Piedmont Cafe

Name: Piedmont Cafe
Address: 4172 N Mesa St, Ste A, El Paso, TX, 79902, US
Telephone: +19152496965
Price range: $$$

4172 N Mesa St, Ste A, El Paso, TX 79902

Open$$$American, Breakfast & brunchCentralHours not recorded here. Call first.

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What you can order

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45 vegan options, 2 to ask about50 vegan and vegetarian options

Muhammara Mezze
A shared board of falafel, olive tapenade, marinated artichokes, pickled vegetables, feta, stuffed grape leaves, spiced walnuts, candied pecans and lavash flatbread.
Needs a change
Ask for it made vegan. The feta is the obvious removal; the candied pecans and the falafel binder are the ones to ask about.
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Adobe Nachos
Warm tostadas with house queso, a black bean and broccoli sausage, pickled vegetables, house crema and scallions.
Needs a change
Ask for it made vegan. The queso and the crema are both dairy as listed.
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Empanadas
Three empanadas with a picadillo filling, arugula, pimiento peppers and peppercorn ranch.
Needs a change
Ask for the vegan version. The listed filling is a meat picadillo and the ranch is dairy, so ask what the vegan build actually is before ordering.
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Shishito Peppers
Shishito peppers in a citrus soy marinade with a chipotle cacao aioli.
Needs a change
Ask for it made vegan, which means the aioli.
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Soup of the Day
The daily soup, served with focaccia points.
Needs a change
Ask what the soup is that day and whether the vegan version is the soup itself or a different one. This changes daily, so it is worth asking every time.
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Stuffed Grape Leaves
Five grape leaves stuffed with rice and onion, with mast-o-khiar and lemon.
Needs a change
Ask them to hold the mast-o-khiar, which is a yogurt dip. The leaves themselves are rice and onion.
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Bang Bang Broccoli
Broccoli in a panko batter with bang bang sauce, chives and scallions.
Needs a change
Ask for it made vegan. Both the batter and the bang bang sauce are worth naming, and it is worth asking whether it shares a fryer.
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Buckwheat Pancakes
Buckwheat pancakes with assorted berries and warm maple syrup, in a short stack or a large one.
Needs a change
Ask for the vegan version. The menu carries its vegan symbol here but does not say how the batter changes, so that is the thing to ask about.
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Moroccan Toast
House focaccia with chermoula, avocado, Aleppo pepper, lemon, arugula and olive oil. An egg can be added.
Needs a change
Order it without the optional egg and ask for the vegan version. The menu marks it vegan-available, and the focaccia is the part worth a question.
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Biscuits & Gravy
Scratch-made biscuits under pepper gravy.
Needs a change
Ask for the vegan version. Both the biscuit and the pepper gravy normally lean on dairy, so this is one where it is worth hearing what they swap.
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Migas
Corn tortilla strips with a scramble, asadero, guajillo sauce, tomatoes and scallions, with a choice of side.
Needs a change
Ask for the vegan migas. The restaurant's delivery menu lists it as its own item, built on tofu instead of egg.
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House Made Granola
House granola of puffed rice and millet, walnuts, amaranth seeds, oats, pecans, coconut and pistachios, with acai puree, fresh berries and a choice of milk or Greek yogurt.
Needs a change
Ask for it vegan and choose a plant milk rather than the yogurt. The menu marks it vegan-available; what binds the granola is worth asking about.
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Steel Cut Oatmeal
Steel cut oats with coconut milk, chai spices and berries.
Needs a change
Ask for the vegan version. It is already built on coconut milk, so this is the shortest of the changes on this menu.
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Loaded Potato Hash
Potato hash with mushrooms, chickpeas, asparagus, queso, tomato and scallions, with a choice of side.
Needs a change
Ask for it made vegan, which at minimum means dealing with the queso. The menu marks it vegan-available but does not say whether the queso is swapped or dropped.
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Yum Yum Hashbrowns
Hashbrowns with queso, onions, jalapenos, tomatoes, mushrooms and yum yum sauce, with a choice of side.
Needs a change
Ask for it made vegan. The queso and the yum yum sauce are both worth naming when you order.
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Smothered Burrito
A flour tortilla filled with potatoes, tofu, Impossible sausage, mushrooms, chickpeas and asparagus, smothered in queso and crema with tomatoes and scallions.
Needs a change
Ask for it made vegan. The filling is already tofu and Impossible sausage, so the queso and crema on top are the part to sort out.
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Farmer's Scramble
The Farmer's, built as a tofu scramble: chevre, spinach, asparagus, mushrooms, pimiento peppers and goat cheese dressing, with a choice of side.
Needs a change
Ask for the tofu scramble version made vegan. The menu says every tofu scramble uses organic, non-GMO tofu, and the two goat cheese elements are what need to come off.
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Cowboy Scramble
The Cowboy, built as a tofu scramble: a choice of wagyu beef or Impossible meat with asadero, barbecue sauce and scallions, with a choice of side.
Needs a change
Ask for the tofu scramble with the Impossible meat rather than the wagyu, made vegan. The asadero is the remaining thing to name.
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Chihuamelet Scramble
The Chihuamelet, built as a tofu scramble: asadero, guajillo sauce, green chili, tomato, red onion and avocado, with a choice of side.
Needs a change
Ask for the tofu scramble made vegan, which means sorting out the asadero.
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Plain Scramble
A plain tofu scramble with a choice of cheese or queso plus one meat or vegetable topping, with a choice of side.
Needs a change
Ask for the tofu scramble made vegan and pick a vegetable topping. The restaurant's delivery menu offers a vegan queso here, which is worth confirming in person.
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Plain Burger
The house burger with one topping and house aioli on a bun, with a choice of wagyu beef, chicken, Impossible meat or a seitan cutlet. Includes a choice of side.
Needs a change
Choose the Impossible patty or the seitan cutlet and ask for it vegan. The house aioli and the bun are the two things to name, and the buns are made in house.
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Comeback Burger
Caramelized onions, cheddar, pickles and comeback sauce on a bun. The menu says no substitutions with toppings.
Needs a change
Choose the Impossible patty or seitan and ask for it made vegan. The cheddar and the comeback sauce both have to be dealt with, and this one is listed as no-substitutions on toppings, so ask before assuming.
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Adobe Burger
Green chili, mushrooms, caramelized onions, queso and chipotle aioli on a bun. The menu says no substitutions with toppings.
Needs a change
Choose the Impossible patty or seitan and ask for it made vegan. The queso and chipotle aioli are the parts to raise.
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Falafel Wrap
Falafel with house crema, mixed greens, tomato, cucumber and red onion in a lavash flatbread, with a choice of side.
Needs a change
Ask for it made vegan, which means holding or swapping the house crema.
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Turkey Club
The club sandwich with lettuce, tomato, honey dijon, roasted garlic aioli and thick-cut bacon on sliced wheat.
Needs a change
Ask for the vegan version. The restaurant's delivery menu sells a seitan club built on a house-made seitan cutlet, so naming that is the clearest way to order it.
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Cheesesteak
Beef fajita with house queso, onions and bell peppers on a pointy sandwich bread.
Needs a change
Ask for the vegan version. The delivery menu lists an Impossible cheesesteak, so ask for that build and sort out the queso.
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Hot Honey
A griddled chicken breast or seitan cutlet with pickles, pepper jack, lettuce and house aioli on a bun.
Needs a change
Choose the seitan cutlet and ask for it vegan. The pepper jack, the aioli and the honey in the name all need naming.
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Piedmont Salad
Mixed greens with carrots, red onions, heirloom tomatoes, English cucumbers and pimiento peppers, with a choice of dressing.
Needs a change
Ask which dressings are vegan and pick one. The salad itself is vegetables, so the dressing is the whole question.
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El Greco Salad
Iceberg and romaine with English cucumber, tomatoes, red onion, feta, Kalamata olives and a smoked red wine vinaigrette.
Needs a change
Ask them to hold the feta and confirm the vinaigrette.
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Heirloom Tomato Salad
Heirloom tomatoes with carrot, red onion, English cucumber and a chocolate balsamic dressing.
Needs a change
Ask whether the chocolate balsamic is vegan. Nothing else in it is animal-derived on the page.
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Hearts of Palm Salad
Iceberg and romaine with hearts of palm, avocado, heirloom tomatoes, red onion, jalapeno, lime juice, olive oil and sea salt.
Needs a change
Ask for it made vegan. As written it is dressed with only lime, oil and salt, so this is the one that should need the least changing.
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Seared Avocado Salad
Seared avocado with spinach, Lacinato kale, asparagus, marinated watermelon radish, sunflower seeds and green goddess dressing.
Needs a change
Ask for it vegan and check the green goddess dressing, which is usually built on dairy or egg.
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Roasted Beet Salad
Mixed greens with roasted beets, shishito peppers, spiced walnuts, mandarins, chevre, furikake and goat cheese dressing.
Needs a change
Ask them to hold the chevre and swap the goat cheese dressing. Furikake often contains bonito, so it is worth asking about too.
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Arugula & Apple Salad
Arugula with granny smith apples, heirloom tomatoes, blue cheese, candied pecans and a chocolate balsamic dressing.
Needs a change
Ask them to hold the blue cheese, and check both the candied pecans and the dressing.
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Smoked Garbanzo Salad
Smoked garbanzos with kale, red onion, pimiento and a smoked red wine vinaigrette.
Needs a change
Ask for it vegan and confirm the vinaigrette. Everything else listed is plants.
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Kimchi Jjigae
Pork belly, tofu, kimchi, mushrooms and scallions, served with brown rice and quinoa.
Needs a change
Ask for it without the pork belly and made vegan. Kimchi is often made with fish sauce or shrimp, so ask about theirs.
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Gold Pad Thai Noodles
Noodles with peppers, carrot, red onion, tamarind chili sauce, scallion, pistachio flour and lime, with a choice of protein and a choice of egg or tofu scramble.
Needs a change
Choose tofu, seitan or falafel as the protein and the tofu scramble rather than egg, then ask for it vegan. Pad thai sauce very often contains fish sauce, so ask about the tamarind chili sauce specifically.
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Red Pozole
Guajillo broth with herbs and spices, hominy, tortilla strips, avocado, white onion, watermelon radish and toasted bread points, with a choice of pork belly, chicken, seitan or tofu. Sold as a small or a large.
Worth askingThe menu does not explicitly mark this dish as vegan, and I haven't asked the restaurant directly yet. Verify before ordering, and let me know.
AskVegetarianBreakfast · Brunch · Lunch · Dinner
Green Pozole
Tomatillo and jalapeno broth with herbs and spices, hominy, tortilla strips, avocado, white onion, watermelon radish and toasted bread points, with a choice of pork belly, chicken, seitan or tofu. Sold as a small or a large.
Worth askingThe menu does not explicitly mark this dish as vegan, and I haven't asked the restaurant directly yet. Verify before ordering, and let me know.
AskVegetarianBreakfast · Brunch · Lunch · Dinner
Grilled Cheese
Asadero and sharp cheddar on house focaccia. The menu says no substitutions with toppings, and carries no vegan marker here.
VegetarianLunch · Dinner

Thai Fried Rice
Fried rice with peppers, carrot, red onions, mushrooms, tamarind glaze, marinated cucumber, furikake and lime, with a choice of protein and a choice of egg or tofu scramble.
Needs a change
Choose tofu, seitan or falafel and the tofu scramble rather than egg. Ask about the tamarind glaze and the furikake, which often contains bonito.
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Kimchi Fried Rice
Whole grain brown rice and red quinoa with house kimchi, gochugaru dressing and scallions, with a choice of protein and a choice of egg or tofu scramble.
Needs a change
Choose tofu, seitan or falafel and the tofu scramble rather than egg, then ask whether the house kimchi is made with fish sauce or shrimp.
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French Fries
Triple-cooked fries with Montreal steak seasoning and comeback sauce.
Needs a change
Ask for them made vegan; the comeback sauce is the part that is not. Worth asking what else goes through the same fryer.
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Tofu
Tofu on its own, sold a la carte and discounted when added to a salad or a specialty.
Needs a change
Ask for it vegan and ask how it is cooked. The menu marks it vegan-available rather than vegan, so the marinade or glaze is the open part.
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Seitan
A house-made seitan cutlet, sold a la carte and discounted when added to a salad or a specialty.
Needs a change
Ask for it vegan. Seitan is wheat protein, so what it is cooked in is the question rather than what it is.
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Falafel
Three pieces of falafel, sold a la carte and discounted when added to a salad or a specialty.
Needs a change
Ask for it vegan and ask about the binder and the fryer.
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Whole Dill Pickle
A whole house dill pickle.
Needs a change
Marked vegan-available on the menu, which for a pickle most likely means it already is. Worth a one-word check.
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Additional info

The menu tells you itself
Each page of Piedmont's menu prints a legend at the foot: a leaf for "vegan options available" and a second symbol for gluten free. Almost everything I have listed here carries that leaf. This is the clearest dietary labeling I have found on an El Paso menu, and it is worth saying what it does and does not mean: it is the restaurant saying a vegan version of the dish exists. It is not the restaurant saying the dish as printed is vegan, and the menu nowhere says what the vegan version swaps.
The vegan version is usually tofu or seitan
The pattern across the menu is consistent. Omelettes become tofu scrambles, and the menu notes that all tofu scrambles are made with organic, non-GMO tofu. Burgers and sandwiches take an Impossible patty or a house-made seitan cutlet. Bowls, noodles and fried rices take tofu, seitan or falafel in place of the meat, and the rices and noodles offer a tofu scramble instead of egg. So the substitution is real and built into the kitchen, not a favor you are asking for.
Sauces are where the questions are
What the leaf does not resolve is the dressings and sauces, and this menu has a lot of them: comeback sauce, yum yum sauce, green goddess, house aioli, chipotle cacao aioli, the tamarind chili sauce on the pad thai and the furikake on two dishes. Fish sauce in the pad thai, bonito in the furikake and fish or shrimp in the house kimchi are all normal in those preparations and none of them are addressed on the menu. Ask about the one on your plate.
This is not a vegetarian kitchen
Queso, crema and several cheeses run through the whole menu, and there is wagyu, pork belly, duck confit, salmon and ahi tuna on it. Shared fryers and shared grills are the obvious question and one I have not asked.
I have not recorded the hours
The listings disagree, one saying the kitchen opens at 10 and another at 11, and the restaurant's own site publishes no hours at all. Rather than pick one and be wrong, I have left them off until I can check. Call before making the trip.

Location

4172 N Mesa St, Ste A, El Paso, TX 79902

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