Beanstalk Cafe

Best pastrami sandwich I've ever eaten. And I've eaten a lot of them. Nice folks to boot.

Stopped in here for a quick lunch. I got the Bul-Go-Gi Beef and a latte. The food was good for the prices and the staff was very friendly. I would definitely go again if I am in the area. Bul-Go-Gi Beef: I was pretty happy with my sandwich. The bread had a nice crunch to it and the meat seasoning was sweet, but not overwhelmingly so. Not huge, but pretty reasonably sized. Latte: No complaints here. Tasted good, but nothing out of the ordinary. The servers were nice and helpful with any menu questions. The menu informs sandwiches take about 15 minutes, which was roughly how long it ended up taking for my order. The inside of the cafe is pretty small, but after about five minutes outside I was able to get a table.

Yum yum! I loved the bagel sandwich shop with coffee. The atmosphere has the small coffee shop feel. My friends had the breakfast sando. My significant other and I decided to share half of the breakfast sandos and the tomato, cheese, lox, arugula breakfast bagel. These sandwiches were delicious! Both sandwiches were delicious but we definitely loved one more than the other! Half of the breakfast lox sandwich was enhaled. We had the coffee too! What a great vibe experience!

This place is meh. The coffee is good, but the service made me not want to come back. They were all just huffy and couldn't be bothered if you asked them for something. The bagels were pretty mid too. Too bad, it's a cute place.

Coffee is always the first thing my husband needs to start his day, so after once again parking at Union Square, we did a quick search to find a coffee shop nearby that was open and had outdoor seating so we could relax with our puppy. Beanstalk checked all those boxes, so off we went.They weren't exceptionally busy when we arrived, and we were able to claim one of the two outdoor tables they have available. My husband went in to order (Dirty Chai for me [$5.75), latte for him [$4.95] plus a sausage Cragel for us to share [$10.75]). He was given a number and came out to sit with us while we waited for the drinks and the Cragel.What is a Cragel, you ask? Well, I'll tell ya: it's a bagel and a croissant Frankenstein'd together. I'd never heard of or tried one before and knew I'd hate myself if I let the opportunity to sample one pass me by. We got the sandwich option to offer a bit of sustenance before we got on with our day.As much as we enjoyed this spot, I have to take a star off for the service. Or, for the miscommunication around the service. Remember how I said above that my husband was given a number for our table when he ordered? We put that number (SUPER cute artwork on it, btw, I had to take a picture) while we waited. Maybe three minutes later one of the employees came out and said, "Your drinks are ready on the counter" and then walked back in.Now, we have no issue with having to pick our drinks up. But I took issue with two things in this situation: a) when my husband got the number, the employee said, "we'll bring everything out in a moment". "Everything", in this case, we took to mean "all the things you ordered"; and 2) the employee who came out to tell us our drinks were sitting on the counter could have easily, I don't know, brought the drinks to us? Like, would it have been that much effort for her to carry two cups 50 feet to our table? Anyway, the dirty Chai was good and my husband enjoyed his latte. We were both pleased by the texture of the Cragel (my husband is neither a bagel or croissant super-fan, so I didn't expect him to like it.) The Cragel had the crispy flakiness of a croissant with the density of a bagel. It was odd, it took a second for my brain to process everything, but I found I really enjoyed it. So much so that when I went inside to chuck our cups I took a moment to see if I could order a dozen of the Cragel to go. Because I had every intention of stopping here before we drove back to San Diego. Alas, it didn't seem to be possible, so I was left with just the memory of that bready moment to hold me over.

They were out of cragels around 11am on a Sunday. We got the bagel sando with sausage, egg, and cheese, and a tuna salad sandwich, as well as an iced mocha. The sandwiches were tasty and filling, made fresh with quality ingredients, and a nice light crunch on that asiago bagel. And that iced mocha was one of the best I've had, sweet and creamy, I'm craving it now! The service was standard, and seating was limited both inside and outside the cafe, but we were able to find an outdoor table with seats, as people came and went fairly quickly, just as we did. I'd return to try the cragels.

It is a cozy breakfast joint with great coffee, bagels, and fast service. It's a small store, so you may have to wait a few minutes to find a seat.

Wonderful sandwiches, would highly recommend the pesto turkey. Located in a pretty central area of the city, its easiest to park in a garage and walk over. The cafe is small, so getting a seat may be hard, but the food is very good. Order at the counter and then sit down later.

Delicious and fresh. I had to salmon lox on bagel. Cute inside atmosphere and few tables outside as well. Friendly staff too.

This place is teeny tiny! I was behind a couple and outside! The menu is posted on the board. I went with breakfast sandwich ( Morning sandwich) with extra lettuce. Although a little pricey- it's a lot of sandwich. (Two meals for me).The bread is amazing! I'm a carb girl and this hits every button: crusty outside, fluffy inside, great flavor! Bacon good. Tomatoe and onion sliced paper thin. Arugula adds a nice touch of peppery flavor. Skimpy on the lettuce and definitely did't get extra.