Lenny & Joon's

07/17/2026

UPDATE ABOUT TONIGHT’S EVENT

We wanted to share an important update about tonight's event.

In the past, including today, the health department has issued us temporary permits to serve food during special community events like this one. As we move closer to opening our full brick-and-mortar restaurant, they have determined that those temporary permits are no longer appropriate for us. As a result, we are not permitted to serve from inside our building effective immediately, or until we receive our restaurant license.

You may notice a "Closed" sign on our front door. That's because we can't serve from inside the building—but we can and are still open and serving from a tent outside!

Our setup will look a little different than we originally planned, but we'll still be there serving the food we've been working so hard to prepare.

We're certainly disappointed by the last-minute change, especially after having been able to operate this way for previous events and as of this morning thought we’d be able to tonight as well. That said, we understand the health department is enforcing the regulations as we transition to becoming a permanent restaurant, and we respect that they have a job to do.

Thank you for your patience, flexibility, and continued support as we navigate these final steps toward opening our doors. We can't wait to serve you tonight—and we're even more excited to welcome you into our restaurant very soon.

See you tonight!

07/16/2026

EDIT 7/17/26:
PLEASE NOTE we will be serving outside in a tent now! Since we are now outside, we will start serving at 5pm. See you tonight!

Original:

Here’s our Friday Night menu for the Street Concert on July 17! We switched things up just a little (but don’t worry—we still have the chicken salad so many of you love!), so take a look and come see us tomorrow!

We'll be open rain or shine, so whether you need a dry place to escape the rain or a cool spot to beat the heat, we've got you covered.

Not planning to attend the concert but still craving something delicious? We open at 4:00 PM, so stop by early before the crowd rolls in! If you park in the lot behind the building, you're welcome to use our back entrance for easy access.

We know there are so many great food options, and we're incredibly grateful to everyone who chooses to support us. It truly means the world. ❤️

See you tomorrow!

07/15/2026

Who’s ready for another street concert?

WE ARE 🙋🏻‍♀️

At last months concert we had a blast serving you and look forward to doing it again in 2 days! Stay tuned for our next post sharing what our menu will be for the event.

Will we see you there?!

Who's ready for another night Down on Main?!

The music continues next Friday, July 17, as The Chicago Experience brings the legendary sound of Chicago to downtown Princeton!

Better yet, make a weekend of it! The concert kicks off Z Tour Bike Ride Weekend, with cyclists from across the region rolling into Princeton for Saturday's ride. Whether you're riding, cheering them on, or simply enjoying everything downtown has to offer, it's the perfect weekend to experience Princeton.

🍔 Food and Fun begin at 5:00 PM
🎶 Concert begins at 6:00 PM
📍 South Main Street, Princeton

Mark your calendars for the remaining concerts!

Meet me Down on Main!

06/18/2026

🎶 Tomorrow night is the night! 🎶

We’re so excited to be part of the Down on Main Street concert series this year and to be one of your food stops for the evening!

Check out our menu and come hungry. We’ll be serving up some of your favorites from 4:00–8:30 PM.

With beautiful weather in the forecast, live music, great food, and friends gathering downtown, it’s shaping up to be the perfect summer evening. ☀️

Come find us at 509 S. Main Street in Princeton!

We can’t wait to see everyone tomorrow.

Who’s coming? 👋

06/14/2026

Hi friends!

It’s been a while - but we are excited for our next pop up event this upcoming Friday!

We’ll be serving a limited menu at our towns down on main street concert - Neon 90s Country Rewind- to kick off the summer.

Come find us at 509 S Main St in Princeton!

03/06/2026

This week is something we’ve been long awaiting - our hood vent installation 🎉

We always knew it would happen, but there was a while there we didn’t know how or when. We are so very grateful that God has control of the details and perfectly aligned everything to get us to this week.

While this does mean we were not able to do a pop up for restaurant weekend put on by Princeton Tourism, it also means that we’re one step closer to getting to open our doors for good.

The million dollar question: “Do you know when you’re opening yet?”

The answer is still no, but with the progress we’ll be making in the coming weeks I think we’re getting closer to being able to better answer that question.

Hang with us folks, we’ll get there!! In the meantime, go enjoy the delicious restaurants our lovely town has to offer!

01/25/2026

Hi everyone! We know we’ve been a little quiet, and while we don’t love posting constant “no opening date yet” updates, we also don’t want silence to leave people wondering—so here’s where we’re at.

The short answer: we still don’t have an opening date, but real progress is happening.

Right now, we’re working through several big (and necessary) kitchen projects that are both time-consuming and expensive:

* Hood vent: We’ve officially given the go-ahead and are on the contractor’s schedule with a 4–6 week timeline. After months of waiting on quotes and approvals, this is a major win.

* AC & mop sink: The health department requires a mop sink on the main floor. The only place we can put one is in our kitchen closet, where our current AC handler is located. We can’t just move our existing unit—we have to replace the entire system with one that can be installed in the ceiling. While this was a tough pill to swallow, it gives us the opportunity to upgrade to a more powerful system that will do a better job keeping the dining room cool and comfortable, especially during the summer months. We’re currently waiting on one final quote before moving forward.

* Electrical upgrades: To support our kitchen equipment, we need to update some electrical in the kitchen.

* Finishing the kitchen: Installing remaining equipment, hooking everything up, and figuring out walls, ceilings, lighting, and all the other little details that go into building a restaurant kitchen.

* Dining room furnishings: We still need to select and purchase tables, chairs, and the rest of our dishes.

What we’ve been up to recently: we’ve been working on building out a handicap-accessible entrance for our customers (in the back). This was something we went back and forth on since it cuts into our already small kitchen space, but we ultimately felt it was important to do it now and do it right.

There’s still a lot happening behind the scenes, and Corbin has been putting in the work every day. The next few months will definitely be a grind, but we’re moving forward.

Our kitchen space is very much in construction mode, but it is our goal to have things in a suitable enough place to (fingers crossed 🤞🏼) do a pop-up during the Princeton Tourism restaurant weekend in March. We’ll see how progress goes and will announce if we’re able to participate as we get closer.

Most importantly: we WILL open. We’re confident in that. It’s not a question of if, just when.

Thank you all for your patience, support, and for following along. We’ll do better about sharing progress as these big projects move forward!

12/31/2025

It’s wild to look back on this year and think about where we started and how much slow, steady growth has happened. Sometimes it feels like no progress is being made, but the little things really do stack up.

The floors were refinished in January and are so beautiful (shoutout to ). One wall got a fresh coat of paint that perfectly matches the flower in the 1980s wallpaper. We added a second bathroom and made the original just a bit bigger—both “new” but still old, with details like transom windows, salvaged sinks, built-in shelving, and an exposed brick wall.

We bought old church pews from Galva and used the extra wood to build our Main Street window seating. Every piece of the counter is repurposed wood, and I can’t wait for the day people sit there with a cup of coffee watching downtown go by.

We finalized our logo (thanks ), picked colors, added signage, and are slowly buying things we need—coffee makers, ice machines, dishwashers, dishes, decor, and more.

Best of all, we got to fill this space with people and food: graduation parties, homecoming dinner, pop-ups, and early morning coffee with friends. Those moments reminded us why we’re doing this.

Timelines and goal dates have come and gone, and things are moving slower than we ever anticipated. But good things take time, and we’re choosing to trust that everything is unfolding exactly as it should. We know that whenever we open, it will be the right time it’s meant to be. There’s still more work to do, but little by little, day by day, we’re inching ever closer to opening our little breakfast and lunch spot and feeding our community. See you in 2026!