Dreamstate Cafe: What’s Vegetarian Editorial Review

Dreamstate Cafe is a vegan all-day cafe and bar at 2558 Lyndale Avenue South in Minneapolis. Its own site calls the place plant-based, and Racket described the debut in December 2025 as all vegan but accessible.

Menu items read like a regular American cafe lineup, with nachos, burgers, fried chicken sandwiches, and corned beef. Cooks build every dish from plants, so you never need to ask. Racket ties the place to Reverie in Powderhorn, and the cooking leans on vegetables, grains, and house-made meat alternatives.

Lunch runs Monday through Friday from 11am to 5pm. On weekends, brunch covers 9am to 3pm, with the same plant-based kitchen turning out both. Past listings on the events page include live music, art markets, and watch parties. Dinner starts at 5pm daily. Happy hour fills 3pm to 5pm.

For a small plate, try the Shredded Burnt End Nachos, where chili crisp mock duck sits on chips with queso blanco, pickled red onion, and avocado-tomatillo salsa. Sweet Potato Sopes come with cashew chevre. Coffee Black Beans and Rice arrives with potato threads and jalapeno sour cream. Yucca Fries and House Fries come with chili crisp aioli or ketchup, which makes a good table share.

Want a bigger meal? Try the Mushroom Dashi Ramen, which has crispy tofu, kimchi, and house noodles. Oyster mushrooms stand in for scallops in the Scallop Linguini. Salads include the Seaweed Caesar and the Crunchy Salad.

Handhelds copy the classics. Pub Burger fans get a pretzel bun, beer cheese, and crispy onion. Fried Chicken Sandwich uses a housemade chicken patty on brioche, and the Corned Beef Sandwich uses corned beef seitan, house kraut, and smoked gouda. Tofu mozzarella anchors the Roasted Delicata Sandwich. Two taco plates, Shredded Burnt End and Maitake, sit beside the sandwiches on the same page.

Brunch adds Yucca Hash, Sweet Potato Biscuits and Gravy with wild rice mushroom gravy, and a Weekend Poutine with fried tofu mozzarella. The Four Parter stacks cheese grits, a sweet potato biscuit, a sausage patty, and a Just Egg scramble on one plate. Sweet potato sopes, cashew chevre, and hollandaise make up the Curtido Benedict, and if you want something lighter you can order a Breakfast Burrito with coffee black beans and a Just Egg scramble, or ask what the Waffle of the Moment is. Order one of each. Brunch cocktails get a separate menu.

Icons on the menus flag allergens. They mark dishes made without gluten, dishes you can order without gluten, dishes with tree nuts, and dishes you can order nut-free. Cashew cheese and almond cotija show up often, so tell your server about any tree nut allergy.

Guests park in the dedicated lot on the north side of the building, reached from the alley between 25th and 26th Streets. Servers do not take tips, and credit card sales carry a 3 percent surcharge. Private events and parties are open for booking.

Hours can shift with the season. According to the site, breakfast and late night will return when the weather warms. Call 612-466-2227 if you plan a visit at an odd hour.

Bring a group on a weekend. Order the nachos and the Four Parter for the table, then add a cocktail.