Little did I realize I was in the home of the famous baking powder company, and then I saw the logo as I went here for lunch with a group of coworkers. This review is separated into a lunch review [2 stars] and a breakfast review [4 stars].
If you're a fan of ranch, which a lot of people are, you'll probably be a fan of a lot of their sandwiches. Personally I don't like the stuff so I ordered a sandwich which didn't have a drop of it included, and maybe this is where I went wrong. The flavors fought with each other more than Ron Artest and Detroit Pistons fans [ <a href="/redir?url=http%3A%2F%2Fyoutu.be%2FN37H1kSDvJc%3Ft%3D1m46s&s=505047f9a7d709ba2a0ffad66184f309dd65f8280d6326fcb7ade15351de42e3" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">http://youtu.be/N37H1kSD…</a> ], which forced me to look between the bread. There I was looking around acting like I knew what I was doing trying to find the culprit without succeeding. The bread was soft and delightful but the meats and toppings just didn't cut it. So sad.
Then I go there for breakfast to try their granola. Very good as it screams with a fresh baked crunch as it is served with yogurt and fresh fruit. It was a terrific way to start a morning as the fresh fruit blended so nicely with the honey kissed granola and creaminess of the yogurt. They also offer oatmeal, an egg breakfast sandwich and biscuits & gravy.
The restaurant itself doubles as a small museum and has historic items on display including a full sized indy car. You can see how people used to live in yester year as you stroll through the museum section checking out replica rooms and artifacts. There is plenty of seating, but the seats are hard wood and will probably get uncomfortable if you want to read the paper while finishing your coffee.
There is some street parking and a lot right across 9th street which offers ample parking. Remember that 9th is one way.
This is a great place for lunch. Â The food is excellent and the employees are always nice and extremely helpful.
The food is always made correctly and tastes great.
My only complaint is that they don't have enough bread options. Â They used to have a delicious flatbread that was very popular with my friends and me but they took it off the menu. Â I would go more often if they brought it back, even if they had to charge extra.
They also occasionally make a cuban black bean soup that's incredible.
Fun place to stop in for lunch as part of a business trip.
It was definitely worth stopping in to walk around, check out the historic Clabber Girl memorabilia, see what the hype was about.
I had a coffee and a chicken salad sandwich. The Chicken Salad was edible, decent, but nothing to write home about. Â It was more "blah" than I had hoped for. Â The coffee wasn't great, either, and they didn't have any milk available - just cream.
I stopped in to break up my business trip a bit and do something interesting. I am glad I checked it out, but I probably won't be back.
This place has it all! One of the best atmospheres in Terre Haute!
The Indiana Pulled Pork on the Pretzel Bun was PERFECT. So flavorful and a good portion too. Â I have also had their Turkey Bacon Ranch on Texas Toast and it really hit the spot!
Now onto the sweets! WOW oh WOW! Â Their muffins and scones are FRESH, TASTY, and oh so sinful! Don't count calories when you are here!
I am not a fan of coffee, I may have 3 cups a year. But when I am here, I have one. Their Cafe Au Lait is pure heaven.
DO NOT pass this gem up if you are in Terre Haute. Great for kids, as you can walk the museum, see the train above your heads, and feel like you have stepped back in time. I LOVE this place and is one of my favorite places to go for lunch.
I discovered the Clabber Girl Cafe and Museum while doing research for our driving trip from Indiana, PA to Colorado Springs, CO to visit my brother in Missouri and sister in Colorado. It sounded interesting, so I decided to have us stop here for lunch on our way west.
I was travelling with my wife and my 79 year old mom and my 73 year old aunt. We ordered sandwiches for lunch and they were all good.
I found it neat and interesting that the Bake Shop is also part of a Museum on Clabber Girl and Terre Haute history. My mom and aunt loved seeing the old kitchens in the museum part especially the one representing the 1940s. It reminded them of the kitchen of their youth.
This will be a must stop for me whenever I am passing through again.
Upon visiting the future in-laws in Terre Haute for their 60th birthday celebrations, we decided to spend our Saturday out on the town... and by "out on the town" I mean a stop at the Sprint store for a new cell phone, a stop at the cupcake shop for some cupcakes and a stop at Clabber Girl Bake Shop for some lunch, which was obviously before the cupcake place.
Clabber Girl had been the talk of the community as a great place for lunch, so based on all of the recommendations we decided to give it a shot. The shop itself is pretty cool, there's a large museum, the bake shop itself and then a large dining room to sit in. We only ate lunch and cookies this time so that's all I can comment on, but everything was amazing. Nobody in our group had the same thing so we got to experience almost all of the lunch menu and there were absolutely no complaints. Personally I had the Indiana Pulled Pork. I love me some good pulled pork and Clabber Girl's pulled pork ranks up there with some of the best I've had. I was also a huge fan of the BBQ sauce. While I'm not a huge fan of the vinegar based BBQ sauces, the other (molasses based?) sauce was absolutely delicious. The two cookies we got, oatmeal and something with a marshmallow in the center, were also both amazing so I'm not quite sure what the previous reviews experienced, but I can honestly say that we enjoyed everything we ordered.
The only complaint that anyone had was that the coffee was WAY too hot. Almost to the point where she had to put an ice cube in it as it was not drinkable. We stuck around for awhile to chat and walked through the museum so the coffee eventually cooled down, but she couldn't even pick it up without two of those little cardboard things around the cup. Either way though, if our only complaint about all the food we got was hot coffee, I think this place is doing alright.
I highly recommend the Indiana Pulled Pork if you make it over to Clabber Girl for lunch. We had to go to lunch at a BBQ place on Monday because I still had a taste for it.
I read both of the comments before mine, and I'm not sure why soo many negative comments about this place. Â I've eaten here for at least 3-4yrs; however, I do admit I've only ordered their lunch. Â I've never gotten any cookies or muffins or anything like that.
I always get their BBQ Chicken Sandwich on a pretzel bun.  The flavor is good, and the bread is toasty and warm.  You can also  pick a side with the sandwich, and I normally get either a side salad or soup.  The side salad is a good size with lettuce, cheese, tomatoes, and cucumbers.  The service is a tad slow, but it doesn't bother me that much.  Everytime I go to Terre Haute for work I will definitely stop by Clabber Girl for lunch.  All my co-workers really like it too.  Everytime I've been there for lunch, it's been pretty packed out with local business people.  I doubt if a place was that bad that their business would still be that good.
The museum is quite interesting and it's free. Â It's worth a look around.
The atmosphere is very nice, which is why I was so dissapointed with the inadequate food. My oldest daughter and I both ordered biscuits and gravy. The "meal" consisted of one biscuit covered with cold gravy. My youngest daughter ordered a cinnamon roll and it was very stale, probably made the day before. Â My wife ordered the vanilla pancackes. They were the best of our meals but even those were just mediocre. Â The coffee was pretty good. Â
I had high hopes for this place and was, needless to say, very let down.
Things started out so well, with an array of nice-looking cookies, and in a baking museum, you'd think they'd be pretty good. Â They were adequate. Â (In what I hope was a gesture of kindness the clerks nudged us away from the stale snickerdoodles toward chocolate chip.) Â Still, they were the best part.
Beverage service was spottier: They wouldn't provide milk for the coffee, only cream. Â They couldn't tell us whether any of their teas were herbal or decaffeinated. Â At that point we gave up and went to Coffee Grounds.
Clabber Girl keeps lunch diner hours (closes by 6pm) but the food is excellent. My favorite is the BBQ Chicken sandwich which is served with red onion and a side.
They also serve Rex Coffee which is delicious and has a bold taste to it.
The staff is always nice and, because they're also a bakery, you can typically request baked items and they'll have them for you within a few days.
The next time you're in Terre Haute and are looking for a great lunch stop by Clabber Girl and treat yourself right.
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