Food Chesterton, Indiana Dunes
Lucrezia Café
A place to eat in Chesterton, Indiana Dunes, moderately priced ($$) and worth about 1.5 hours. Best time to go: Dinner.

Why go
Northern Italian restaurant in a historic Chesterton house.
It is one of 9 curated places we feature in Indiana Dunes, alongside 3 outdoor spots, 2 sights and 1 activity. The closest of our other picks is Wagner's Ribs, 1.5 mi away as the crow flies.
- Type
- Food
- Neighborhood
- Chesterton
- Price
- $$
- Time needed
- 1.5 hr
- Best time
- Dinner
Nearby
The 6 closest curated picks in Indiana Dunes, measured as straight-line distance.
- 1Wagner's Ribs
Porter rib house known for slabs of barbecue ribs since the 1970s.
Food · 1.5 mi straight-line - 2Indiana Dunes Visitor Center
Joint national and state park visitor center for maps, passes and trail conditions.
Sight · 1.9 mi straight-line - 3Chellberg Farm and Bailly Homestead
Restored 1880s Swedish farmstead and fur-trader homestead linked by trails.
Sight · 2.3 mi straight-line - 43 Dune Challenge
1.5-mile climb over the state park's three tallest dunes, 552 vertical feet in sand.
Activity · 3.6 mi straight-line - 5Great Marsh Trail
Flat loop through restored wetlands, good for birding.
Outdoors · 5.8 mi straight-line - 6Dune Succession Trail
Boardwalk and stair climb showing beach-to-forest dune stages, starting at West Beach.
Outdoors · 8.0 mi straight-line
On these curated routes
Lucrezia Café is a stop on our Indiana & Ohio City-Nature Loop route. Open it to see the full day-by-day plan.
More to do in Indiana Dunes
Lucrezia Café is our only food pick in Indiana Dunes; here is what else we recommend there. See the full Indiana Dunes guide.
When to go
Average daily highs in Indiana Dunes run from 32°F in January to 83°F in July; May is usually the wettest month. For Lucrezia Café itself, we suggest: Dinner.
Modelled monthly averages for Indiana Dunes from NASA POWER, not a forecast. Full Indiana Dunes weather by month.
Getting there
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- Address
- 428 S Calumet Rd, Chesterton, IN 46304, USA
- Coordinates
- 41.60682, -87.05193
- Destination
- Indiana Dunes
Lucrezia Café: quick answers
How much time do you need at Lucrezia Café?
Plan on about 1.5 hours at Lucrezia Café. That is our curated estimate for a typical visit; groups that linger will want more.
When is the best time to visit Lucrezia Café?
Our pick: Dinner.
Where is Lucrezia Café?
Lucrezia Café is at 428 S Calumet Rd, Chesterton, IN 46304, USA. The Google Maps and Apple Maps links on this page open it for directions.
Which TripsCircle routes include Lucrezia Café?
Lucrezia Café appears on Indiana & Ohio City-Nature Loop, a curated route you can open on TripsCircle and plan with your group.
Add Lucrezia Café to your crew's plan
Save it to a shared TripsCircle itinerary, settle the timing with a quick poll, and split the costs with everyone going to Indiana Dunes.
Plan Indiana Dunes
- Indiana Dunes travel guide 9 places
- Best time to visit Indiana Dunes weather by month
- Indianapolis to Indiana Dunes 138 mi straight-line
- Indiana Dunes to Cleveland 277 mi straight-line
Lists & regions
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- Shoreline Brewery Drinks
- West Beach Outdoors
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