This warehouse-chic eatery serves up a brunch bonanza that’s both delicious and refreshing, attracting food lovers for its stellar cocktails and standout dishes.
"This all-purpose cafe makes for an excellent stop before a game, offering vast breakfast and lunch menus featuring everything from the Couyon Daddy biscuit with fried chicken, crab dip, and sunny egg to vegan huevos rancheros for breakfast, and for lunch, a seafood pot pie, mushroom katsu sandwich, and vegan queso, for example. Cocktails, beer, and a refreshingly long list of non-alcoholic drink options round out the offerings." - Beth D'Addono, Clair Lorell
"Bearcat Cafe owner and chef James Reuter IV’s mother has celiac disease, so he’s used to accommodating gluten-free diets. He’s also very comfortable accommodating the indulgent and the not-so-indulgent, with a menu handily divided into “good cat” and “bad cat” sections. Good Cat breakfast selections include house-made yogurt and chia seed pudding, with a Bad Cat breakfast of crab and soft scrambled eggs with a side of potatoes. The cafe maintains a variety of vegan, vegetarian, and paleo menu choices as well." - Beth D'Addono, Eater Staff
"Bearcat looks like any trendy restaurant that opened in the mid-to-late 2010s: huge windows, succulents all around, somewhat industrial decor, and a neutral color scheme. But it’s the breakfast dishes that make this place special, not the numerous jade plants. Go for the housemade chia pudding and the Cat Momma biscuit with spicy lemon butter crab sauce. The biscuits are soft, warm, and some of the butteriest on this guide. The vegan food here is also a highlight, particularly the ranchero bowl filled with black beans, avocado, and salsa, topped with creamy cashew crema and slightly spicy ranchero sauce. Order a butterfly matcha lemonade to pair with everything." - megan braden perry
"It should come as no surprise that Bearcat’s wide-ranging menu includes a section for breakfast burritos, ranging from a classic Southwest style wrap with black beans and bacon to versions featuring skirt steak, Gulf shrimp, or mushrooms and Boursin as the star. The longtime locals favorite offers vegan, gluten-free, and keto breakfast burritos on the menu, too. Available at the downtown location only." - Clair Lorell
"Bearcat in the CBD is a crazy busy location for the popular breakfast/brunc /lunch spot that also has a presence Uptown. For sure the CBD will be open, dishing biscuits every which way, from smothered with gravy to topped with friend chicken, creamed spinach and an egg — that’s the Big Rob." - Beth D'Addono
