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Polish platter with pierogi at Cavalier Inn
Hammond, Indiana · Since 1949

Honest Polish & American cooking, made the same way since 1949.

Three generations of one family, one kitchen, and a menu that hasn't needed to change.

1949
Year Established
75+
Years Serving Hammond
3
Generations in the Kitchen
100%
Scratch-Made Daily

Cavalier Inn has been on Gostlin Street since 1949 — a family-run Polish and American diner where the pierogi are still made by hand and the regulars still get the same table.

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Polish Platter — stuffed cabbage, sausage, pierogi

Polish Platter $26

Stuffed cabbage, Polish sausage, sauerkraut, two potato pancakes, three pierogi.

Pierogi, five pieces

Pierogi (5) $8

Choice of potato, kraut, or cheese. Made by hand, the same recipe since 1949.

Lake Perch Dinner

Lake Perch Dinner $13

A Hammond Friday tradition — served with vegetable and choice of potato.

The Cavalier Inn family
Our Story

Three generations. One kitchen.

Wally Sr. and Mary Kasprzycki opened the Cavalier Inn's doors in 1949, serving Hammond's Polish community honest, home-style food.

Today, the recipes haven't changed — handed down, pinch for pinch, to the family still running the kitchen.

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Best of the Region nominee badge

"Best in class" — Steve Dolinsky, ABC 7 Chicago. Also nominated for The Times' Best of the Region, 75+ years of Polish cooking recognized well beyond Hammond.

Pierogi's ready. Table's open.

735 Gostlin Street, Hammond, IN · Call ahead or walk right in.