Just like Wen-Jay’s mama used to make
Order nowFarm-to-table comfort
Cozy up in the Cafe (with yourself or your podmates) and get a taste of what peak-flavor is all about. Here you’ll find healthy, delicious dishes inspired by Wen-Jay’s favorite childhood Chinese comfort food dishes. And since it’s all been prepared with local farm-fresh produce and healthy, humane meat, you can fully relish the flavor.

Cafe Menu
90% of our menu's ingredients come from local, sustainable farms and vendors. We're cooking up healthy, Chinese-inspired comfort food that's good for you and the environment.
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FRITTATA
$12GF, NF
Made with our pasture-raised eggs and local produce served with Brooklyn rooftop greens
+ Multigrain bread $2
+ Gluten-Free Seedy Sandwich bread $3
+ Add bacon $2
+ Add Local Roots Signature Garlic Sausage $3 -
YOGURT AND NY STATE HONEY
$5GF, V, NF
+Add fresh seasonal fruit or
preserves $2 (Preserves are
GF, V, DF, NF) -
OVERNIGHT OATS
$12VV, DF, NF, GF
Coconut and oat milk-soaked gluten-free oats and chia
seeds, coconut cream, fresh seasonal fruit or preserves -
LOCAL ROOTS EGG SALAD
$15-$16.5V, DF, NF- CONTAINS RAW EGG YOLK + SOY
Perfectly golden local, pasture-raised
eggs, house-made mayo, soy sauce, cayenne
+ Served on milk bread $15
+ On seasonal local greens and veggies
with red wine vinaigrette $16.5 -
BAO
2 for $14Dairy free bao version available.
Pick a filling:
• Zha Jiang - ground pork and mushrooms
in a sweet bean sauce
• Mapo Tofu - silken tofu in a fiery soy
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FAN TUAN RICE ROLL
$10, $5 FOR HALFDF, NF
• Original: Sticky rice roll filled with
pickled veggies, croissant, tea egg,
scallion, cilantro, and rousong -
vegetarian option available
• Zha Jiang: croissant, seasonal veggies,
scallions, ruosong, and ground pork +
mushrooms in sweet bean sauce
• Vegan Mapo Tofu: croissant, tofu,
ground mushroom, fiery soy bean paste -
SEASONAL HOUSE SALAD
$14V
Organic, seasonal veggies with tea eggs and
housemade sichuan peppercorn bread crumbs
with red wine vinaigrette or
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FRESH LOCAL ROOTS VEGGIES AND DIPS
$8VV
Organic, seasonal veggies with dips
Choose Two Housemade Dips:• Egg Salad (V, DF, NF- contains raw egg yolk + soy)
• Sweet Potato Brown Butter & Sichuan Peppercorn Spread (GF, V, NF)
• Green Goddess Dip (GF, V, NF- contains soy)+ As a sandwich on milk bread or gluten-free
bread $10 -
SCALLION PANCAKES
2 FOR $9, 1 FOR $5VV, DF, NF
Flakey scallion pancakes with stone ground all purpose flour, scallions, and our secret ingredient. Pair with one of our dips and sauces found in the Sides section.
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SCALLION PANCAKE CHEESE MELT
$8NF
+Savory: melted cheese with housemade green
goddess dressing
+Sweet: melted cheese with homemade seasonal
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ZHA JIANG
$16-$16.5DF, NF - contains sesame seeds + soy + gluten
Ground pork, mushrooms, sweet
bean paste, scallions, sesame
seeds+ On purple sticky rice $16
+ On seasonal rooftop greens dressed in our Garlic Sesame Hot Oil $16.5 -
VEGAN MAPO TOFU
$16-$16.5VV, DF, NF - contains sesame
Tofu, ground mushroom, fiery soy bean paste, and scallions
+ On purple sticky rice $16
+ Served on seasonal rooftop greens and dressed in our Garlic Sesame Hot Oil $16.50 -
SWEET AND SOUR TOMATO AND EGG STIR FRY
$16V, DF, NF
Ripe tomatoes with slow cooked pasture-raised eggs in a light, homemade sweet and sour sauce served on purple sticky rice
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Kid's MENU
$7 EACH• Scallion pancake + juice (V, NF)
• Small Overnight Oats + juice (VV, DF, NF, GF)
• “Fancy Snackable” Cheese + crudite + Green Goddess Dip + apple + juice (V, NF, GFO)
• Mini fan tuan rice ball + juice (DF, NF)
• Mini sesame miso chocolate chip cookie (V, NF) $2 -
Side of Grains/Toast
GRAINS
• Sticky rice $2 (GF, V, VV, DF, NF)
TOAST
• Multigrain bread $2 (VV, DF, NF- CONTAINS SEEDS)
• Gluten-free Seedy Sandwich bread $3 (GF, V, VV, DF, NF- CONTAINS SEEDS)
• Milk Bread $3 (V, NF- CONTAINS DAIRY) -
Side of Local Roots Signature Heritage Maple Bacon
$4GF, DF, NF
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Side of Local Roots Signature Garlic Sausage
$3GF, DF, NF
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Side of Leafy Greens with choice of Dressing
$4GF, VV, DF, NF
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Side of Fresh Seasonal Fruit
$3GF, VV, DF, NF
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side of local roots strawberry or raspberry jam
$3 -
Side of Garlic Sesame Hot Oil
$3GF, VV, NF- CONTAINS SEEDS
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Side of Red Wine Vinaigrette
$2GF,, VV, DF, NF
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Side of Green Goddess Dip
$3GF, V, NF- CONTAINS SOY
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SWEET POTATO BROWN BUTTER & SICHUAN PEPPERCORN SPREAD
$3GF, V, NF
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Herbal Masha Loose Leaf Teas
$4CALM
• Organic chamomile, organic chrysanthemum, organic lemon balm
CHAI
• Organic Darjeeling, organic cinnamon, organic clove, organic ginger, organic fennel, star anise, organic cardamom
HOLY BASIL
• Organic Tulsi -
Green Masha Loose Leaf Teas
$4GENMAICHA
• Genmaicha from Uji, Japan
GINGER GREEN
• Japanese Sencha and organic ginger root
MATCHA
• from Fukuoka, Japan -
Black Masha Loose Leaf Teas
$4DARJEELING
• Organic Darjeeling black
tea -
House-Made Seasonal Shrub and Soda
$5+ add freshmade boba pearls $1
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Yuzu Lychee Arnold Palmer
$5+ add freshmade boba pearls $1
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Masha Masha Matcha Spritz
$5+ add freshmade boba pearls $1
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ICED MATCHA LATTE
$5+ add freshmade boba pearls $1
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SEASONAL FRESH MADE JUICE
$ BASED ON SEASONAL PRODUCE+ add freshmade boba pearls $1
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Drip Coffee
$3 -
Cold Brew
$4 -
HOUSEMADE SEASONAL SCONE
$3.5NF
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HOUSEMADE SCALLION CHEDDAR SCONE
$3.5NF
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HOUSEMADE SESAME MISO CHOCOLATE CHIP COOKIE
$3.5V, NF
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VEGAN CHOCOLATE CHUNK COOKIE
$3.25VV, DF, NF
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MATCHA SESAME MISO CHOCOLATE CHIP COOKIE
$5.5V, NF
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housemade CARROT COOKIE
$3.5VV, DF, NF
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GLUTEN FREE COOKIES
$4V, GF
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TOASTED BLACKSEED BAGEL WITH BUTTER
$3V, NF
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ZERO WASTE BREAD PUDDING (WHEN AVAILABLE)
$4.5 -
HAM AND CHEDDAR CROISSANT WITH RUOSONG
$6NF
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ALMOND CROISSANT
$4.25V
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PAIN AU CHOCOLAT
$4.25V, NF
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CROISSANT
$3.5V, NF
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