San Antonio’s already lackluster vegan scene is taking one other hit. After a five-year run close to Medical Heart, plant-based eatery Miss Chickpea’s Cafetal will shut up store at 8002 Callaghan Rd #106 on December 28.
“It has been a loopy trip these final 5 years from a small dream to a restaurant, however we’re having to begin a brand new chapter of Miss Chickpeas with out the Cafetal,” writes the restaurant in a social media assertion. “The market is ever fluctuating, and to ensure that us to maintain transferring and rising, we’re having to make this tough adjustment.”
Chef Tatiana Martinez, a lifetime baker and a graduate of Le Cordon Bleu, first opened the outpost as a bake store, specializing in pastries and different sweets that tasted like they have been made with dairy fats. Over time, she moved the baking operations to 10105 Broadway, changing the unique store into a restaurant.
The transfer allowed the model to increase its choices. The menu supplied grab-and-go savory pastries like kolaches and biscuits, quesadillas, smoothies, salads, and a number of other pan-Latin dishes, together with bean and cheese pupusas, jamon tortas,and a Salvadoran-style breakfast combo.
Though the unique location will quickly be gone, Miss Chickpea’s followers ought to take coronary heart. The Broadway bakery isn’t going wherever and is presently taking Christmas orders for treats like apple chai caramel pie, gingerbread “cheezcake,”and garlic herb dinner rolls. In truth, there are large plans for the store.
“Fret not, we will probably be renovating the Broadway location to have the ability to supply extra choices, and we now have thrilling plans within the works for 2026,” says the restaurant. “The Chickpeas are solely simply getting began.”
A request for extra info on the rework was not instantly returned. Till its closing day, Miss Chickpea’s Cafetal will probably be open Thursday by means of Saturday, 8 am-3 pm, and Sundays, 8 am-noon.
