Big Apple Cafe Joliet Menu (Update 2025)
Welcome to Big Apple Cafe Joliet, your go-to destination for a delicious breakfast and brunch experience in Joliet, Illinois. Located at 106 N Larkin Ave, this American-style cafe specializes in hearty morning meals that will delight any palate.
The menu features an array of tempting options, from the indulgent Banana Nut Bread French Toast to the fluffy 6 Piece Full Stack Pancakes. For the adventurous, the Stuffed Bacon & Eggs Crepes offer a savory twist, while the classic Eggs Benedict Florentine is nothing short of perfection. Each dish is crafted with generous portions, ensuring satisfaction with every bite.
Customer reviews highlight exceptional service and a bright, welcoming atmosphere, perfect for families or solo diners alike. Join us for breakfast, lunch, or the newly introduced dinner service, and experience the comforting flavors that make Big Apple Cafe a local favorite!
French Toast, Pancakes, Crepes & Waffles
Banana Nut Bread French Toast
Lily's Crepes
Strawberries, & blueberries, vanilla yogurt & granola.
Stuffed French Toast
Crispy French Toast
Build Your Own Sweet
Buttermilk pancakes, waffle, thick french toast, thin french toast, 3 crepes.
Cinnamon Swirl French Toast
Home style cinnamon swirl bread dipped in rich creamy egg batter.
Pigs in A Blanket
Huff and puff and we'll bring you three pancakes rolled around sausage links.
Homemade Potato Pancakes
Served with sour cream & applesauce.
Chicken & Waffles
Served with bacon & fries.
6 Piece Full Stack Pancakes
Pork Chops & Eggs
Center-cut boneless pork chops broiled and served with two eggs in any style, hash browns or grits and toast or pancakes.
Corned Beef Hash & Eggs
A heaping pile of corned beef hash served with two eggs any style hash browns or grits and toast or pancakes.
Eggs Benedict
Poached eggs on an english muffin with canadian bacon topped with hollandaise sauce. Served with hash browns or grits.
Potato Benedict
Poached eggs, two potato pancakes with canadian bacon topped with hollandaise sauce. Served with hash browns or grits.
Eggs Benedict Florentine
Poached eggs on an english muffin with canadian bacon topped with fresh cooked spinach and fresh slices of tomato and hollandaise sauce. Served with hash browns or grits.
Stuffed Bacon & Eggs Crepes
3 delicious crepes rolled and stuffed with bacon and scrambled eggs.
Biscuits & Country Sausage Gravy
A huge helping of country gravy with two fluffy biscuits.
Eggs & Peppers
Scrambled eggs with sauted green peppers, served with hash browns or grits and toast or pancakes.
Ham & Egg Special
2 eggs, a generous portion of ham off the bone. Served with hash browns or grits and toast or pancakes.
Canadian Bacon & Eggs
2 eggs with Canadian bacon served with hash browns or grits and toast or pancakes.
Chicken Breast and Eggs
A charbroiled chicken breast served with two eggs of any style. hash browns or grits, and toast or pancakes.
Breakfast Specials
Breakfast Combos
Blue Plate Special Breakfast Combo
Start with one egg, add one breakfast meat & choice of any one item in the half-order category. Meat: bacon, ham, sausage, corned beef hash, canadian bacon, half order: pancakes, banana nut french toast, twin french toast, potato pancakes, plain crepes, plain waffle, biscuits & gravy or fresh fruit.
3x3x3 Breakfast Combo
3 fluffy pancakes, three eggs, any style, and three sausage links or bacon.
2 Eggs Breakfast Combo
With hash browns or grits, toast, or 2 pancakes.
Big Hearty Omelette
A four-egg omelet stuffed with ham, bacon, tomato, onion, and american cheese topped with sumage grany.
Mozzarella Chicken Omelette
This omelet is filled with a tender chicken breast, mozzarella cheese, fresh mushrooms and fresh spinach.
Farmers Omelette
Layered frittata style with ham, bacon, sausage, onion, and green pepper mixed with fresh cut hash browns. Topped with cheddar cheese,
Denver Omelette
This light and fluffy omelet is filled with fresh ham, onion and green pepper.
Denver Omelette with Cheese
This light and fluffy omelet is filled with fresh ham, onion and green pepper. With cheese for addition charge.
Fresh Veggie Omelette
Stuffed with garden fresh broccoli, onion, green pepper. spinach, tomate, and mushrooms.
Fresh Veggie Omelette with Cheese
Stuffed with garden fresh broccoli, onion, green pepper. spinach, tomate, and mushrooms.
Broccoli & Cheese Omelette
Fresh Avocado Omelette
With tomato and bacon.
Spinach & Feta Omelette
Italian Sausage & Cheese Omelette
3 Cheese Omelette
Ham Omelette
Sausage Omelette
Bacon Omelette
Omelettes
Build Your Omelette
Basic Omelette
Add each additional ingredient.
Fresh Veggie Skillet
Garden fresh tomatoes, onions, green peppers, spinach, broccoli, and mushrooms.
Cajun Skillet
Cajun style andouille sausage, green pepper and onion. Topped with mozzarella & provolone cheese.
The East Coast Skillet
Ausda choice steak skillet smothered with onions, peppers, and mushrooms.
Big Apple Skillet
Country fried steak, scrambled eggs, cheddar cheese and a country biscuit smothered with sausage gravy. Sub. for chicken fried chicken.
Mama's Skillet
Ham, bacon, sausage, onions, and peppers.
Denver Skillet-The Colorado
A western tradition, ham, onions, and green peppers.
Country Skillet
Ham, bacon, tomato, and onion.
California Skillet
Chicken breast and broccoli.
Boston Skillet
Corned beef hash with Swiss cheese.
Ole Spicy Skillet
South of the border skillet with chorizo, onion, tomato, green peppers, and a side of salsa.
Skillets
Build Your Skillet
Basic Skillet
Add each additional ingredient.
Pick Bread
Toast, biscuit, english muffin, croissant, bagel.
Any Style Eggs
Choice of Meat
Bacon ham-links - patties turkey sausage or bacon.
Make It Better Cheese
American, swiss, mozzarella, cheddar, monterey jack.
Breakfast Sandwiches
Hearty Steak & Eggs
The Big Apple Steak & Eggs
Sink your teeth into a tender and juicy new york steak. Served with 2 eggs, any style, with fresh-cut hash browns and toast.
Country-Fried Steak & Eggs
A southern favorite done right: hearty beef steak seasoned, breailed, fried and topped with our country gravy. Teamed up with 2 eggs, any style, fresh cut hash browns, and biscuits. Sub chicken for fried chicken.
Skirt Steak & Eggs
Marinated skirt steak served with 2 eggs, any style, and fresh-cut hush browns.
Chopped Steak & Eggs
12oz. certified black angus chopped steak with onions, green peppers, and 2 eggs, any style, and fresh-cut hash browns.
Ham Off the Bone
4 Piece Bacon Strips
Sausage Links
Sausage Patty
Canadian Bacon
Corned Beef Hash
Italian Sausage
Mexican Sausage Chorizo
Turkey Sausage
Turkey Bacon
Bowl of Oatmeal & Milk
Add fresh strawberries, bananas or raisins for addition charge.
Bowl of Strawberries
Hash Browns
2 Homemade Potato Pancakes
Cottage Cheese with Peaches
Side of Fruit
Bowl of Fruit
Biscuits & Gravy
Half order.
Chicken Breast
Morning Goodies
Beefy Burgers
Super Jumbo Burger
2 juicy soz. burgers served with american, swiss, cheddar, and mozzarella cheeses with sliced onion.
Big Apple Burger
Sliced mushrooms, crisp bacon strips, and BBQ sauce topped with cheddar cheese.
Avocado Bacon Burger
Topped with Swiss cheese, bacon, and avocado,
Gourmet Burger
Fresh black angus beef topped with cheddar and jack cheese, bacon, and a fried egg.
Cheese Burger
Beef Burger
Huevos a La Mexicana
Scrambled eggs mixed with jalapeos, onions, and tomatoes.
Huevos Con Chorizo
Scrambled eggs mixed with chorizo sausage.
Huevos Con Jamon
Ham & egg scrambler.
Mexican Omelette
Chorizo, onions, tomatoes, and jalapenos.
Chilaquiles Verdes
Fried tortillas chips sauteed in a spicy green sauce topped with queso fresco and chopped onion.
Como en Mi Tierra
Super Salads
Chicken Caesar Salad
Fresh romaine greens, strips of chicken, and hardboiled eggs. Served with caesar dressing.
Crispy Chicken Salad
Fried chicken strips, tomatoes, cucumber, bacon bits, and shredded cheddar cheese on fresh bed of greens.
Char-Broiled Chicken Salad
Strips of tender chicken breast, tomato wedges, and hard- boiled egg on a fresh bed of garden greens.
Julienne Salad
Garden greens topped with julienne strips of ham, turkey, swiss & american cheeses, hard-boiled eggs, tomato, encumbers, green peppers, and bacon strips.
Greek Salad
Mixed greens topped with feta cheese, black olives, tomato, onions, cucumbers, green peppers, anchovies, and oregano. Served with our special house dressing.
Greek Salad with Chicken
Mixed greens topped with tender slices of marinated, broiled chicken breast, feta cheese, black olives, cucumber, onions, tomato, and hard-boiled egg. served with our special greek vinaigrette dressing.
Fresh Fruit Plate
In season. Selected fruit served with cottage cheese and homemade banana nut bread.
Small Fresh Fruit Plate
In season.
French Dip
Roast beef sliced thin and piled high on toasted french bread served with a side of au jus.
Skirt Steak Sandwich
Always a favorite...a juicy cut of usda choice skirt steak served on french bread topped with onions, mushrooms, green peppers, and mozzarella cheese.
Reuben Sandwich
Lean corned beef and sauerkraut topped with swiss cheese on grilled marble rye bread.
Corned Beef Sandwich
Thinly sliced corned beef stacked on marble rye.
Malibu Chicken Breast
Grilled chicken breast topped with ham and cheddar cheese on a toasted bun with a side of salsa.
Grecian Chicken Breast
Marinated in grecian herbs and spices served on a toasted bun.
Crispy Chicken Sandwich
Tender fried chicken breast topped with Swiss cheese on a toasted bun.
Chicken Breast Sandwich
Grilled to perfection, served on a toasted bun.
Beef Philly
Roast beef smothered with green peppers, onions, and mushrooms topped with melted mozzarella cheese on toasted french bread.
Chicken Philly
Chicken smothered with green peppers, onions, and mushrooms topped with melted mozzarella cheese on toasted french bread.
Grilled Cheese
Your choice of cheese and choice of bread.
Grilled Cheese with Bacon
Your choice of cheese and choice of bread.
Grilled Cheese with Ham
Your choice of cheese and choice of bread.
Chicken Basket
Chicken strips served with fries.
Lunch Break
Sensational Clubs
Turkey Club
Roast turkey, bacon, lettuce, tomato, and mayo.
Bacon Lettuce & Tomato Club
Bacon, lettuce, tomato, and mayo.
Tuna Salad Club
Topped with lettuce, tomato, and mayo.
Turkey & Avocado Club
Roast turkey, fresh avocado, bacon, lettuce, tomato, and mayo.
Ham & Cheese Club
Ham, lettuce, tomato, American and Swiss cheeses, and mayo.
Half Sandwich & Salad
A crisp garden salad accompanied with half a blt or sliced turkey or tuna salad.
Soup 'n' 1/2 Sandwich
A hearty bowl of today's soup accompanied with half a blt or sliced turkey or tuna salad.
Soup 'n' Salad
A hearty bowl of today's soup and a crisp garden salad with a choice of dressing.
Lite Side
Melt Downs
Chicken Melt
Charbroiled chicken breast and American cheese served on grilled marble rye bread with grilled onions.
Tuna Melt
A generous scoop of white albacore tuna and American cheese served on grilled marble rye bread.
Patty Melt
Hamburger patty between American cheese slices on grilled marble rye bread with grilled onions.
Chicken Wrap
Grilled chicken breast with lettuce and tomato. Served with ranch dressing.
Chicken Caesar Wrap
Grilled chicken breast and romaine lettuce tossed in caesar dressing.
Roast Beef Wrap
Lean roast beef, onion, and green pepper. Served with au jus sauce.
Spicy Buffalo Bill's Wrap
Fried chicken tenders tossed with hot sauce and lettuce.