MCL Restaurant & Bakery Southside

3630 S East St, Indianapolis
(317) 783-2416

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Fried Chicken Fried Catfish Mashed Potatoes with Gravy Corn and Watermelon
Lima Beans and Mashed Potatoes with Sauces
Salisbury Steak with Mushroom Gravy
Vegetable Selections Available
Variety Bread Selections
Stuffed Chicken Breast
Chicken and Broccoli
Strawberry Shortcake
Roast Beef Manhattan
Sausage and Kraut

Menu

Green Salads
Tossed Salad
Fresh Iceberg and spinach, red cabbage, celery, & green onions.
Cobb Salad
Iceberg lettuce topped with diced turkey breast, diced tomatoes, shredded Colby cheese, bacon, hard boiled egg, and scallions.
Cobb Salad (small)
Iceberg lettuce topped with diced turkey breast, diced tomatoes, shredded Colby cheese, bacon, hard boiled egg, and scallions.

Deli Salads & Jello
Cream Slaw
Our slaw has a uniquely delicious tangy dressing.
Deviled Eggs
Cottage Cheese
Blue Jello
Red Jello
Sugar Free Jello
Jello with Fruit

Fresh Cut Fruit & Fruit Salads
Pineapple

Entrees
Fried Chicken (Light Meat)
Includes one breast and one wing, hand-breaded with Charles O's special seasoning blend.
Fried Chicken (Dark Meat)
Includes one thigh and leg, hand-breaded with Charles O's special seasoning blend.
Fried Chicken (Individual Pieces)
Order our famous fried chicken by the piece. Chose from breasts, wings, thighs, or legs.
Stuffed Chicken Breast
Our most popular entree! Stuffed with savory cornbread and sage dressing.
Beef Manhattan
Tender, hand-carved roast beef sandwich topped with mashed potatoes and homemade brown gravy.
Baked Tilapia
A simply seasoned filet of tilapia.
Baked Tilapia (junior portion)
A simply seasoned tilapia filet for the lighter appetite. This smaller filet is around half the size of our regular portion.
Oven Roasted Salmon
Atlantic salmon seasoned with herbs and oven roasted. Our salmon is sustainably raised in the Atlantic Ocean and is antibiotic and GMO free.
Ham & Beans
A comfort food classic we suggest adding a piece of our freshly baked cornbread to compliment this dish.
Liver & Onions
One of our founders' original recipes with caramelized onions.
Pecan-Encrusted Whitefish

Hot Sides & Fresh Vegetables
Mashed Potatoes
Our original buttery recipe, homemade gravy.
Green Beans
Blue Lake, Wisconsin beans slowly simmered with bacon.
Macaroni & Cheese
Three cheeses, Charles O's seasoning salt, premium noodles.
Fresh Broccoli
Steamed, seasoned broth and choice of cheese sauce.
Broccoli w/Cheese
Harvard Beets
Whole beets in our version of the classic sweet and sour sauce.
Fresh Carrots
Boiled coins; simply seasoned.
Spinach
With bacon.
Peas
Boiled in a simply seasoned broth.
French Fries
Corn on the cob
Loaded Redskin Potatoes
Peas & Carrots

Soup
Vegetable Soup
Our version of this classic is homemade every morning with tomatoes, celery, carrots, cabbage, and potatoes.

Rolls & Bread
Cloverleaf Farm Roll
Honey-wheat Cloverleaf Farm Roll
Cinnamon Roll
Lots of cinnamon sugar rolled into a classic dough and brushed with butter.
Cornbread
Blueberry Muffin

Desserts
Cherry Pie
Black Magic Cake
Pumpkin Pie
Coconut Cream Pie
Homemade Cheesecake
Strawberry Shortcake
Our version of this classic calls for white cake, fresh strawberries and glaze, and whipped topping.
Pecan Pie
Apple Pie
Fresh Blueberry Pie
Cookie (6 count)
Pumpkin Cake
Custard
Chocolate Cream Pie
Peach Pie
Homemade Chocolate Cheesecake (Whole)
Cherry Pie (Whole)
Pecan Pie (Whole)
Pumpkin Pie (Whole)

Beverages
Freshly Brewed Iced Tea
Famously crisp black tea. Choose unsweet or sweet.
Fountain Drinks
Choose from Pepsi, Diet Pepsi, Mountain Dew, Wild Cherry Pepsi, Mug Root Beer, Sierra Mist, or Orange Twister.
Kid's Drinks
Served in a fun, no-spill cup.
Coffee
Locally roasted for MCL by Hubbard & Cravens.

Serviceware
Plasticware
Napkins
Straw

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Recent Reviews

Always one of my favorite places to eat. Been going for 40+ years. One of the few cafeteria style places left. The best beef or turkey manhattan's around. Everything is good though. We call MCL, lovingly, the MediCare Lounge.
July 2025
Three adults went for Father's Day. The food was good, but overpriced. It was $85 for the three of us and we didn't go overboard with food. Two of the adults even SPLIT an order of Beef Manhattan.
The best part was Gwen! She was so helpful and a complete joy.
Overall the experience was good but too expensive... it's not a steak house after all.
June 2025
I took my mom for a reunion with her coworkers from 30 years ago. The food was good. The company was even better. It was dated but fine. Womans bathroom stalls one did not have a lock, which forced me to use the handicap one. Stuffed chicken good, mashed potatoes good. Mac n cheese was amazing. Cloe slaw blah, sugar cream pie slap me across the face and shake me till I come out of the diabetic coma! All the salads they offered had onions, and no option for making one. That was...
June 2025

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MCL Restaurant & Bakery Southside

3630 S East St, Indianapolis, IN 46227
(317) 783-2416