The National Café & Takeaway
The National Café & Takeaway
Choice of bacon or tofu. // Avocado, sunny-side eggs, pickled cucumbers and peppers, sesame spinach, crispy shallots, and sriracha ketchup served on top of fried rice. (v, V, GF)
Pork or soy Chorizo, potatoes, onions, peppers, black bean dip and cheddar cheese in a flour tortilla smothered in a housemade verde salsa with sour cream drizzle. Topped with 2 sunny side eggs and pico de gallo
Vegan sausage, hashbrown patty, melted vegan cheese, guacamole, chipotle sauce on a toasted pretze bun. Served with fruit cup.
Choice of bacon, ham, or vegetarian. // Rosemary potatoes, sauted peppers, caramelized onions, cheddar cheese, two sunny-side eggs, & hollandaise.
Choice of bacon, ham, or spinach. // Bagel or croissant sandwich topped with scrambled eggs and melted cheddar cheese. Served with rosemary breakfast potatoes
Choice of Bacon, Ham, or spinach. // Toasted sourdough with two fried eggs, cheddar cheese, avocado, caramelized onions, olive tapanade, and sriracha mayo
two impossible sausage patties, vegan cheese, vegan sriracha mayo, sauted spinach, olive tapenade, caramelized onions and avocado on toasted sourdough. Served with Rosemary breakfast potatoes
Two fried corn tortillas with black bean spread topped with sunny-side eggs and a housemade ranchero sauce. Served with a side of rosemary breakfast potatoes
Two pieces of Texas toast in an orange cinnamon batter with candied nuts, maple syrup, and whip cream
Choice of bacon, ham, or sauted veggies. Served with two eggs, rosemary breakfast potatoes*, and sourdough toast.
Our homemade black bean spread, scrambled eggs, cheddar cheese, sauted peppers and onions all rolled in a flour tortilla. Served with rosemary breakfast potatoes.
Turkey, bacon and melted brie with a lingonberry jam on toasted ciabatta.
Bacon, lettuce, tomato, and avocado on toasted sourdough with garlic mayo. // Add two fried eggs + $2. Served with Chips and dip.
Grilled chciken' garden jack cheese' pickled onions' sweet peppers' guacamole and sriracha mayo in a panini
Choice of sesame soy grilled chicken or tofu. // On a toasted baguette with jicama slaw, jalapeos, cilantro, and a sweet 'n spicy sriracha mayo. (Can be made vegan)
Sauted peppers, onions, mushrooms, sundried tomatoes, spinach, melted provolone, garlic mayo, and Olive Tapenade in a pressed ciabatta. Served with chips and dip
Toasted plain bagel with your choice of cream cheese or jam and butter
Rice Bowl
French Toast
a man walking down the street
oysters and mussels, drink
Order sign
wifi
exterior
Counter
Order and pay by phone from table, tables isolated. I want this to continue after the Pandemic!
Entrance from the street
a menu on a brick wall
a view of the ceiling
a street corner
Awesome cafe mural
The National Street Mural
Front bar space
outside
Table Menu
drink, soups and chowder
Breakfast Burrito
Breakfast Burrito
Donut and a latte on a warm summer's morning!
a sandwich and chips
Rice Bowl
Scott W.
Dec 14, 2024
First time here. We stopped in for a brunch. The place has a nice feel. Lots of smaller tables spread around. The counter also has seats.You order online an a server brings your food when ready. The online menu is a fairly straightforward process. Got our drinks first, the Rishi tea was good, as well as the Latte (with cookie dough flavoring).Got a couple of Breakfast Burritos and a Rice Bowl. All of them came out a reasonable time. They were all hot, flavorful and good portions. I especially enjoyed the rice bowl that had avocado, eggs, bacon, pickles and siracha ketchup, and I added some bacon as well (nice and crispy). My one complaint would be the actual rice. The menu describes it as fried rice, but for me it was not as "fried" as you would normally get. I would specifically ask for "extra" fry next time.The service was very good too. Helpful and friendly. However once they serve the food you are pretty much on your own. I would have preferred more hot water for the tea. (I know, I could have gone to the counter, but we were deep in conversation :)Would definitely come back.
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annette d.
Feb 9, 2025
I have passed this place for years and always wanted to try it. The menu is a Covid holdover of ordering from your phone, paying and tipping before you receive any food. My husband was happy to have the tofu rice bowl, kind of an interesting offering, garnished with Japanese pickles. I had the French Toast, which was alright, although it wasn't very hot. The servers were kind, although you're pretty much on your own after they drop your food--no one checked back with us, nor greeted us /said goodbye when we left. Even though this is a sit-down restaurant, if you want water, you need to get up and help yourself up front at the dispenser. The prices and portions seemed about right, so that was good. The one thing that really bothered me there...the whole restaurant needs a good scrub. The floor under where we were sitting in the window didn't look like it had been swept or mopped in a longggg time. The light fixtures were all dusty grey. I was happy to see they got a good inspection score because I was starting to feel uncomfortable. Not sorry we came here, but I'm not sure I'll be coming back too soon.
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Sonia S.
Nov 19, 2024
A true Walker's Point gem! I can't believe I waited so long to have breakfast here. I've been on a special elimination diet for a bit over a year due to some unforeseen circumstances which left me to eliminate all dairy and soy from my diet without warning. There are very few restaurants that I can actually enjoy a meal at because of the soy allergy, and most places aren't able to accommodate that because soy is in pretty much everything these days. National Cafe and Bakery was able to accommodate for these food allergies--it wasn't even hard because they use such high quality ingredients. I love that they focus on local ingredients and bake a lot of their baked goods in house. They were super friendly and looked up some ingredients--I was even able to get a sweet treat after breakfast which was such a morale boost for me. I can't wait to come back to National Cafe for another breakfast!
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Nicole C.
Feb 8, 2025
Everything is local and absolutely delicious! There was only one table open when we got here but I love the vibe. AND we were greeted by a super friendly girl with a tuxedo t-shirt. Love it! The playlist was dope and the coffee was tasty. We will be making this place a staple of our trips to MKE.
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Thomas B.
Jan 19, 2025
Delicious. Loved it. Turkey bacon Brie sandwich and lavender Italian soda. Wonderful.
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Christian B.
Aug 16, 2024
Ok so the ambiance is perfect in this quaint cafe and the staff were SUPER friendly. I ate in the window seat with all the adorable succulents and enjoyed a wonderful black tea (not pictured). However, I just have a petty personal grievance with this rice bowl I need to air out via Yelp review.This bowl touts all the trappings for a perfect vegetarian millenial bowl; avocado, kimchi/spicy stuff, spinach, rice and delicious eggs on top. And it delivered on that! But the whole thing was drenched - I mean DRENCHED - in what I thought would be a unique sauce. It is ketchup. It is ketchup all the way down.It was particularly confounding because the cooked tofu was spiced pretty well, the egg was cooked perfectly, the spinach was sincerely wonderful. Why ruin a perfectly good dish with all this ketchup? I'm so serious like this is really bothersome to me. Maybe it's my mistake for eating a mostly vegan diet in Wisconsin, but if I wanted to eat a bowl of ketchup, I'd just do that! I ate around all the damn ketchup as much as I could. But I'm begging you, The National: please amend or lower the amount of that sauce!
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Jenny K.
May 4, 2024
A casual cafe with delicious brunch options. You order and pay with your phone and the rest is self service. I ordered the Hot Mess which was very tasty and filling with the hollandaise sauce. I had a bite of the vegan breakfast sandwich which was also delicious. Very vegan friendly. Would definitely return for a causal brunch.
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Megan A.
Aug 30, 2024
While on a trip to Milwaukee I was searching for a spot to grab a vegan breakfast, and I'm so glad I found this place! I got the Ultimate Vegan Breakfast Sandwich and thought it was delicious! The cold brew coffee was also great. Easy to order using the QR code on the table, and food was ready fairly quick. Will definitely be back next time I am in town!
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Chris M.
Sep 27, 2024
Very good. Area traffic alittle heavy but it's a very nice place to stop. Service is good and coffee are hot as well.
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Linda B.
Jan 7, 2023
Got this as a gift and didn't know what to expect but WOW I was pleasantly surprised and satisfied beyond expectations. Quaint corner local vendors supplied with friendly and good service! Great selections of regular and vegan items. The Mediterranean panini was on point loaded with fresh vegetables and especially fresh fresh spinach hit theSpot today! The bread was perfectly pressed and toasted arriving piping hot. The American potatoes, eggs bacon and toast all cooked to perfection Contactless ordering available . Highly recommended!
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