Golden West Cafe Menu (Update 2025)
Welcome to Golden West Cafe, a vibrant culinary gem located in Baltimore that elevates the vegan dining experience. This cafe specializes in creative, mouth-watering dishes that cater to both vegan and vegetarian diets, all within a chic yet casual setting. The menu is a delightful mix of innovative flavors, featuring standouts like the Loaded Breakfast Sammie and the Vegan Seared Steak, each crafted with fresh, high-quality ingredients.
- Specialties: Don't miss their Vegan Hot HONAY Chick'n and Waffle, a perfect blend of comfort and indulgence.
- Appetizers: Start with the Cauliflower Wings or Pumpkin Curry Soup for a delectable beginning to your meal.
- Environment: The cafe boasts an inviting atmosphere, with options for outdoor seating and a commitment to sustainability through plastic-free packaging.
Whether you're brunching with friends or have kids in tow, Golden West Cafe offers something for everyone, making it a must-visit destination for food lovers.
Specials
Loaded Breakfast Sammie
Vegan pork patties, justegg, pepperjack, guacamole, chile mayo, and a hashbrown patty all on an english muffin. Served with choice of side.
Vegan Seared Steak
Premium vegan steak, sweet fingerlings, brussel sprouts, au jus, compound butter, crispy onions
Bang Bang Shrimp Lettuce Wraps
Coconut shrimp tossed in zesty bang bang sauce and served on a bed of red leaf lettuce with sweet-chile cucumber salad, pickled vegetables, peanuts, and sweet soy sauce.
Fried Green Tomatoes W/Pimento Cheese
Crispy fried green tomatoes layered with pimento cheese and herb aioli, topped with parmesan.
Jerk Chicken Quesadilla
Warm flour tortilla, gouda, cheddar jack, grilled jerk chicken thigh, slaw, pickled red onion
Elote Strips
Green Chicken Chili Stew
Vegan Spring Chick'n Sandwich
Buffalo Little Fig patty, jalapeo ranch, sambal mayo, avocado, lettuce, tomato, and pickles. Served with your choice of side.
Vegan Hot HONAY Chick'n and Waffle
Little Fig Chicken (vegan), vegan hot honay, scallions, and powdered sugar on a house-made vegan waffle
Vegan Buffalo Chik'n Caesar Wrap
Creamy cashew-based caesar dressing, romaine lettuce, buffalo hot sauce, vegan chick'n patty from Local Baltimore baker, Little Fig Bakeshop, and Follow your Heart Parm wrapped in a tortilla and served with your choice of side.
Little Fig Buffalo Chick'n Sandwich
Buffalo Little Fig patty, vegan blue cheese, buffalo sauce, lettuce, tomato, and pickles. Served with your choice of side.
Nacho Salad
House-made corn tortilla chips, lettuce, beans, salsa fresca, sour cream, cheese, guacamole, and choice of our own house-made hot sauce or vegan ranch dressing
Fish Tacos
Two corn tortillas topped with lightly fried cod, cilantro crema, creamy slaw, pickled red onions, lemon, and a dash of tajin. Served with a side of our own house-made hot sauce.
Steak & Brussels
6 oz. teres major steak cooked to your preference and served with a pile of lightly fried Brussels sprouts tossed in house-made island teriyaki sauce.
Vegan Citrus Short Rib Bahn Mi
Toasted Cunningham baguette, chili mayo, vegan citrus short rib, pickled vegetables, sliced cucumber, and cilantro.
Wild Mushroom Omelette
Non-vegan egg omelette wrapped around cremini mushrooms, roasted red peppers, roasted red onion sauted in red wine. Topped with goat cheese and served with a side of griddled tortillas.
Biscuits & Gravy Platter -Dairy-
Large house-made buttermilk biscuit smothered in mushroom gravy, two eggs, and a side of hash browns.
Biscuits & Sausage Gravy w/Little Fig Chic'n
All vegan! Biscuits, creamy "sausage" gravy, Little Fig Fried Chic'n Patty and hash browns. Add JUST Egg for $3!
Biscuits & Jam
Large house-made buttermilk OR vegan biscuit with a side of grape jelly.
All-American Burrito
Ground beef, grilled chicken, or Beyond meat patty with onion, cheddar-jack cheese, and hash browns wrapped in a flour tortilla. Topped with wild mushroom gravy and a sunny-side-up egg.
Specialties
Appetizers
Pumpkin Curry Soup
Pumpkin soup made with green curry, lemongrass, and coconut milk. Topped with roasted pepitas.
Chips & ....
Chips fried daily and served with your choice of fresh side
Brussels Sprouts
Crispy fried Brussels sprouts with choice of either buffalo sauce or teriyaki sauce. Also available with no sauce.
Cauliflower Wings
Crispy gluten-free "breaded" cauliflower florets with choice of sauce
Tater Tots
Crispy golden tater tots served with choice of two sauces
Sweet Potato Fries
Golden sweet potato fries served with your choice of rosemary salt or cinnamon sugar
Vegan Buffalo Drummies
Vegan mock chicken drumettes tossed with buffalo sauce and served with vegan blue cheese dressing
Frito Pie
A bowl of fritos topped with beans, cheese, salsa fresca and your choice of red, green, or xmas sauce. Add a protein for a small up charge.
Waffle Fries
Crispy waffle-cut fries finished with a sprinkle of salt
Garlic Fries
Fresh-cut fries tossed with garlic-infused olive oil
French Fries
Classic french fries
Chip Trio
Chip Trio! Corn tortilla with guacamole, house-made hot sauce and cheese sauce (comes either vegan or the house made beer nacho cheese).
VEGAN Huevos Rancheros
Flour or corn tortilla, beans, vegan cheese, chile sauce, salsa fresca, and scrambled JUST Egg.
Huevos Rancheros
Flour or corn tortilla, beans, jack cheese, chile sauce, salsa fresca, and two eggs any style
Drew Special
Beans sauted in garlic, cumin, and olive oil. Served with guacamole, salsa fresca, two flour tortillas, and your choice of hash browns or a side salad.
Vegan French Toast
Fresh-baked ciabatta bread dipped in banana coconut batter. Topped with powdered sugar and served with pancake syrup, fresh bananas, and walnuts.
French Toast
House-made cinnamon bread topped with vanilla crme frache and your choice of apples, bananas and walnuts, or blueberries sauted in honey butter.
Vegan Waffle
House-made vegan waffle served with maple syrup, powdered sugar, and vegan butter.
Vegan English Muffin Sandwich
Vegan cheddar cheese, blueberry maple sage sausage, and JUST Egg patty served on a toasted English muffin with a side of hash browns.
Vegan Breakfast Tacos
Scrambled vegan egg, vegan cheddar cheese, seasoned black beans, and salsa fresca on you choice of corn or flour tortillas. Served with a side of our own house-made hot sauce.
Breakfast Tacos
Scrambled eggs, cheddar jack cheese, seasoned black beans, and salsa fresca on corn tortillas. Served with a side of hash browns and our own house-made hot sauce.
High Mesa Polenta
Fried corn polenta served with two eggs any style, spicy chili sauce, salsa fresca, and choice of protein. Served with a warm flour tortilla.
Vegan Farm Plate
Vegan eggs, Impossible blueberry maple sage sausage, hash browns, and choice of toast
Farm Plate
Two eggs any style, choice of protein, hash browns, and choice of toast
Breakfast Quesadilla
Scrambled eggs and cheddar jack cheese in a flour tortilla topped with salsa fresca and served with hash browns
Bacon, Egg, and Cheese Sandwich w/Hash Browns
Applewood smoked bacon, scrambled eggs, and jack cheese on an English muffin. Served with hash browns.
Huevos Motuleos
Whole kernel corn cakes topped with two sunny-side-up eggs, beans, spicy chili sauce, goat cheese, salsa fresca, and fried bananas. Served with a warm corn or flour tortilla.
Lisa Marie (1 Pancake)
Thick-sliced applewood smoked bacon, baked into one buttermilk pancake. Topped with fried bananas and powdered sugar and served with peanut-butter butter and maple syrup.
Elvis (2 Pancakes)
Thick-sliced applewood bacon baked into two buttermilk pancakes. Topped with fried bananas and powdered sugar and served with peanut-butter butter and maple syrup.
One Buttermilk Pancake
Fresh griddle-cooked buttermilk pancake topped with powdered sugar and served with maple syrup and butter
Two Buttermilk Pancakes
Double stack of fresh griddle-cooked buttermilk pancakes topped with powdered sugar and served with maple syrup and butter
One Hopi Cake
Blue cornmeal banana-blueberry pancake topped with crme frache and pine nuts and served with maple syrup
Two Hopi Cakes
Blue cornmeal banana-blueberry pancakes topped with crme frache and pine nuts and served with maple syrup
One Zucchini Brie Pancake
A sweet and savory scallion and shredded zucchini pancake baked with brie cheese and topped with honey butter and powdered sugar
Two Zucchini Brie Pancakes
Goldi-lox Omelette
Omelette filled with cold-smoked salmon lox, cream cheese, and scallions. Topped with capers, and fresh cracked pepper. Served with a warm flour tortilla.
Vegan Pumpkin Waffle
Vegan Pumpkin Waffle served with Coconut Cream & Cinnamon Sugar.
Breakfast
Sandwiches
Golden West B.A.L.T.
Our version of the classic! Thick-sliced applewood smoked bacon, guacamole, lettuce, and tomato on a fresh-baked ciabatta. Served with choice of side.
CHicken, Brie, Bacon
Thick slices of roasted turkey breast topped with melted brie cheese and sweet and savory tart cherry chutney. Served on toasted ciabatta with choice of side.
El Supremo Vegan Chick'n Sandwich
Little Fig vegan fried chicken, lettuce, tomato, pickles, wild island sauce, and fried nozzarella sticks. Served with waffle fries.
Vegan B.A.L.T.
Vegan bacon, crisp lettuce, ripe tomato, and house-made guacamole on toasted ciabatta
Steak, Egg, and Cheese Sandwich
Teres major steak cooked to your preference, scrambled eggs, and jack cheese on fresh ciabatta. Served with hash browns.
Vegan BBQ Un-Chicken Sammy
Vegan Gardein chicken smothered in Sweet Baby Ray's BBQ sauce, caramelized onions, lettuce, pickles, and tomato. Served on a vegan brioche bun with choice of side.
Vegan Buffalo Un-Chicken Sammy
Vegan chicken smothered in buffalo sauce, vegan blue cheese dressing, lettuce, and tomato. Served on a vegan brioche bun with choice of side.
BBQ Burger
8 oz. burger seasoned with a house-blend of spices, caramelized onions, BBQ sauce, cheddar cheese, lettuce, tomato, and pickles. Served on a brioche bun with choice of side.
Basic Cheeseburger
8 oz. burger seasoned with a house blend of spices, cheddar jack cheese, lettuce, tomatoes, and pickles. Served on a brioche bun with choice of side.
Green Chile Burger
8 oz, burger seasoned with a house blend of spices, our own spicy green chili sauce, and cheddar cheese. Served on a brioche bun with choice of side.
Hangover Burger
8 oz burger seasoned with a house blend of spices, thick-cut applewood smoked bacon, cheddar cheese, guacamole, and an over-easy egg. Served on a brioche bun with choice of side.
Mission Impossible Burger
Vegan Hangover Burger
Our classic Hangover Burger made vegan. Impossible patty, vegan bacon, JUST Egg patty, and vegan cheese on a vegan brioche bun. Served with choice of side.
Baconator
Caesar Burger
Cali Burger
Burgers
Burritos, Quesadillas, and Enchiladas
Aztec Burrito
Fried plantains, roasted corn, black beans, and cheddar jack cheese wrapped in a flour tortilla. Topped with both red and green chile sauce, grilled squash and zucchini, salsa fresca, and a crema drizzle.
Vegan Aztec Burrito
Fried plantains, roasted corn, black beans, and vegan cheddar cheese wrapped in a corn tortilla. Topped with both red and green chile sauce, grilled squash and zucchini, and salsa fresca.
Vegan( cho) Burrito
Vegan chorizo, shredded potatoes, and beans wrapped in a corn tortilla. Topped with salsa fresca and your choice of red or green chile sauce. Vegan cheese and vegan JustEgg available at additional cost
Breakfast Burrito
Hash browns, beans, scrambled eggs, and cheddar jack cheese wrapped in a flour tortilla. Topped with spicy chile sauce and salsa fresca.
Vegan Breakfast Burrito
Shredded potatoes, beans, vegan JUST Egg, and vegan cheddar wrapped in a flour tortilla. Topped with spicy chile sauce and salsa fresca.
Chorizo Burrito
Locally made pork chorizo, hash browns, eggs, and cheddar jack cheese wrapped in a flour tortilla. Topped with spicy chile sauce, and salsa fresca.
Quesadilla
Made with cheddar jack cheese and served with a side of your choicew/ beans 8.99w/ chicken 12.99w/ un-chicken 13.99
Sopapilla Enchiladas
Traditional New Mexican dish of stacked sopapillas layered with your choice of grilled chicken or un-chicken, cheddar jack cheese, black or pinto beans, and spicy chile sauce. Topped with a sunny-side-up egg and served with guacamole, sour cream, and salsa fresca.
Simple Salad
Lettuce, cucumbers, tomatoes, and carrots with your choice of dressing
Peanut Noodle Salad
Chopped red leaf lettuce and cold peanut noodles topped with shredded carrots, scallions, black and white sesame seeds, and crushed peanuts. Served with your choice of nuoc cham dressing or vegan peanut sauce.
Pittsburgh Salad
Teres major steak cooked to your preference and served on a bed of red leaf lettuce, carrots, cucumber, and tomatoes. Topped with french fries and cheddar jack cheese and served with your choice of dressing.
Little Fig Kale Caesar
Little Fig chick'n patty, fresh kale, house-made vegan caesar dressing, pickled red onions, vegan parmesan, and crispy fried capers. Try it Buffalo style!!*Vegan caesar dressing contains cashews.*
Salads
Kids Menu
Kids French Toast
Kids Vegan French Toast
Kids Cheeseburger
Kids Quesadilla
Kids Vegan Quesadilla
Kids Grilled Cheese
Kids Vegan Grilled Cheese
Cactus Flower
Gluten Free Cheesecake
Flourless cheesecake, lemon curd, whipped cream, fresh berries
Gluten Free Chocolate Cake
Flourless chocolate cake, whipped cream, fresh berries
VT Carrot Cupcake
Whoopi Pie Vegan
Apricot Butter Cookie
Chocolate Cake W White Choco Ganache FOR HERE
Chocolate Chip Cookie
Mini Pecan pie
Non Vegan Apple Cider Handpie
NON VEGAN Chocolate Eclair
VT Cannoli
VT Peanut butter bomb cake
Chocolate Cake W White Choco Ganache TO GO
Vegan Pumpkin Cookie
VT Red Velvet Cupcakes
Chocolate Creamcheese Muffin
Blueberry muffin
Cherry Hand Pies
V . GF Banana Cupcake
VT Oreo Brownie
Banana Cake in a Jar FOR HERE
NV BANANA CREAM CHEESE CUPCAKES
VT Pumpkin Spice Cheesecake
VT Pumpkin Cake W Creamcheese frost
VT Cookie Dough Brownie
Event Dessert Charge
Gluten Free Banana Cake
Dessert Baked Goods
Dessert Ice Cream
Vegan Milkshake
16 oz. vegan milk shake made with Taharka Brothers vegan ice cream and Califia Farms oat milk. Please note that we use genuine Oreo cookies for the cookies and cream milkshake. We cannot verify how they process their granulated sugar.
Single Scoop Ice Cream
Ask about today's flavors!
2 oz. Shredded Cheese
6 oz. Nacho Cheese
Bacon
Bagel
Beans
Beans & Salsa Fresca
Biscuit
Chicken Breast
Chip Refill
Corn Tortilla
Cream Cheese
Egg
Flour Tortilla
Fried Bananas
Fried Plantains
Fritos
Guacamole
Hash Browns
Impossible Sausage Patty
Little Fig Chicken
Maple Syrup
On One Plate
Peanut Noodles
Salmon
Salsa Fresca
Sausage Links - NONVEGAN
Side Cholula
Side Chorizo
Side Cole Slaw
Side Dressing
Side Faux-rizo
Side Green Chile Sauce
Side House-Made Hot Sauce
Side JUST Egg (Liquid)
Side JUST Egg (Patty)
Side Kale Ceasar
Side Mushroom Gravy
Side Peanut Butter
Side Red Chile Sauce
Side Salad
Single Beyond Sausage
Single Breakfast Taco
Sliced Apple
Sopapillas
Sour Cream
Steak
Toast
Vegan Bacon
A La Carte
Take Out/Delivery Add ons
Plastic Utensils
Ketchup Packets
Mustard Packets
Mayo Packets
Cholula Packets
No Utensils
Plastic Bag Ban Fee
Effective October 1, 2021, the Comprehensive Bag Reduction Act (Baltimore City Code Article 28 32-1, Article 7 62-1) bans single-use plastic check out bags at the point of sale, pickup, or delivery. Baltimore businesses must charge a minimum of $0.05 for each alternative bag distributed at check out, of which $0.01 must be remitted to the city.
MISC
Nachos
House made corn tortilla chips with your choice of topping. Green Chile Chicken: topped with salsa fresca and beer cheese.Vegan Beef: topped with lettuce, vegan nacho cheese, salsa fresca, and avocado cream.
Taco Platter
Three tacos on your choice of tortillas. Served with a side of chips and cheese.Green Chile Chicken: topped with salsa fresca and cheddar jack cheeseVegan Beef: topped with lettuce, vegan cheese, salsa fresca, and avocado cream
Chicken Empanada
Authentic Mexican chicken empenada served with choice of slaw and vegan cilantro mayo
Tacos & Nachos
GLUTEN FREE MENU
Chips & Guacamole
Fresh tortilla chips served with guacamole
Plain Nachos
Nachos with cheese or vegan cheese
Green Chile Chicken Nachos
Beyond Vegan Nachos
Corn tortillas topped with Beyond seasoned meat, salsa fresca, guacamole, vegan nacho cheese, and and avocado crema
GF Drew Special
Beans sauted in garlic, cumin, and olive oil. Served with guacamole, salsa fresca, two corn tortillas, and your choice of hash browns or a side salad.
GF Huevos Rancheros
Corn tortilla, beans, jack cheese, chile sauce, salsa fresca, and two eggs any style
GF Breakfast Tacos
Scrambled eggs, cheddar jack cheese, seasoned black beans, and salsa fresca on corn tortillas. Served with a side of hash browns and our own house-made hot sauce.
GF Wild Mushroom Omelette
Non-vegan egg omelette wrapped around cremini mushrooms, roasted red peppers, roasted red onion sauted in red wine. Topped with goat cheese and served with a side of griddled corn tortillas.
GF Goldilox Omelette
Omelette filled with cold-smoked salmon lox, cream cheese, and scallions. Topped with capers, and fresh cracked pepper. Served with warm corn tortillas.
GF Farm Plate
Two eggs any style, choice of protein, hash browns, and warm corn tortillas
GF High Mesa Polenta
Fried corn polenta served with two eggs any style, spicy chile sauce, salsa fresca, and choice of protein. Served with two warm corn tortillas.
GF Nacho Salad
House-made tortilla chips topped with chopped red leaf lettuce, your choice of beans, and shredded cheddar jack cheese. Served with guacamole, salsa fresca, a side of sour cream and ranch dressing or our own house-made hot sauce.
GF Taco Platter
Three tacos, any style with corn tortillas, and a side of chips with vegan nacho cheese.Green Chili Chicken: topped with salsa fresca and cheddar jack cheese.Vegan Beef: topped with lettuce, vegan cheese, salsa fresca, and avocado cream
GF Hangover Burger
8 oz burger seasoned with a house blend of spices, thick-cut applewood smoked bacon, cheddar cheese, guacamole, and an over-easy egg. Served on a gluten-free bun with choice of side. **SIDE ITEMS MAY CONTAIN TRACE GLUTEN**
GF Red Chile Burger
8 oz. burger seasoned with a house blend of spices, our own spicy red chile sauce, and cheddar cheese. Served on a gluten-free bun with choice of side. **SIDE ITEMS MAY CONTAIN TRACE GLUTEN**
GF BBQ Burger
8 oz. burger seasoned with a house-blend of spices, caramelized onions, BBQ sauce, cheddar cheese, lettuce, tomato, and pickles. Served on a gluten-free bun with choice of side. **SIDE ITEMS MAY CONTAIN TRACE GLUTEN**
GF Cheeseburger
8 oz. burger seasoned with a house blend of spices, cheddar jack cheese, lettuce, tomatoes, and pickles. Served on a gluten-free bun with choice of side. **SIDE ITEMS MAY CONTAIN TRACE GLUTEN**
GF Breakfast Burrito Bowl
Hash browns, beans, scrambled eggs, and cheddar jack cheese piled on corn tortillas. Topped with spicy red chile sauce and salsa fresca.
GF Aztec Burrito Bowl
Fried plantains, roasted corn, black beans, and cheddar jack cheese piled on corn tortillas. Topped with red chile sauce, grilled squash and zucchini, salsa fresca, and a crema drizzle.
GF Chorizo Burrito Bowl
Locally made pork chorizo, hash browns, eggs, and cheddar jack cheese piled on corn tortillas. Topped with spicy chile sauce and salsa fresca.
GF Vegan Burrito Bowl
Vegan chorizo, shredded potatoes, and beans piled on corn tortillas. Topped with spicy chile sauce and salsa fresca.