Tikal Cafe: What’s Vegetarian Editorial Review

Tikal Cafe is a Bushwick coffee shop whose food menu lists no meat or fish. The site calls it a source of organic coffee and vegetarian and vegan food, and the menu backs that up with eggs, cheese, and plenty of plant-based options. Vegetarians can order anything here, and the menu says each food section has vegan and gluten-free options.

Breakfast carries the menu. An Egg Sandwich stacks two eggs, spinach, cheese, chipotle mayo, and avocado on a croissant, sourdough, or gluten-free bread. The Breakfast Burrito wraps scrambled eggs, avocado, potatoes, black beans, mozzarella, and spinach in a flour tortilla with pico de gallo and salsa verde. Huevos Rancheros puts two sunny-side-up eggs on salsa ranchera with feta, roasted potatoes, smashed avocado, and a flour tortilla. Hearty Breakfast brings scrambled eggs, potatoes, onions, spinach, and tempeh bacon with a side of toast. Fresh everything bagels come with cream cheese, butter, avocado, or egg.

Lunch stays meat-free as well. A BLT swaps in tempeh bacon and adds homemade pesto, spinach, pickled onions, tomato, and mozzarella on sourdough. The Mediterranean Farro Salad mixes farro with tomatoes, cucumber, spinach, pickled onions, pesto, and feta, and the Quinoa Salad pairs quinoa and chickpeas with red bell pepper and a sesame-Dijon dressing. Impossible Bolognese Pasta serves rigatoni with a vegan bolognese and cheese, so ask for it without cheese if you eat vegan. Harvest Soup rotates with the market vegetables, and Avocado Toast comes on whole grain or gluten-free bread.

Sweet things fill the rest of the board. The Acai Bowl combines acai puree, pitaya, granola, banana, blueberries, chia seed, and shredded coconut. A Vegan Yogurt Bowl comes in strawberry rhubarb or lemon elderflower. The pastry case holds plain, almond, and chocolate croissants baked daily, plus a gluten-free and vegan brownie.

Coffee is the other half. Espresso drinks include a double espresso, americano, macchiato, latte, cappuccino, mocha, and dirty chai, and the latte comes in lavender, hazelnut, caramel, vanilla, taro, and cherry blossom flavors. The non-coffee side adds matcha, chai, chocolate, and taro lattes. A fall list brought back a pumpkin spice latte, a pumpkin chai tea latte, a brown sugar latte, a golden turmeric latte, and a Salted Caramel Brulee topped with coconut whipped cream. Every milk substitution costs $0.75 extra, so oat or soy milk adds to the bill.

Tikal posts no note about shared equipment, and several items use eggs, dairy, or nuts, so strict vegans should ask before ordering. The menu also asks you to tell your server or barista about any allergy.

Food items on the menu cost between $8 and $14.50, and coffee drinks land between $3.25 and $7.

Plan the visit around the hours. The cafe opens at 7:30 a.m. on weekdays and 8:30 a.m. on weekends, and it closes at 5 p.m. every day. Its website carries a 2026 copyright and lists this fall’s lattes. Call (347) 789-4790 if a listing elsewhere shows different hours.

Order the Egg Sandwich and a cherry blossom latte, then add a brownie for later.