Café menu
Welcome to our table
Recipes that have been in our family for generations, and new ones we've created entertaining family and friends. What we consider a taste of home.
7:00 – 10:30 am
Breakfast
After 10:30, just ask.
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, bacon or sausage, hash browns, grilled onion, bell pepper and jalapeño, cheddar and house garlic-jalapeño crema in a 14-inch flour tortilla. Meatless available.
The Legislative Biscuit
9.45Parmesan bacon biscuit, egg patties, bacon and provolone. More pork than a piece of DC legislation.
Miss Texas
10.45The same as the Big Tex, about half the size.
Avocado Toast
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
6.95 / 98 oz or 12 oz. Vanilla yogurt, fruit and fresh granola, served with a granola cookie.
Hand rolled and boiled in New York City
Bagels
Bagel, Toasted
4 / 5With butter 4.00, with cream cheese 5.00.
Bagel Breakfast Sandwich
9.95Egg, choice of bagel, garlic aioli, meat and cheese.
Salads & chicken salad
Seasonal Salad
14.95Spinach with seasonal fruit, feta and pecans, tossed in balsamic. Add grilled chicken 4.00.
Chicken Salad by the Container
8 / 118 oz or 12 oz, served with crackers.
Caesar
17.95Chopped romaine, grilled chicken, lemon wedge, croutons and Caesar dressing.
Chicken Salad Sandwich Plate
15.95Choice of chicken salad, bread and veggies, plus a fountain drink or iced tea, chips and a dessert. Sub potato salad for chips, 1.00.
Lunch begins at 10:30 am
Sandwiches
Every sandwich includes a fountain drink or iced tea and a bag of chips. Want breakfast after 10:30, or lunch before it? Just ask; we'll make it if we still have it ready.
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
Served hot
Brisket Sandwich
19.50Our house brisket, piled hot. Pickles and onion no charge, cheese 2.00. Now every day
Cuban
18.50Slow roasted pork, ham, Swiss, yellow mustard and pickles, pressed on Cuban bread from a Cuban bakery in Tampa.
Reuben
18.50Pastrami, Swiss, sauerkraut, mayo and thousand island, served hot on toasted rye.
Italian
17Pepperoni, salami, provolone, black olives, pepperoncini, lettuce, tomato and balsamic vinaigrette, served hot.
Panini
17Ciabatta with mayo, pesto, provolone, onion, tomato, spinach and your choice of pastrami or turkey, pressed.
The Boss Hog
15.50 / 17.50Ham, bacon, cheddar, avocado, olives and honey mustard, pressed or toasted. Croissant loaf or bigger sourdough.
Grilled Cheese
11Sourdough and four slices of cheese, grilled. Pick one cheese or mix two. Kevin Bacon, Cluck Norris, Ham Solo or Tom Petty, 2.50.
Clubs & classics
BLT / BLAT
13 / 15.50Bacon, lettuce, tomato and mayo. BLAT adds avocado.
Turkey BLT / BLAT
16 / 18.50Turkey, bacon, lettuce, tomato, mayo. BLAT adds avocado.
The Texan Club
18.50Turkey, ham and bacon with lettuce, tomato, mayo and honey mustard on Texas Toast. Add cheddar for max flavor.
Gretchen's Club
18.50Turkey, ham, bacon and cheddar on a pressed ciabatta roll with mayo, honey mustard, lettuce and tomato.
Californian
18Shredded white meat chicken, bacon, avocado, Havarti and ranch on ciabatta.
Gourmet Turkey
16.50Turkey, bacon, Havarti, lettuce, onion and cranberry cream cheese on rustic wheat.
Garden Deluxe
15Hummus, bell pepper, onion, tomato, cucumber, lettuce, provolone and balsamic on rustic wheat or as a wrap.
Build your own
The Basics
14.50Choose your bread, meat, cheese, veggies and spreads. Turkey, ham, salami or pepperoni included; roasted chicken 2.50, pastrami or pulled pork 3.50.
Make it yours: add-ons & swaps
- Bacon 2.50
- Cheeses 2.00
- Avocado 2.50
- Cream cheese or hummus 1.00
- Dry, no charge
- Sub potato salad for chips 1.00
- Tampa style Cuban 1.50
- More meat? Size it up
Want something that isn't on it? That's The Basics. Seasonal features rotate through the year; ask what we're running. Credit cards are subject to a 3% service charge.
Kid's menu
Kid's Breakfast
8.50Kid's drink included. Scrambled eggs, bacon or sausage, hash brown and toast, or a breakfast sandwich (sausage, egg and cheese) on Texas toast (croissant loaf +1.00).
Kid's Lunch
8.50Chips, kid's 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
Five desserts in the case every day. Everything else we bake to order.
In the case every day
- Banana Pudding and Poteet Pudding, 8 oz or 12 oz cup
- Browned Butter Chocolate Chip Cookies
- South Texas Sheet Cake · Brownies
- Biscuits: Parmesan Bacon · Strawberry
- Sausage Kolaches, as often as we can
To order ahead
Order Monday through Wednesday by 10 am, ready two days later.
Thursday and Friday, just ask; we'll see what we can do.
Custom layer and tiered cakes need a full week.
Flavors are always on us
Drinks
★ House specialties
Our signature drinks, finished our way
FromSouth Texas Mocha
Hot · Iced6.70Dutched chocolate, cinnamon and cayenne, finished with whipped cream. Pick your heat: one to five peppers.
Cookie Butter
Hot · Iced6.70Cookie butter, vanilla and caramel, finished with whipped cream and cookie crumbles.
Nutella
Hot · Iced6.70Dutched chocolate and hazelnut, finished with whipped cream and a 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 and espresso with vanilla, caramel and cream, finished with whipped cream.
Flavors are always on us.
Vanilla, caramel, hazelnut, lavender, sugar-free: as many as you like, in any latte, mocha, chai, matcha, energy drink or soda. Drip, americano, cappuccino and iced coffee: 50¢.
Sizes
| Small | Medium | Large | XL | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Hot | 12 oz | 16 oz | 20 oz | — |
| Iced | 16 oz | 20 oz | 24 oz | 32 oz |
Prices shown are for a Small.
Southern Sweet Tea.
Brewed fresh and sweetened like we never left Texas. Unsweet's here too, for folks from the rest of the country. Bless your hearts.
Free with any lunch · from 3.75Espresso
Most come iced too · every Large gets a free third shot
FromLatte
Hot · Iced5.35Flat White
Hot5.35Cappuccino
Hot4.80Mocha
Hot · Iced5.60White Mocha
Hot · Iced5.60Caramel Macchiato
Hot · Iced5.60Café con Leche
Hot5.80Cuban espresso, whipped sweet, in steamed milk
Americano
Hot · Iced4.10Coffee & shots
FromDrip Coffee
Hot2.55Iced Coffee
Iced · XL3.00Espresso
2 · 3 · 4 shots3.25Cortado
2 · 3 · 4 shots4.25Espresso and steamed milk, equal parts
Cuban Coffee
2 · 3 · 4 shots4.75Espresso whipped with sugar
Not coffee
FromHot Chocolate
Hot4.50Flavored Milk
Iced · XL5.00Wassail
Hot4.50Hot spiced cider
Lemonade
Iced · XL4.15Orange Juice
2.95Chai, matcha & tea
FromChai Latte
Hot · Iced · XL4.80Dirty Chai
Hot · Iced5.80Chai with a shot of espresso
Matcha Latte
Hot · Iced · XL4.50London Fog
Hot · Iced · XL5.05Earl Grey, vanilla and steamed milk
Tea
Hot · Iced · XL3.75Energy & sodas
Any flavor, on us. All iced, XL available
FromLotus Energy
4.50Plant-based energy over club soda
Red Bull
5.50Dirty Soda
4.50Your soda with cream and flavor
Italian Soda
4.00Flavor over club soda, cream if you like
Fountain Drink
3.25Cans & bottles: Big Red 2.00 · Mexican Coke 3.00 / 4.00 · Red Bull 3.75 · Alani 3.75
Add-ons
Order ahead here or in The Texan app, and get half off your first drink.
Prices are for a Small. Every lunch entrée includes a fountain drink, iced tea or americano. Seasonal drinks are on the board in the café.
Featured flavors
For energy drinks, dirty sodas and Italian sodas. Plenty more, just ask.
Four levels of experience
Catering
Who are you taking care of, and what do you want them to feel?
Level One: Good Food, No Fuss
13–25 / personWe prepare the food, you handle the rest. Pickup or drop-off.
Level Two: Simple Service
25–32 / personWe show up, set up and serve. Warmers, plates and napkins included.
Level Three: Elevated Buffet
30–45+ / personStyled presentation, real serving dishes, greenery, full coordination.
Level Four: The Full Experience
Custom quoteGrazing tables and styled displays built around your colors and theme.