Crest Cafe

San Diego, CA

Crest Cafe offers great dishes that have potential for vegans. While they don't specifically accommodate vegans, options like the 5th Avenue Burger and Veggie Breakfast Mess show promise.

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Veggie Breakfast Mess

Contains vegetable chili, salsa fresca, jalapeño cheese, breakfast potatoes, and avocado. We suggest removing the cheese, and toast.

5th Avenue Burger

Contains burger bun, and a choice of beef patty, chicken breast, chorizo and beef combo patty, grilled turkey patty, or veggie patty. We believe this item is vegan as is.

Crest Burger

Contains jalapeño peppers, jalapeño cheese, a choice of beef patty, chorizo and beef combo patty, or ground turkey patty, and a choice of focaccia bun, or whole wheat bun. We suggest removing the cheese and substituting the beef patty.

Pesto Veggie Sandwich

Contains red bell peppers, pesto, mozzarella cheese, grilled onions, green bell peppers, bread, and basil. We suggest removing the mozzarella cheese, and pesto.

Veggie Chili

Contains zucchini, tomatoes, spices, red onion, onions, kidney beans, jack cheese, herbs, garbanzo beans, and bell peppers. We suggest removing the cheese.

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Famous Crest Burgers

Choose from half pound fresh charbroiled beef, grilled fresh ground turkey, or fresh ground chorizo and beef combo infused with bell peppers. Served on your choice of whole wheat bun or focaccia bun. Choose a side of homemade potato chips, fresh cut french fries, onion rings, field green salad, jicama coleslaw, or potato salad. Option to substitute a veggie patty or chicken breast. Option to substitute fruit for side.

5th Avenue

Contains burger bun, and a choice of beef patty, chicken breast, chorizo and beef combo patty, grilled turkey patty, or veggie patty. We believe this item is vegan as is.

Crest Burger

Contains jalapeño peppers, jalapeño cheese, a choice of beef patty, chorizo and beef combo patty, or ground turkey patty, and a choice of focaccia bun, or whole wheat bun. We suggest removing the cheese and substituting the beef patty.

Crest Breakfast Specialties

Veggie Breakfast Mess

Contains vegetable chili, salsa fresca, jalapeño cheese, breakfast potatoes, and avocado. We suggest removing the cheese, and toast.

Starters

Veggie Chili

Contains zucchini, tomatoes, spices, red onion, onions, kidney beans, jack cheese, herbs, garbanzo beans, and bell peppers. We suggest removing the cheese.

Crest Dinner Salad

Contains tomatoes, red cabbage, mushrooms, julienne carrots, field greens, cucumbers, and avocado. The dressing may be non-vegan.

A La Carte

Homemade Granola with Sliced Banana

Contains granola, and banana. This item may contain dairy.

Fresh Fruit

Contains fresh fruit. We believe this item is vegan as is.

Oatmeal

Contains raisins, oatmeal, chopped walnuts, and brown sugar. We believe this item is vegan as is.

Home Fries/Hash Browns

Contains a choice of hash browns, or home fries. We believe this item is vegan as is.

Crestwiches

Your choice of sides are homemade potato chips, fresh cut french fries, cottage cheese, field green salad, jicama coleslaw, or potato salad. Choose sourdough, whole wheat, multigrain, or rye bread. Option to substitute fruit for a side.

Pesto Veggie

Contains red bell peppers, pesto, mozzarella cheese, grilled onions, green bell peppers, bread, and basil. We suggest removing the mozzarella cheese, and pesto.

Fresh Salads Made to Order

Choice of honey jalapeño dressing, bleu cheese dressing, thousand island dressing, ranch dressing, basil dressing, champagne dressing, citrus soy vinaigrette, or honey oriental vinaigrette. Option to substitute shrimp or flat iron steak.

No vegan options.

Omelettes and Scramblers

Each omelette or scrambler is made with four large eggs and served with your choice of homefries, hashbrowns, toast, tortillas, refried beans, black beans, cottage cheese, or sliced roma tomatoes. Option to substitute fresh fruit for sides. Toast selections are sourdough, whole wheat, rye, multigrain, or English muffin. Option to substitute a croissant for toast.

No vegan options.

The Works

No vegan options.

Desserts

All desserts are subject to availability. Items marked with an asterisk are served a la mode.

No vegan options.

Cafe Olé

No vegan options.

Hot Off the Griddle

No vegan options.

Fresh Crest Cafe Pastas

No vegan options.

Home Cooking

All home cooking entrees (unless otherwise stated) come with veggies and your choice of mashers and gravy, scalloped potatoes, or linguine alfredo.

No vegan options.