to their ingredients.

I had ordered the country side (two eggs, biscuit with sausage gravy, sausage patty and home fries or hash browns) with hash browns and it was amazing! My only gripe was that I was expecting shredded hash browns, not the «patty» type. Wish I would have gotten the home fries too! Tried some of my friend’s and they were awesome. I left happy and full. Glad there’s finally a place open early Sunday mornings to get a delicious and decently priced breakfast.

This restaurant was one of the first I frequented once I moved to Indiana. The restaurant opens at 7AM and is one of the few open in Indiana at that time.
I generally come for a late lunch, but still get breakfast food. The price of most items on the menu are relatively low, so you can eat here often and not break the bank.
Also, free parking is in the back of the restaurant off of Gompers Ave. It took me a while to figure that out.
I’ve had several different servers here and they’ve all been pleasant. The service is always good and the food comes out really fast.
I’d recommend this restaurant for anyone getting lunch or breakfast in Indiana, but especially to someone who is looking something quick to eat in a sit down restaurant.

I ate lunch here recently. It is typical diner fare without the diner. My roast beef sandwich was good. It is one of the few places in town where one can get breakfast or lunch on Sunday.

I’ve heard the breakfast is good (from my brother), but we ate there for lunch, and it left a lot of be desired. We had the chicken cheesesteak sub (with chips) and the shrimp and blueberry salad. The shrimp and blueberry salad was surprising disappointing. The shrimp were tiny and flavorless, the blueberries (which there were a lot of) were slightly warmed and therefore soft, which was fine. There was just nothing special about the salad. It was served with a small breadstick. The raspberry vinaigrette was meh. I would never eat that on anything.
The chicken cheesesteak was fine… nothing spectacular, but the bread they used was good and tasted fresh.
Anyway, next time we’ll try the breakfast, which looked good. This is definitely a breakfast place that just serves lunch items because they are open till 3 pm. The staff was friendly, and with some improvements, maybe their lunch will be better.

We saw this new place recently and had the chance to try it today. It was very busy (a good sign). There are tables and booths. It’s all new, so everything still looks nice.
They only serve breakfast and lunch, so be there before 3pm. The staff was very busy, but still managed to be friendly and attentive. I ordered country fried steak with sausage gravy, over easy eggs, home fries, rye toast and coffee. The steak was just ok but the gravy was very good. Eggs were perfect, potatoes needed salt and pepper but were cooked well. Toast was thick, not burned, not too much butter. Good coffee.
My wife ordered blueberry pancakes, a sausage patty and coffee. She said it was all good.
We’re planning another visit to try some lunch items. It’s nice to have a downtown place for a good breakfast. I posted pics of the current menu.