For decades, Jennifer “Jenn” Hesseltine was a regular at Dolly’s Cafe at the corner of West Indiana Avenue and North Washington Street, bringing her daughter along to indulge in the longtime diner’s chicken fried steak.
Today, Hesseltine doesn’t often find herself seated in one of the restaurant’s old-fashioned booths. Instead, she’s back in the kitchen cooking up breakfast and lunch classics that nod to the location’s history, but with a fresh spin for its next chapter as Maddie’s Corner Cafe, which opened on June 25.
Hesseltine also owns Zozo’s Sandwich House on North Monroe, named after her dog Zozo. While she envisioned reopening Dolly’s Cafe under its original name, the building’s lease didn’t allow it…