About Sacred Grounds Café
Sacred Grounds Café is an all-vegetarian restaurant and coffee shop on North Main Street in downtown Edwardsville. When it closed under earlier owners at the end of 2020, Kate Baumgartner took it over in January 2021 and reopened it the next month.
Since then the menu has grown to include many vegan and gluten-free options alongside the vegetarian standards, and daily specials rotate in. Breakfast includes plant-based takes on classics such as a breakfast burrito, eggs with toast, and biscuits and gravy, and the lunch side leans on sandwiches, salads and soups. The owner has said she buys ingredients the same day she cooks them and favors local and organic sources. Coffee drinks round it out, which makes it an easy stop for a meatless meal or a mid-afternoon break.
The café keeps long hours, listed by Illinois tourism at 7 a.m. to 8 p.m. every day, so it works for breakfast before a farm visit or an early dinner after one. It has also offered take-home family meals on set weeknights, ordered ahead by phone.
Tenderloin Farms Lavender, a family farm where visitors pick lavender and wildflowers in June, is about 15 minutes north of downtown.
What to do
- Order a plant-based breakfast burrito or biscuits and gravy
- Have a vegetarian sandwich and soup for lunch
- Ask about the daily special
- Stop for coffee during a walk on Main Street
Season, hours and prices
- Season
- Open year-round
- Hours
- Daily 7 a.m.–8 p.m. (state tourism listing, 2026); call to confirm
Tips for your visit
- Everything is vegetarian, and many items can be made vegan or gluten-free
- Call ahead to confirm hours, which have changed over the years
- Pair it with a walk along Main Street's shops in downtown Edwardsville
Pair it with a lavender farm
Tenderloin Farms Lavender · about 15 minutes away
Eat breakfast downtown, then drive about 15 minutes to Tenderloin Farms for June lavender picking.
Getting there
Questions
Is the whole menu vegetarian?
Yes, Sacred Grounds is an all-vegetarian café, with vegan and gluten-free options.
Is it open every day?
Yes, it is listed as open daily from 7 a.m. to 8 p.m.
🗺️ Part of the guide Things to Do Near the Lavender Farm of Edwardsville, Illinois, and the Metro East
Checked in October 2026 against local tourism and news pages. Hours and seasons change, so check with them before you go. How we check listings · Is this your business? Claim it free
