Welcome to Questaurant Carmel!

Questaurant Carmel started as a dream to visit every restaurant in my home town of Carmel, Indiana. As I visited more restaurants, I needed a system to keep track of my thoughts and reviews, and share them with friends, and the blog was born. I’ll do my best to keep up with restaurants as I visit them – the list has 190 restaurants and growing, so it will take a while to get them all!


Lemon’s Bakery Cafe

Quick breakfast bar in Needler’s Fresh Market

March 13, 2022

This was our first Questaurant experience, and it was a fun one! Neil was unaware that it was located inside a grocery store, and it took some convincing to get him out of the car. Once we got inside, though, I thought it was worthwhile. I probably wouldn’t recommend you make the trip just for Lemon’s, but if you were already shopping, or maybe if you wanted a quick breakfast and also had some shopping to do, it’s worth a stop.

I ordered an espresso, and I thought it was well-made, with Hubbard & Cravins beans. I also had a pastry, and while it wasn’t bad, I think it was just warmed up from frozen, and I might recommend you stick to the coffee.

Greg at Lemon's
Greg at Lemon’s Bakery Cafe

Other Reviews

Meesh Whatever

A quick Google search of Lemon’s Bakery & Cafe doesn’t yield many results. It’s clear why as soon as you pull into the strip mall parking lot this local bakery calls home. Not only is it attached to a grocery store, but all the baked goods and coffee are imported from elsewhere. The crumbs on the dirty tables symbolize an important question to anyone who walks through the doors: “why would you eat here?” 3/10.