Gratitude Cafe and Takeout

Gratitude Cafe and Takeout Our company's name is Gratitude Cafe and Takeout. Chef/Owner Gene Thornton has been sharing his love and cooking experience for over 30 years.

We love to make delicious food and provide great service. I am grateful for everyone who has gotten me here, and the opportunity to serve our community. Please try us out, we'd love for you to become regulars!

09/25/2026

Friday specials include:

BBQ Ribs with 2 sides

Teryaki Beef and Vegetable Stirfry

Meatball Subs

Extra sides for tomorrow include baked beans and potato salad.

We also have carrot cupcakes with cream cheese frosting!

Looking forward to seeing you all at Gratitude on Friday!

09/24/2026

Thursday specials include:

Meatball Subs

Teryaki Beef and Vegetable Stirfry

Gyro Wraps

Happy beautiful cool, rainy, not summer heat but autumn awesomeness Thursday!

Working on a BBQ Rib Special for Friday: Brine Time for some ribs
09/23/2026

Working on a BBQ Rib Special for Friday:

Brine Time for some ribs

09/23/2026

Today’s specials include:

Beef Mushroom Pepperjack Melt

Teryaki Beef and Vegetable Stirfry

Gyro Wraps

Happy Wednesday!

Tuesdays Special Board!
09/22/2026

Tuesdays Special Board!

Zucchini Nut Bread with Cream cheese frosting today at Gratitude Cafe!
09/22/2026

Zucchini Nut Bread with Cream cheese frosting today at Gratitude Cafe!

09/19/2026

Monday specials include:

Monday

Chicken Bacon Ranch Wraps
French Onion soup
Chicken Pesto Sandwich with Balsamic glaze
Shrimp and Grits

Bread Pudding
Applesauce Cake with Caramel Glaze

Tuesday:

Beef, Mushroom and Pepper Jack Melt

Wednesday: Gyros

Thursday: Meatball Subs

Friday: The Manhattan

Note on our specials:

We really like to provide a variety of specials at Gratitude, but don’t really know how or what will sell out! So some of our specials sell out quickly, some I prep a good amount and we plan to have on the specials board for days, but we really strive to make fun options available to have along with our delicious menu! And I love hearing feedback of all kinds, we’re always striving to listen and deliver good food and service and the best way to do that is to reflect what our community wants. Besides breakfast 😝, because we are committed to yummy lunch and dinner offerings and providing a place for people to enjoy real food. But we love to be different, in the coming weeks we would like to do a few things we haven’t done before….a breakfast for dinner night for all those breakfast fans out there might be fun, with some cinnamon French toast and chicken fried steak options among other things. Different themed weeks, some more salad specials, we want to try a lot. By now, we know some favorites of our customers though. Our pasta specials, meatloaf special and a few others have become fan favorites so we want to go with some of those a little more regularly.
If you want to see certain menu items you have or have not seen already, PLEASE comment or text and I will definitely try to integrate them into our offerings for the future! For instance, German Chocolate Cake is not something I traditionally make but there were a few customers who months ago requested we do it. I finally got around to making it this past week. Not everything will take that long but I promise we’re a small place who doesn’t mind taking a few chances and always looking to deliver big!

Thanks for reading this far and have an amazing weekend!

Thursday specials include:Bread Pudding Applesauce Cake with Caramel Glaze Muffuletta Sandwiches French Onion soup Chick...
09/17/2026

Thursday specials include:

Bread Pudding
Applesauce Cake with Caramel Glaze

Muffuletta Sandwiches
French Onion soup
Chicken Pesto Sandwich with Balsamic glaze
Shrimp and Grits

We have a short week and are CLOSED Friday, so please try and make it out for some delicious food from Gratitude Cafe Thursday if you can! Thanks so much! 😋

Friday-closed Friday

Next Week:

Monday Chicken Bacon Ranch Wraps
Tuesday Beef, Mushroom and Pepper Jack Melt
Wednesday Gyros
Thursday Meatball Subs
Friday The Manhattan

We don’t do French Onion soup often but always a fun soup to make! Thanks Carhartt W**e and Kevin for the nice Syrah.

09/15/2026

Tuesday specials include:
Muffuletta Sandwiches
Cuban Sandwiches
Meatloaf blue plate special with Mashed potatoes and squash casserole
Bread Pudding
Applesauce Cake with Caramel Glaze

Excited to have a French Onion soup for Wednesday.
Wednesday we will also have a Chicken Pesto Sandwich with Balsamic glaze
Thursday we will do a Shrimp and Grits

We have a short week and are CLOSED Friday, so please try and make it out for some delicious food from Gratitude Cafe this week if you can! Thanks so much! 😋

Friday-closed Friday

Had the pleasure of making the cheeseboard for a great organization, and enjoyed a nice dinner from JD’s. Family helped...
09/13/2026

Had the pleasure of making the cheeseboard for a great organization, and enjoyed a nice dinner from JD’s. Family helped me with the board(and helped sample it😊) so wanted to thank Candice, Adeline and Huxley.

Their patient and kind work in Equine Therapy and transformative testimonials, and general warmth were on full display at their Gala. Here is their website:

Walk With Me Healing Steps

https://walkwithmehealingsteps.com

Organizations such as these really help veterans and others in need who need a powerful reminder of their value in life.

Address

4166 US-321A
Granite Falls, NC
28630

Opening Hours

Monday 11am - 3pm
Tuesday 11am - 3pm
Wednesday 11am - 3pm
Thursday 11am - 7pm
Friday 11am - 7pm

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