Cafe 290 runs a popular buffet stocked with old-time favorites such as baked ham, chicken and dumplings, chicken pot pie, smothered pork chops, meatloaf, stuffed peppers, fried catfish, and more. Three or four selections are offered each day. Daily breakfasts feature biscuits and gravy, steak and eggs, pancakes, bacon, sausage, and other homestyle favorites. They provide the food, you provide the grandma at this cute, homestyle kitchen located near Lake Travis. Daily specials include chicken with dumplings, pork roast, meatloaf, and sirloin steak.
Meals come with a choice of two veggies and a roll or cornbread.
Customers order from the window and are then served in a sparsely decorated dining room, the centerpiece of which is a television. Menu items include Salisbury steak, meatloaf, pork chops, chicken and dumplings, baked chicken, and fried catfish. Each plate is served with two vegetables and cornbread. Specialties such as tender pork loin with savory cornbread dressing, spinach casserole, and cheese mashed potatoes star among the cast of cuisines offered here. The homemade whole wheat rolls are worth making a special trip for.