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Bluffington's Cafe

Super GemUptown Lake Bluff · American / Cafe Community-sourced, unverified
📍 113 E Scranton Ave, Lake Bluff, IL 60044

Bluffington's has been the breakfast-and-lunch anchor of uptown Lake Bluff for more than 20 years, run the whole time by co-owners Doug Karnazes and Derek Hilldale out of a quaint, London-themed room that reads cozy rather than kitschy.

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A 20-plus-year Lake Bluff breakfast-and-lunch institution co-owned by Doug Karnazes and Derek Hilldale — Doug's Club sandwich is the one regulars order without looking at the menu.

The menu is reasonably priced and genuinely varied — sandwiches, salads, soups, coffee, pastries, milkshakes and smoothies — but Doug's Club is the one regulars order on autopilot: chicken salad, bacon, cheddar, lettuce, tomato, and mayo on toasted whole wheat, simple and exactly as good as a 20-year-old recipe should be. Egg sandwiches start under $4, vegan and vegetarian options are on the menu too, and the space is built for families with kids rather than a quiet solo breakfast.

It's open daily, including weekends, closing by 3 PM every day — a real breakfast-and-lunch specialist, not an all-day spot pretending at dinner.

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Hours

Mon-Fri7 AM-3 PM; Sat-Sun 9 AM-3 PM
🥡 Takeout unconfirmed 📞 847-295-3344

Amenities & accessibility

❔Takeout: unverified
❔Wheelchair access: unverified
🙂Kid-friendly

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