Nacha Focaccia: What’s Vegetarian Editorial Review

Nacha Focaccia is a 100% vegan cafe on Franklin Avenue in Crown Heights, Brooklyn. Everything on the menu is vegan, including the sandwiches that sound like they aren’t, so you can order anything without checking. Focaccia is the whole idea here, and you get it plain, flavored, or stacked into a sandwich.

Charlise Rookwood runs the kitchen, and her Mauritian and Jamaican roots shape the bread. She told BK Mag that Nacha is her first restaurant. Naima Coleman, her business partner, runs the drinks side. The cafe opened in the spring of 2026.

What to order

Start with the bread. You can get the OG, a classic focaccia, for $5. For $6.50 you get the Piment Rouge, with Mauritian tomato creole flavor and a coconut chutney dip. Choco Bliss is a double chocolate chunk focaccia, also $6.50. It works as dessert or as breakfast, and you won’t hear us complain about either.

Sandwiches run $16 to $18. Rookwood uses meat words on a vegan menu, so read the descriptions with that in mind:

• Morning Munch, $16: bacon, a fluffy egg patty, harissa, and a seeded oil crunch mayo.
• Wild Orchard, $18: peppered turkey, homemade lemon ricotta, pickled red onion, yellow mustard, and a pear and arugula salad.
• Shiko’s Katsu, $18: a crispy fried cutlet with tonkatsu sauce, cabbage slaw, and a cucumber salad. Rookwood told BK Mag she makes the cutlet from tofu.
• Rainbow Harvest, $16: tomato, shaved rainbow carrots and radish, Tuscan lettuce, cilantro-dressed green mango, and sambal mayo.

For $13, the Chocolate and Co. puts homemade strawberry jam with sunflower or peanut butter on double chocolate chunk focaccia. Each side sauce costs $1.50: lemon ricotta, harissa, coconut chutney, or extra virgin olive oil.

BK Mag listed the drinks in May. You’ll find standard coffee drinks, a strawberry matcha, an iced drink with ube cold foam, and a caffeine-free sesame latte. She also makes a house cocoa from raw cacao, nutmeg, cinnamon, and star anise. We couldn’t read a drinks list on the cafe’s own site, so ask at the counter what’s on today.

The kitchen

Nobody cooks with animal products here, so vegetarians and vegans face no cross-contamination risk. We found nothing about gluten-free options. Focaccia is wheat bread, so anyone avoiding gluten should ask before ordering.

Hours and practical notes

Nacha is closed Monday and Tuesday. On its own site, the cafe lists Wednesday and Thursday from 9am to 5pm, and Friday through Sunday from 9am to 6pm. BK Mag printed earlier, different hours in May, so check the cafe’s Instagram before you make a special trip. You’ll find it at 800 Franklin Ave, Brooklyn, NY 11238. The owners left a placeholder phone number on the contact page, so call ahead only if they post a real one.

With sandwiches at $16 to $18, this is a $$ stop. Per BK Mag, Rookwood discourages laptop work and plays the music loud on weekends. Come for a sandwich and a coffee, not for an afternoon of email.

Nacha sits a short walk from the Brooklyn Museum, Prospect Park, and the Brooklyn Botanic Garden. Grab a Piment Rouge slab and a coffee, then walk to the park. In May, Rookwood also told BK Mag she plans a fast-casual restaurant two doors down and a bar in the basement.