Lucrezia Café

Taste Northern Italian Cuisine in all its Casual Splendor

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General Info

Holiday Parties—Celebrate anytime. At our place or yours!

Crown Point

Plan your holiday party in our PRIVATE DINING ROOM.

(located on our second floor in Crown Point)

Contact Private Dining Manager, Tony Hrisofos at tony@lucreziacafe.com (219) 661-LUCY

Chesterton

Reserve your holiday party at our award winning Chesterton location for lunch any day of the week or for dinner

Sunday-Thursday!

Reserve with Christopher Strom at (219) 926-LUCY (5829) or inquire at heylucy@lucreziacafe.com

Culver

Reserve your holiday dinner party at our newest Culver location!
Private Holiday Luncheons Available.

Reserve with Angie Schafer at (574)842-3220 or inquire at heylucy@lucreziacafe.com


Holiday Hours

Chesterton & Crown Point

Thanksgiving: Closed
Christmas Eve:   11 am–7 pm
Christmas: Closed
New Year’s Day: Closed

Culver

Thanksgiving: Closed
Christmas Eve:  Closed
Christmas: Closed
New Year’s Day: Closed

Normal Hours

Chesterton and Crown Point

Sun.–Thurs. | 11am–10pm (9pm winter)
Fri. and Sat. | 11am–11pm (10pm winter)

Culver

Sunday & Tuesday – Closed
Monday, Wednesday & Thursday | 4pm–9pm
Friday & Saturday | 4pm–10pm

We are closed for the following holidays:

New Year’s Day
Memorial Day
4th of July
Labor Day
Thanksgiving
Christmas


Reservation Policy

We offer “open seating”—first come, first serve seating.
Reservations are not accepted at this time at any of our locations.

LARGE PARTIES—Eight (8) or more—Please phone ahead. We ask that parties of eight or more arrive before 6pm or after 8pm on Friday and Saturday evenings.

Large parties dining before 6pm on a Friday or Saturday evening are asked to keep within a 2 hour dining window.

Please remember that your entire party must be present prior to being seated.

Buon Appetito


You can have your cake and eat it too!
Cakeage Fee* $3 per person

*It is a fee for bringing your own cake to our restaurant.  The cakeage fee covers the cost of the waiter’s time and washing the dishes. It also helps offset the loss of revenue from in-house desserts, liability, and makes up for the extra time a party will be at the table but not ordering food.


Directions

Chesterton
Crown Point
Culver


Credit Cards Accepted

VISA™, Mastercard™, Discover™, American Express™ and Diners Club International™.


Gift Cards

Lucrezia Gift Cards are ONLY redeemable at:

  • Lucrezia® Café – 428 S. Calumet Rd., Chesterton, IN 46304
  • Lucrezia® Ristorante – 302 S. Main St., Crown Point, IN 46307
  • Lucrezia® Trattoria – 117 S. Main St., Culver, IN 46511


Smoke-Free

Lucrezia ® Café is entirely smoke free.


Employment Opportunities

The success of Lucrezia® has its foundation in our dedication to producing high quality food at a great value, and to providing our customers with professional service. If you are interested and committed, we look forward to hearing from you. Please fill out our online application and we will get back to you shortly.


History of the real Lucrezia Borgia

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Although no one knows the entire truth behind the life of Lucrezia Borgia, most historians agree that she was an enlightened ruler, kind and decisive in time of war, the wife of a nobleman, and a patron of the arts showing great generosity to poets and artists. We named our restaurant, Lucrezia, in honor of this remarkable, passionate, and beautiful Renaissance woman.

Of all of the princely houses of Renaissance Italy, few were more prominent than the Borgia family. Born in Rome, Lucrezia was the illegitimate daughter of Vanozza and Cardinal Rodrigo Borgia, who later became Pope Alexander VI. Her father used the beautiful Lucrezia to further his political ambitions by arranging three marriages for her.

The first marriage to a man she didn’t love had been annulled and after finally falling in love with her second husband, he was murdered on orders from her brother, Cesare. The murder freed her to marry another powerful man so her family could gain higher standing. The third marriage was in 1501 to Alfonso, son of the Duke of Este, who inherited the Duchy of Ferrara.

When she became first lady of Ferrara, Lucrezia acquired more wealth and a higher social position than ever before. She also had a good deal of freedom. Alfonso pursued his interests in the military and left his wife to follow her own enthusiasms — poetry, music and dancing. She became a prominent patron of the arts, attracting the flattery of poets and scholars from all over Italy.But what of her reputation for wantoness and crime? Lucrezia has been called the most depraved woman in history. Did she keep bottles on her boudoir with perfume to seduce and poison to kill? Was she pricking enemies with an arsenic – drenching ring…her favorite method of disposing of men? Or was Lucrezia a victim of her family’s ruthless quest for power, exploited for her beauty and kindness?

Throughout history, women labeled as evil have made their mark. Many historians believe that Lucrezia was definitely a misunderstood femme fatale.

In the year 1833, Donizetti published his opera, Lucrezia Borgia, where he pronounced Lucrezia as a cruel murderess who poisoned her family’s enemies. Although she never actually poisoned anyone, that unfortunate association with her name has continued to this day.

In fact, a Chicago Sun-Times article from October 2, 2002, quoted Learco Andalo, “one of the world’s leading experts on the Borgias,” about her family’s infamous reputation: “The Borgias are the victims of biased historical accounts, based on malicious rumor,” according to Andalo. The Tribune explained that “Lucrezia Borgia did not poison anyone and probably did not have an incestuous affair with her father.” Hopefully we can help dispel these rumors and clear her name in the annals of history.

Three Great Locations.

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Welcome to Lucrezia Café and Ristorante of Northwest Indiana and Lucrezia Trattoria near the beautiful shores of Lake Maxinkuckee in Culver, Indiana. Lucrezia provides innovative Northern Italian specialties at value prices in a relaxed and eclectic atmosphere in Chesterton, Crown Point and Culver. Gift cards are available for special occasions and events.

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Lucrezia’s sister company, Olivezia has gourmet items like imported ultra premium extra virgin olive oils and balsamic vinegars that you can taste before we bottle! We offer domestic and imported wines, pastas, cheeses, charcuteries, gourmet foods, gift ideas and our monthly WINE CLUB! The same premium olive oils and vinegars enjoyed at Lucrezia are available online.

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We offer “open seating”—first come, first serve seating. Reservations are not accepted at this time at any of our locations.

LARGE PARTIES—Eight (8) or more—Please phone ahead. We ask that parties of eight or more arrive before 6pm or after 8pm on Friday and Saturday evenings.

Large parties dining before 6pm on a Friday or Saturday evening are asked to keep within a 2 hour dining window.

Please remember that your entire party must be present prior to being seated.
—Buon Appetito


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CHESTERTON
(219) 926-LUCY
428 S. Calumet
Chesterton, IN 46304
Order Online
CROWN POINT
(219) 661-LUCY
302 S. Main Street
Crown Point, IN 46307
Order Online
CULVER
(574) 842-3220
117 S. Main St.
Culver, IN 46511

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HOLIDAY HOURS

Chesterton and Crown Point

Thanksgiving | CLOSED
December 24 | 11am–7pm
December 25 | CLOSED
December 31 Reservations Only 5pm–9pm
Open Seating After 9pm
Kitchen Closes at 10pm
January 1 | CLOSED

Culver

Thanksgiving | CLOSED
Black Friday | CLOSED
December 24 | CLOSED
December 25 | CLOSED
December 31st Bar Opens at 4pm
Reservations Only 5pm–9pm
Open Seating After 9pm
Kitchen Closes at 10pm
January 1 | CLOSED

Chesterton and Crown Point

Sun.–Thurs. | 11am–10pm (9pm winter)
Fri. and Sat. | 11am–11pm (10pm winter)
Memorial Day | Closed
4th of July | Closed
Labor Day | Closed

Culver

Mon-Wed-Thurs | 4pm-9pm
Sunday & Tuesday  | Closed
Friday & Saturday | 4pm-10pm

Memorial Day | Closed
4th of July | Closed
Labor Day | Closed

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