Scratch-made since 2007 — breakfast & lunch Tue–Sat  ·  Italian(ish) Night Wednesdays  ·  (260) 229-9979
🥒 Pickles Café Columbia City, Indiana
A giant griddled breakfast burrito on a diner plate
Breakfast 8–11 · Lunch 11–2

Order like a regular

The day's full menu, specials and prices live on the counter chalkboard and Facebook — here's the sampler of what keeps folks coming back.

Breakfast till 11

Real sausage, soft fluffy biscuits, and plates that come with a little dish of pickled cucumbers — house rules.

Biscuits & Gravy
The review-magnet — nothing premade about it
Big Mama's Burrito famous
The giant griddled burrito Kim is known for
Hot Mess Hash
A skillet pile that lives up to the name
Twisted Swiss Omelet
A house twist on the classic
Lobster Eggs Benedict ask about it
Lobster salad on a biscuit, scrambled eggs, hollandaise, tomato — a special appearance, not an everyday item
Pancakes, Eggs & the Classics
All the usual suspects, done the scratch way

Lunch 11–2

Grandma's Potato Soup
The actual family recipe, generations old
Tomato Basil Soup
Creamy, bright, made for the panini next to it
Cranberry Goat Cheese Ham Panini
Sweet, tangy, pressed golden
Portabella Sandwich
Spinach and flavored cream cheese — the sleeper hit
Chicken Lickin' Salad Sandwich
Chicken salad with dill and mandarin oranges
Pick 3 sampler
Can't decide? Pick three smaller portions and settle it that way

Italian(ish) Night Wed 5–8

One rotating dinner special every Wednesday evening — usually Italian, occasionally shawarma or empanadas. The "(ish)" is a promise, not a typo. The week's dish posts on Facebook.

Good to know

Gluten-free bread available · outdoor seating in season · dine in or carry out · catering and full-café rental for showers and parties — details on the visit page. Prices and today's specials are on the counter board and Facebook.

Save room

The pie chalkboard

It started as a chalkboard in Dunfee and never stopped. Everything's baked in-house, the lineup rotates, and whole pies go home with you if you call ahead.

Homemade cream and fruit pies in the pie case

Today-ish at the case

  • Peanut Butter Pie — "like a buckeye"
  • Sugar Cream Pie
  • Buttermilk Pie
  • Oatmeal Pie
  • Strawberry Pie
  • Blueberry Pie
  • Apple Dumplings
  • Turtle Cheesecake
  • Pineapple Upside Down Cake

Rotating cast — call (260) 229-9979 for today's lineup or to order a whole pie.