The Lodge Restaurant

The Lodge Restaurant Kearney's oldest continuing operating restaurant. Est. 1971
Good Food, Good Friends, Good Times.

Permanently closed.
01/19/2026

Dear Lodge Family,

It is with sadness that we announce that we will not be reopening.

Cindy needs to focus on recovery from complications of her spinal tumor and Bob has decided that it is time for him to move on from restaurant ownership.

We had been in contact with someone who wanted to take over operations, but they have decided not to move forward.

That said, if anyone is interested in operating a restaurant in our location, we can connect you with our landlord.

We have been blessed to have been able to host each of you in our dining room since 2014. We will miss the friends we have made and relationships we have built.

But we also accept that it is time to move on with the next part of our lives.

And from the whole Lodge Team;

THANK YOU FOR LETTING US SERVE YOU!

01/09/2026

Sean here. Apologies for the lack of update. We are currently closed for the time being. I dont know for how long. Cindy is going through a difficult time with recovery. If I get any updates I will keep you all informed!

Good morning everyone! Hope everyone is ready for a terrific Tuesday! We're featuring our Tuesday special, so please be ...
01/06/2026

Good morning everyone! Hope everyone is ready for a terrific Tuesday! We're featuring our Tuesday special, so please be sure to stop in, and tell me how it tastes!

Hope you're hungry!

01/05/2026

Hello Everyone! Trivia is officially closed! The correct answer is 16.5 million pounds of bacon per day! Thats a lot of bacon.

I hope you had fun, I sure did! Of course bacon is my favorite breakfast item at The Lodge.

I will be messaging the winner here shortly.
The winner is either the first person to correctly answer, or the closest to the answer. Until next time!

01/04/2026

Hello everyone! Sean here. I hope you are having a wonderful day. Today is national trivia day! You know what that means; Trivia time! Time for my favorite question!

How much bacon do Americans buy every day?

The first person to answer correctly, gets a free Lodge mug, along with a 5 dollar gift card!

The Trivia ends at midnight! I will contact the winner via messenger.

Have fun everone!

Happy Sunday!Looks like a beautiful day and our boss says she is feeling much better!Yes surgery got moved up, and she i...
01/04/2026

Happy Sunday!

Looks like a beautiful day and our boss says she is feeling much better!

Yes surgery got moved up, and she is glad.

Allow me to introduce myself, I am Sean. I started working at The Lodge in October, because honestly was looking for a job where I could fit in.

And I love it here. The customers. My coworkers and my boss. Everyone.

When Cindy asked for volunteers while she recovered. I stepped up because I consider myself an entrepreneur and want to go into business someday and thought this was a great opportunity to stretch my wings.

Today lets’s talk Sunday Brunch.

I will be ready to serve you beginning at 8am.

A quick update on our boss, she was admitted to the hospital on December 31 and had surgery January 1 to remove the tumo...
01/03/2026

A quick update on our boss, she was admitted to the hospital on December 31 and had surgery January 1 to remove the tumor.

Recovery is going well. And we all appreciate the thoughts and prayers as she continues to recover and begin rehab.

While she is gone, employees will be taking turns posting on Facebook, keeping you updated on Lodge happenings.

It’s Wednesday and New Years Eve.Today’s lunch special is a burger and fries for $12.Tonight we are featuring 2 6 oz Pri...
12/31/2025

It’s Wednesday and New Years Eve.

Today’s lunch special is a burger and fries for $12.

Tonight we are featuring 2 6 oz Prime Rib Dinners with a small bottle of Champagne for $45.

And of course the entire menu is available.

12/31/2025

Many say I do not take accountability when things go wrong at the Lodge.

Well I will take total responsibility for the wait tonight.

A server was ill and quite honestly I did not feel up to working. So I went home thinking they would call me if they needed help.

They did not, and I have been told a couple customers left because they did not appreciate the slow service.

It is fine to blame me, I probably should have stayed, knowing that they were short one person, but I was selfish and went home to rest my back.

It was neither the server nor the hosts fault. It is simply how the business goes some nights.

I plan to be there tomorrow evening to make sure everything goes smoothly.

Take care and have an amazing evening.

It’s Tuesday!Thank you for you uplifting comments regarding my health news. They do make a difference!Today at The Lodge...
12/30/2025

It’s Tuesday!

Thank you for you uplifting comments regarding my health news. They do make a difference!

Today at The Lodge we are featuring we have the usual features or you can select your menu favorite.

And there is still time to make a reservation to join us to start your New Years Eve celebration!

The Lodge Restaurant will be closed January 1, 2026for the New Years Holiday.We will see you at 9am January 2 to start 2...
12/29/2025

The Lodge Restaurant will be closed January 1, 2026
for the New Years Holiday.

We will see you at 9am January 2 to start 2026!

It appears to be a beautiful Monday, with lots of sunshine!We hope each of you are enjoying this holiday season with you...
12/29/2025

It appears to be a beautiful Monday, with lots of sunshine!

We hope each of you are enjoying this holiday season with your loved ones.

We have been asking for prayers over the last month for members of our ownership team. And have appreciated the questions and hugs as we navigate this season of our lives.

This morning I am asking for prayers for myself. About this time last year, I began developing numbness and pain in my legs. I am a cancer survivor, so we thought it may be related to the neuropathy I developed after Chemotherapy. And of course the new space required LOTS of steps. Then in April I started falling. Laughed it off saying I am a Klutz. Then I began developing headaches that were a bit debilitating. In early August things became much worse. First we blamed stress, then it became clear something else was wrong. After three months of tests, I finally have a diagnosis - I have a tumor in my spine. Surgery will happen in the next couple of weeks.

I would appreciate your thoughts and prayers no matter your faith, and please realize my staff and Bob will be working without me.

I do have a CaringBridge Site, if you would like the link, please send a message.

I recognize that some of you are going to laugh and say I deserve this because “karma”. But those who truly know me, know that I never meant to imply that Charlie Kirk deserved to die. I tried to say, poorly, that until this country comes back together, events like that will continue to happen.

Several of you have insisted that I apologize. I am sorry for whatever I did to make my former friend share my private post. I am sorry that many of you never took the opportunity to talk to me, Ask what I meant. But I am not sorry for saying that unless this world changes, we will continue to fall deeper into this divisive abyss.

May God bless each of you and your families as we move towards a new year!

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516 2nd Avenue S
Kearney, NE
68845

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