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Homey daytime cafe dishing up diner classics for breakfast & lunch in snug, casual confines.
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Reviews
Rick White
Had breakfast here on 6.18.2025 and 6.19.2025 and was served by Jazmin on both occasions. She was an AMAZING and OUTSTANDING server and her positive and infectious enthusiasm each morning was very welcoming and inspiring. Jazmin even provided suggestions of places to explore, visit, and eat at during my travels along Lake Michigan, which I have included in this review. The food here at Thornton’s is delicious and I will definitely stop here again the next time I am in Michigan. Highly recommend to anyone traveling through the area. ….. Jazmin. I want to personally thank you for your recommendations and your service! BRAVO and THANK YOU! I hope that your boss shows you this review so you can appreciate the pictures I took during my trip. I hope that you are still at Thornton’s the next time I visit Michigan. All the best to you! Returned on 10.15.2025 and learned that Jazmin left during the Summer. However, I was served by Sarah and she was Spectacular!!! Thornton’s is my favorite place for breakfast in St. Joseph. THANK YOU Sarah!!
… moreNick Zeppetello
This place is a real gem. It is a sit wherever you want family run restaurant. Coffee is great. Kids meals are 4.99! The Omlet, the owner / cook made was perfect, like world class french restaurant level. My wife got these breakfast tater skins which is a great idea. This is where the locals go and you should too.
… morePaula Pérez-Diaz
A great, local place with great food and service! Good prices for the portions. Will definitely be back! They have great breakfast & lunch options.
… moreCalvin Orr
The food was not the best. Burnt sausage and bacon, the bagel was kinda hard(the only positive was the flavor). The coffee was the bestpart for me. Then when left we smelt fresh weed and seen the workers in the alley smoking it. Definitely not food friendly to me and I will not be back.
… moreMario Bledsoe
Food: 3/5 (Some items were better than others.)
Service: 5/5 (really nice and great staff!)
Atmosphere: 3/5 (dated, but homey.)
Solid experience at Thornton’s Hometown Cafe! Located downtown Saint Joseph, Michigan, this restaurant reminds me of an old school cafe where all the locals hang. Great experience!
The food was okay. I tried the biscuits and gravy, chili, grits, and one of the scrambles. The chili was my favorite, and the other menu items were okay. I do not recommend the grits as they were not cooked at all.
The service was amazing! There is really great staff that helped us with the menu and kept the water cups full! I love their spirit!
The atmosphere was okay. I enjoyed the pictures in the restaurant but the restaurant appeared dingy. However, this restaurant is a place where locals come to eat a solid dish, so it doesn’t matter so much of the appearance.
Overall, it was an okay experience at Thornton’s Hometown Cafe!
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Atmosphere: 3/5 (dated, but homey.)
Solid experience at Thornton’s Hometown Cafe! Located downtown Saint Joseph, Michigan, this restaurant reminds me of an old school cafe where all the locals hang. Great experience!
The food was okay. I tried the biscuits and gravy, chili, grits, and one of the scrambles. The chili was my favorite, and the other menu items were okay. I do not recommend the grits as they were not cooked at all.
The service was amazing! There is really great staff that helped us with the menu and kept the water cups full! I love their spirit!
The atmosphere was okay. I enjoyed the pictures in the restaurant but the restaurant appeared dingy. However, this restaurant is a place where locals come to eat a solid dish, so it doesn’t matter so much of the appearance.
Overall, it was an okay experience at Thornton’s Hometown Cafe!
Phyllis Norris
Excellent food, great staff, atmosphere is definitely old time hometown diner, worn but clean with a creative chef with a sense of humor. I took my “California kids” who were visiting to Thornton’s and my son and I having the same strange sense of humor, looked at the menu which had Mickey Mouse oancakes ( on children’s menu) and a piglet dish listed with it but no piglet pancake – lightbulb! We asked our excellent waitress if the chef had a sense if humor and sent a drawing of a piglet pancake that we “wanted to order”. We expected either the wrath of a busy chef or laughter , but what we got!!! – well! Shocked delighted and amazed at the off the cuff creativity! Loved it! Thanks Thornton’s for a great morning!
… moreKevin Antonio Chávez Lara
Such a lovely place, I loved the vibes, the staff was pretty kind and the food delicious, recommend!!
… moreChad McClure
Nice little hometown experience. Super busy. Never had a corned beef omelet and wasn’t disappointed. It was delicious.
… moreMichael Wanco
Excellent experience all around here. Friendly staff. Quick service. Fantastic food. Great value and large portions. This is the “little piggy” with a side of hashbrowns.
… moreAli Schrubba
The chunky potatoes are very good with my omelette. The workers were nice as well. Good place for excellent breakfast and fast service.
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