Home Grown Café

Fresh food for vegan, vegetarian, carnivorous and gluten-free lifestyles. Craft beer | Craft Cocktails | Weekend Brunch

Home Grown Cafe is an independently owned, award-winning, downtown Newark, DE staple, residing centrally on Main St. for over 24 years under founding owner, Sasha Aber. Matt McConnell leads an incredible staff and day to day operations. Award winning Executive Chef Andrew Thorne is the chef de cuisine who constantly pushes the envelope with locally made from scratch dishes of his own creations, as

11/02/2024

Head over to Home Grown for our epic and award-winning brunch. We were the first in town to add Saturday brunch so now you have the whole weekend to enjoy it! (Plus we have brunch items available every M-F from 11:30-3) that's seven days of brunch (see our lunch menu for available options)! Weekend brunch: https://www.homegrowncafe.com/menus/ -brunch

11/01/2024

All of Home Grown's desserts are made in-house, including our ice cream. This is our Old-fashioned apple dumpling with local apples, pastry, brown sugar syrup, and house-made vanilla ice cream

11/01/2024

Make your Saturday plans now. Have brunch at Home Grown, and then support our local Library! What a great day :)

10/31/2024

Book your holiday party today!
Call (302)266-6993 or email [email protected] for more info!

Photos from Home Grown Café's post 10/30/2024

🍔 Wow!💰TAKE $5 OFF Burgers from 4-10pm every Wednesday (dine in only). Tag a friend you think needs to know about this awesome deal.

10/29/2024

It's Taco Tuesday. Enjoy these Fish tacos with spicy Korean grilled salmon, gochujang cabbage slaw, cherry peppers, and cilantro!

10/28/2024

Check out our caramelized leek and goat cheese dip with smoked bacon jam, minced meat, candied nuts, and toasted crostinis. It can be ordered gluten-free and vegetarian.

Photos from Home Grown Café's post 10/27/2024

Come and get some Cotten candy!

10/27/2024

If it's brunch you want, it's brunch we've got! Enjoy this Potato Skin Benedict with Stafford Canadian bacon, two cage-free eggs cooked to your liking, smoked cheddar, and scallion crema on top of crispy potato skins! https://www.homegrowncafe.com/menus/ -brunch

Photos from Home Grown Café's post 10/26/2024

Sunday 10/27 Home Grown will be selling cotton candy during the 🧟Halloween parade (that's tomorrow - mark your calendars!) Info on the parade is here: https://newarkde.gov/Calendar.aspx?EID=4744 After the parade, we will be handing out candy for trick-or-treat Main St.
PARKING - when Main St. is closed for the events, you can still enter our parking lot off of Chapel Street. Turn onto new street and follow it around!

10/25/2024

Come celebrate Homecoming Weekend at Home Grown! The Crispy Skin Chicken is one of our Dinner Specials this week! Roasted half chicken with whipped cheese pumpkin, bacon garlic green beans and apple onion pan sauce! Don't forget about our awesome weekend drink Specials: $6 Surfsides Friday, Saturday and Sunday all day, $4 rail doubles Saturday 9pm-close!

10/25/2024

We still have tickets available for this Monday's Farm To Table Beer Dinner! Don't miss this hand crafted 5 course meal with pairings from , using ingredients sourced from local farms and vendors! Email [email protected] to reserve your spot!

10/25/2024

Get Home Grown delivered! We know you like to come in and enjoy our wonderful food, staff, and ambience, but sometimes you can't leave where you are. Grubhub to the rescue! Free delivery for prime members. https://www.grubhub.com/restaurant/home-grown-cafe-126-e-main-st-newark/8630904

10/24/2024

Sage-crusted Tuna with lemon ricotta, caramelized onions, and roasted butternut squash on crostinis

10/23/2024

One of our new seasonal dinner entrees is Adobo Roasted Cauliflower, with soy-glazed water spinach, sautéed garlic rice, and stewed shallots

10/22/2024

The Roasted Pork Sandwich is delicious. It has slow-cooked Stafford pork shoulder, spicy broccoli rabe, sharp provolone, and roasted long hots, served on a locally baked hoagie roll with side choice.

10/21/2024

Who's texting all their friends to meet at Home Grown? You should be! Dine in and enjoy $5 off wings every Monday from 4-10! Everybody loves them and everybody loves a deal. See you soon!

10/20/2024

Dave is holding the Bones Don’t Rust, by Sophia, and GM Matt has "Hot" Apple Pie by Gabe and Chef Andrew. 🥃Bones Don't Rust: 135° East Dry Japanese gin, apple soju, fresh-squeezed lemon juice, house-made cinnamon simple syrup, egg white, and black walnut bitters. 🥃"Hot" Apple pie: Catoctin Creek hot honey rye, Catoctin Creek apple brandy, Bird Dog salted caramel whiskey, Middle West spirits bourbon cream, Amaretto, and house-made apple cider (served chilled)

10/19/2024

Ryan Morris is showing off one of our Saturday night specials: $4 Doubles (rail mixed drinks) 9pm-close! Every Friday, Saturday, and Sunday, Surfsides are only $6! (📷 Alex)

10/19/2024

Check out this beautiful Sage Honey Ricotta French Toast made with sourdough bread and cooked in a sweet cinnamon custard batter, topped with house-made lemon ricotta and sliced local apples.

10/18/2024

Alex's new cocktail is so good, it's Cool as a Coop-cumber. Patron Blanco with muddled cucumber, agave, fresh-squeezed lime juice, and Tabasco!

10/18/2024

The flavors on our Fall menu are on fire!🔥🔪 https://www.homegrowncafe.com/menus/
📷Fire-cracker Salmon with broccoli, peach salsa, steamed rice, and firecracker sauce

10/17/2024

We are offering three new tacos on our Fall/Winter menu. Spicy Korean Grilled Salmon, Vegan Birria, and pictured: Carne Asada.

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Our Story

6/15/2020 Home Grown is open, including bar seating. Reservations are not needed, but proper social distancing in our lobby is necessary. Hours have increased: M-W 11am - 10 pm, Thurs. & Fri. 11-midnight (yes, late night hours!) Saturday 9:30am - midnight, Sunday 9:30am - 10pm. Masks must be worn to enter Home Grown and any time guests are not seated.

5/30/2020 Home Grown’s dining room will be open June 1st. Reservations only. (302)266-6993 or www.homegrowncafe.com New hours M-W 11-8, Thurs. & Fri. 11-10, Sat. 9:30-10, Sun. 9:30 - 8

April 2020 updates: Home Grown is open daily from 11-8. Both food and alcohol is available to go.

We just turned 20, and look forward to celebrating with you over the summer.

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Chef Andrew's Gingerbread Farm
Thirsty? Home Grown is open until midnight tonight!

Address


126 E Main Street
Newark, DE
19711

Opening Hours

Monday 11:30am - 12am
Tuesday 11:30am - 12am
Wednesday 11:30am - 12am
Thursday 11:30am - 1am
Friday 11:30am - 1am
Saturday 9:30am - 3pm
4pm - 1am
Sunday 9:30am - 3pm
4pm - 12am

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