Cafe Cap

Cafe Cappuccino is known for their delicious breakfasts throughout Waco. They have three different locations, and take reservations, which makes it quite accessible. 

I've gone there quite a few times, but I’ve never taken the time to consider if they had options for vegetarians (besides their delicious pancakes). I was pleasantly surprised when I found the Veggie & Swiss omelet. It came with a side of either toast or a pancake and I opted for one giant blueberry pancake.

When it first arrived I was slightly disappointed with the appearance of the omelet, it looked very small and unimpressive next to the pancaked it was served with. But once I began eating the variety of different vegetables and colors of them within it all came out and it began to look better. The flavor was delicious and everything was served hot and quick which is always something to look for in a restaurant.

Although it may not look appetizing, I would say Café Cappuccino is a good option if you’re looking for somewhere with a delicious vegetarian breakfast.

ACL's Veggie Variety

This week I am changing it up a bit. Typically, I follow food around Waco, but this week I traveled to Austin for Austin City Limits. I thought it would be interesting to report if the music festival had meatless options, and if the tents that sold them served quality vegetarian food.  

To my astonishment, I was pleasantly surprised! Not only did many of the trailers offer vegetarian options, but they were actually really delicious. I would say about half of the restaurants there offered meat free alternatives to their normal foods.

All the food was fairly easy to eat since it was premade and meant to be convenient to walk around the festival with.

I decided to go to Chi’lantro BBQ, why barbeque you ask? As much as you think they may only have meat they actually offered Korean Tofu Tacos. They came in tortillas with slaw and some sort of barbeque sauce and of course, tofu. They were delicious and fairly easy to eat.

The only downside to this was the price. For two tacos I paid nine dollars. However, everything at the festival was around this price so it wasn’t unreasonable.

I highly recommend if you are ever in the Austin area to give Chi’lantro a stop. Although it is known for the Korean barbeque, they also have delicious vegetarian options to try out.

Mixing it up with The Mix Cafe

Today I revisited one of my favorite restaurants to go to freshman year. The Mix Café is within walking distance of campus and conveniently right behind the business school.

We decided to eat outside because of the beautiful weather as well as the space in the restaurant being limited. The menu is also limited, although there were a number of vegetarian choices. Also, if you eat inside occasionally you come out smelling like grease, which I did not want to chance.

I got the artichoke & feta flatbread with some sweet tea. On it comes spinach, feta, artichokes, Italian seasoning drizzled with a balsamic glaze.

The food came out fast, however I wish the flatbread had more melted cheese to keep all of the spinach and artichokes on the flatbread. At first when I got it, I thought it was just a basket filled with artichokes spinach and feta, but then realized the giant flatbread underneath. It was quite difficult to eat considering it was just cut in half leaving the pieces still fairly large. The artichoke chunks were also kind of bulky, making it easy for them to fall off.

The flavors were delicious and location convenient, but I don't think I would order this meal again due to the difficulty of eating it.