The Centennial is a casual American restaurant in Jefferson, Iowa, offering a welcoming setting for lunch, solo dining, and relaxed meals. Guests can choose from comforting favorites, healthy options, small plates, coffee, and dessert, with the restaurant especially known for its lunch, seating, table service, and enjoyable dessert selection.
Whether you are stopping in for a satisfying meal, meeting someone for coffee, or looking for a local specialty, The Centennial provides a convenient choice for a variety of dining preferences.
With takeaway, dine-in, and delivery available, The Centennial makes it easy to enjoy its menu in the way that best suits your plans. Customers highlight the fast service, great coffee, great dessert, and local specialty offerings.
Reservations are accepted, making planning ahead simple, while payment is convenient with credit cards, debit cards, and NFC mobile payments.
The Centennial is committed to accessible dining, featuring a wheelchair-accessible car park, entrance, seating, and toilet. It also provides gender-neutral toilets and restroom facilities. Rated 4.70 out of 5 based on 51 customer reviews, the restaurant has earned strong feedback from its guests.
Visit The Centennial at 100 E State St, Jefferson, IA 50129, United States, or call +1 515-386-3888.
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Our Story
Welcome to a place where great food meets warm hospitality. We believe dining is more than just a meal - it's an experience to be savored and shared.
Our kitchen is dedicated to creating dishes that bring people together, using recipes that honor tradition while embracing innovation.
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Hear from our valued guests
We were visiting family in Jefferson and went to lunch at the Centennial. The food was absolutely outstanding! There were 4 of us and we all tried something different and each one of us loved our dish. Excellent food, generous portions, wonderful service, reasonable prices and the atmosphere is chic and elegant. The Bell Tower Cake is a MUST.
This "Labor of Love" restaurant is just what Jefferson needs! The food is delicious. The renovated historic building is lovely. And don't get me started on the desserts! Bring a friend to share or just take one home all for yourself. Chef Sara brings her love of all things culinary to this fabulous dining experience. A must-go-to place in this wonderful community. Can't wait to go back!
Jefferson is lucky to have the Centennial! My wife and I have eaten here several times and the food, service and atmosphere is terrific. Cannot go wrong with anything on the menu. The chicken salad is my go to order and my wife loves the Thai salad. We will continue to come back!
Love The Centennial. The food is always fresh, the soups are great and the servers are attentive. My husband always gets enough to eat and says the Bell Tower Blend coffee is fabulous! The desserts are especially decadent and you will never go away hungry! The potions are huge and worth the price! The Centennial chicken salad is soooo good! And the building where the restaurant is located is beautiful. I also appreciate the fact that Chef Sara will offer gluten-free and some vegan options! It’s a must stop for lunch!
This is a special place in a renovated historical building to have a wonderful lunch and dessert with family or friends. Menu changes each month.
Sara and team are PHENOMENAL and the food is always top notch. I try SO HARD to limit the amount of times per week I get the lunch to go (including dessert), but always end up getting it at least once a week.
Lovely renovated historic building on the square in Jefferson. We had a delicious lunch! Dessert is large enough for two or three to share.
The Centennial has it all! The menu with its changing features; the atmosphere with its friendly, competent staff; the sunshine streaming through the windows; and, a dessert menu that is tops. A pleasant dining experience that will be repeated again and again by this happy diner. Mary Riche
As a frequent diner with friends and family at The Centennial, I can give this restaurant FIVE + stars!! The menu selections are delicious, varied (scrumptious salads, unique sandwiches, daily specials) and changed every two weeks to offer a fantastic assortment for any taste! Did I mention the out of this world desserts?? The best!! Always good to call for a reservation as this place is busy!!
I have never actually sat in The Centennial, but I have taken it to-go quite a few times. They have amazing food. The soup, sandwich, salad, and desserts I have tried have all been delicious! A local suggested calling ahead for seating to me once, and I never have that level of plan ahead when I will be in Jefferson, so ordering to go has solved that. You won't be sad if you head here.
Common questions about The Centennial
The Centennial is located at 100 E State St, Jefferson, IA 50129, United States, Jefferson, IA, United States.
You can reach The Centennial by calling +1 515-386-3888.
The Centennial has a rating of 4.7 out of 5 based on 51 customer reviews.
The Centennial features the following accessibility: Wheelchair-accessible car park, Wheelchair-accessible entrance, Wheelchair-accessible seating, Wheelchair-accessible toilet.
The Centennial features the following service options: Takeaway, Dine-in, Delivery.
The Centennial features the following highlights: Fast service, Great coffee, Great dessert, Serves local specialty.
The Centennial features the following popular for: Lunch, Solo dining.
The Centennial features the following offerings: Coffee, Comfort food, Healthy options, Small plates.
The Centennial features the following dining options: Lunch, Dessert, Seating, Table service.
The Centennial features the following amenities: Gender-neutral toilets, Restroom.
The Centennial features the following atmosphere: Casual.
The Centennial features the following crowd: Tourists.
The Centennial features the following planning: Accepts reservations.
The Centennial features the following payments: Credit cards, Debit cards, NFC mobile payments.
The Centennial features the following children: Good for kids, Has changing table(s), High chairs, Kids' menu.
The Centennial features the following parking: Free parking lot, Free street parking, Plenty of parking.
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