Café menu
Welcome to our table
This menu is a culmination of recipes that have been in our family for generations and new creations we serve when entertaining family and friends. Welcome to our table and what we consider a taste of home.
Served until 10:30 am
Breakfast
Or until we sell out.
Grab & Go
6.49A muffin, croissant, or bagel with cream cheese, plus a small drip coffee. Upgrade to any drink.
Breakfast Sandwich Combo
11.49Any breakfast sandwich or the Legislative Biscuit, plus a small drip coffee. Upgrade to any drink.
Gluten-free bread. Gluten-free 7 Grain at no charge, or gluten-free Sourdough for 1.00, on any breakfast or lunch sandwich. We bake and build in a shared kitchen, so we can't promise a gluten-free environment.
Breakfast Sandwich
9.95Egg, choice of bread, garlic aioli, meat, and cheese. Served toasted or pressed.
Big Tex
18.45Our 1.5-pound burrito: scrambled eggs, hash browns, grilled veggies (onion, bell pepper, and jalapeño), your protein, cheddar, and house garlic-jalapeño crema in a 14-inch flour tortilla. Choose bacon, sausage, or avocado, or keep it veggie. Grilled chicken +2.
The Legislative Biscuit
9.45Bacon Parmesan biscuit, egg patty, bacon, and provolone. More pork than a piece of DC legislation.
Miss Texas
10.45The same as the Big Tex, about half the size. Grilled chicken +1.
Avocado Toast V
13.95Seasoned avocado, sourdough or rustic wheat, garlic aioli, tomato, red onion, feta, and balsamic glaze. Add scrambled egg or bacon.
Fruit and Yogurt Parfait V
6.95 / 98 oz or 12 oz. Vanilla yogurt, fruit, and fresh granola, served with a granola cookie.
Hand-rolled & boiled in New York City
Bagels
Bagel, Toasted V
4Buttered at no charge. Certified kosher, 100% vegan, and seed-oil-free, with no preservatives.
Bagel Breakfast Sandwich
9.95Egg, choice of bagel, garlic aioli, meat, and cheese.
Salads
Seasonal Berry Salad V
14.95Spinach with seasonal berries, feta, and pecans, tossed in balsamic vinaigrette. Add grilled chicken +4.
Caesar
17.95Chopped romaine, grilled chicken, Parmesan, lemon wedge, croutons, and Caesar dressing.
House Salad V
13.95Chopped romaine, tomato, red onion, cheddar cheese, and croutons. Add grilled chicken +4.
Chicken salad & pimento cheese
By the Container
12 / 1512 oz or 16 oz, served with crackers. Order chicken salad by 2 pm the day before pickup.
Lunch begins at 10:30 am
Sandwiches
At our table, lunch comes with chips and a drink, like our unlimited iced tea. Really hungry? Ask for a Large or Texas Size sandwich.
Gluten-free bread. Gluten-free 7 Grain at no charge, or gluten-free Sourdough for 1.00, on any breakfast or lunch sandwich. We bake and build in a shared kitchen, so we can't promise a gluten-free environment.
Regular
As listedBuilt the way it's always been.
Large
+2.502 oz more meat.
★ Texas Size
+4.504 oz more meat. Go big.
Brisket Large +4.50 · Texas Size +9.00 BLTs size up in bacon Your way cold, toasted, hot or pressed on most sandwiches
BLT / BLAT
13 / 15.50Bacon, lettuce, tomato, and mayo on your choice of toasted bread. BLAT adds avocado.
Turkey BLT / BLAT
16 / 18.50Turkey, bacon, lettuce, tomato, and mayo on your choice of toasted bread. BLAT adds avocado.
The Texan Club
18.50Turkey, ham, bacon, and cheddar with lettuce, tomato, mayo, and honey mustard. On toasted Texas Toast or hot-pressed on ciabatta.
The Cuban
18.50Slow-roasted pork, ham, Swiss, yellow mustard, and pickles, pressed on Cuban bread from a Cuban bakery in Tampa. Tampa style with salami +1.50.
The Italian
17Ciabatta layered with pepperoni, salami, provolone, black olives, and pepperoncini, pressed hot, then topped with cold shredded lettuce and balsamic vinaigrette.
The Panini
17Ciabatta with pesto, mayo, spinach, tomato, and red onion, pressed on the panini grill. Turkey & provolone · Ham & Swiss · Veggie & Havarti V
Grilled Cheese V
11Sourdough and four slices of cheese, grilled. Pick one cheese or mix two. Kevin Bacon · Cluck Norris · Ham Solo · Tom Petty +2.50
Garden Deluxe V
15Hummus, green bell pepper, red onion, tomato, cucumber, lettuce, provolone, and balsamic vinaigrette on rustic wheat. Or as a wrap.
The Chuck Wagon
14.50Build your own. Pull what you want off the wagon and build it your way: your bread, meat, and cheese, then the spreads and veggies you like.
Daily specials
Monday – Wednesday: Soup & Sandwich
15.95A cup of soup with a Grilled Cheese, BLT, or chicken salad sandwich, or half an Italian, Panini, or Texan Club on ciabatta, plus chips and a drink. Two soups each day, one vegetarian. Bowl +2.50.
Thursday & Friday: Brisket
19.95Our brisket on a fresh-baked brioche bun layered with our house BBQ mayo. Includes a drink, side, and dessert.
Fall features · for a limited time
The Gobbler
18.50Turkey, bacon, Havarti, thin-sliced apple, arugula, garlic aioli, and cranberry cream cheese on rustic wheat.
Fall Harvest Chicken Salad
15.95Mayo, Greek yogurt, Honeycrisp apple, dried cranberry, and toasted pecan on your choice of bread. By the container: 8 oz 9.00 · 12 oz 12.00.
Seasonal features rotate through the year; ask what we're running. V Vegetarian. Please tell us about any food allergies before ordering. Credit cards are subject to a 3% service charge.
Kids' menu
Kids' Breakfast
8.50Kids' drink included. Scrambled eggs, bacon or sausage, hash brown, and toast, or a breakfast sandwich with sausage, egg, and cheese.
Kids' Lunch
8.50Chips, kids' drink, and Teddy Grahams included. Grilled cheese, peanut butter & jelly, cheese quesadilla, or a traditional ham or turkey sandwich.
In the case daily, or ordered ahead
Bakery
By the dozen, as a whole pie or cake, or by the pan. We take orders for special requests.
In the case every day
- Banana Pudding & Poteet Pudding
- South Texas Sheet Cake
- Brownies
- Browned Butter Chocolate Chip Cookies
- Croissants: Butter, Chocolate, Almond
- Bacon Parmesan Biscuits
- Cinnamon Rolls
- Orange Cranberry Crumble Bars
- Pecan Bars
Baked to order
Order Monday through Wednesday by 10 am, ready two days later.
Flavors are always on us
Drinks
Prices shown are for a Small.
★ House specialties
Hot or iced
FromSouth Texas Mocha
Hot · Iced6.70Dutched chocolate, cinnamon, cayenne, and whipped cream. Choose your heat, one to five peppers.
Cookie Butter
Hot · Iced6.70Cookie butter, vanilla, caramel, whipped cream, and cookie crumbles.
Nutella
Hot · Iced6.70Dutched chocolate, hazelnut, whipped cream, and Nutella drizzle.
Peach Cobbler
Hot · Iced6.70Peach, vanilla, cinnamon, and cheesecake over Dr Pepper with cream and cold foam.
The 1885
Large · Iced8.20Dr Pepper, espresso, vanilla, caramel, and cream, finished with whipped cream.
Built as a latte, mocha, chai, matcha, hot chocolate, or dirty soda, your call. The 1885 is a fixed recipe.
Flavors are always on us.
Up to four per drink, in any drink on the menu: lattes, mochas, chai, matcha, coffee, americanos, energy drinks, and sodas.
Sizes
| Small | Medium | Large | XL | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Hot | 12 oz | 16 oz | 20 oz | — |
| Iced | 16 oz | 20 oz | 24 oz | 32 oz |
| Shots | 2 | 2 | 3 | 4 |
Prices shown are for a Small. A Large includes up to 3 shots at no charge.
Southern Sweet Tea.
Brewed fresh daily. Un-Southern's here too.
Always unlimited refills for dine-in · from 3.75Espresso
A Large includes up to 3 shots at no charge
FromLatte
5.35Flat White
5.35Cappuccino
4.80Mocha
5.60White Mocha
5.60Macchiato
5.60Dirty Chai
5.80Eggnog Latte
Seasonal6.10Café con Leche
5.80Cuban espresso, whipped sweet, in steamed milk.
Americano
4.10Coffee & shots
Espresso, cortado, and Cuban coffee: 2, 3, or 4 shots
FromDrip Coffee
2.55Iced Coffee
3.00Espresso
2 · 3 · 4 shots3.25Cortado
2 · 3 · 4 shots4.25Cuban Coffee
2 · 3 · 4 shots4.75Espresso whipped with sugar.
Chai, matcha & tea
FromChai
4.80Matcha
4.50London Fog
5.05Hot Tea
3.75Energy & sodas
Flavors on us, up to four
FromDirty Sodas
4.50Coke, Coke Zero, Dr Pepper, Diet Dr Pepper, Sprite, or Root Beer.
Lotus Plant Power
4.50Red Bull
5.50Regular or sugar-free.
Italian Sodas
4.00Fountain Drinks
3.25Not coffee
FromHot Chocolate
4.50Flavored Milk
5.00Wassail
4.50Lemonade
4.15Orange Juice
2.95Add-ons
Creams: half & half, heavy, Italian sweet, coconut cream, or creamer.
Order ahead here or in The Texan app, and get half off your first drink.
Every lunch entrée includes a fountain drink, iced tea, or americano. Seasonal drinks are on the board in the café.
Featured flavors
A wide selection beyond our features. Just ask.
Prices effective October 2026.
The menu starts with you
Catering
Who are you taking care of, and what do you want them to feel?
Level One: Good Food, No Fuss
18–25 / personWe handle the food. You handle the rest. Office lunches, school groups, casual gatherings.
Level Two: Simple Service
26–38 / personWe show up, set up, and return to pick up. Company lunches, school events, festivals.
Level Three: Elevated Buffet
38–55 / personBuffet-style, but it looks like an event. Graduations, weddings, corporate events.
Level Four: The Full Experience
From 55 / personFood meets event design. Weddings, showers, branded events.